The Change the World Model United Nations, the largest international youth forum with the participation of 4,000 students from over 140 countries (there are 1400 Italians from various regions, including Lombardy, Veneto, Emilia Romagna, Lazio, Campania and Sicily), is returning to New York.
The appointment, from today to 23 March, will be a unique opportunity for young delegates to discuss the major themes of global politics, simulating the workings of the UN and interacting with international leaders, diplomats, entrepreneurs and sports champions.
The event, organised by the Diplomatic Association and Change the World Academy, will be attended by Melissa Fleming, UN Deputy Secretary General in charge of Global Communication, Catherine Colonna, former French Foreign Minister, who will be interviewed by Myrta Merlino, Ambassador Giampiero Massolo, Maurizio Massari, Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations, Giovanni Caccamo, singer-songwriter and partner of the Cwmun, and world champions Marco Tardelli and Paulo Roberto Falcão.
The opening message this year has as its exceptional ambassador Senator Liliana Segre, who in a video message sends her best wishes to all the students present in New York. "I am very happy to address you who are the best guarantee for the future," says the senator, "It is important to remind you young sentinels of Memory that memory is the function of the world. To you, who have chosen this path, to be ready to investigate the motives of others before wanting to assert your own'. Segre went on to emphasise that 'aggression, violence, intolerance, racism, anti-Semitism and hatred for those who are different are also rampant in public discourse. Even the great institutions are not immune, so that even supranational bodies such as the UN seem incapable of responding to the challenges of our time. Yet I, great-grandmother, when I look at you I see and feel the hope for change'.
While Claudio Corbino, president of Associazione Diplomatici and founder of Change the World Academy, explains that inviting the senator is 'our small contribution to a great cause: to keep memory alive, in the interest of all and for the formation of a new generation of young people aware of the value of history'.
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