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From the five boroughs to the United Nations, NYC Junior Ambassadors is empowering 7th graders across NYC to be global citizens. Proud to showcase how the program is creating global diplomats, locally through a connection with the work of the United Nations on LinkNYC kiosks across NYC!

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Through the New York City Junior Ambassadors, the New York City Mayor’s Office for International Affairs is creating global diplomats, locally.

Meet the amazing young people who have graduated from the program poised to tackle global issues and learn more about their experience: http://bit.ly/2o8agXd

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From the five boroughs to the United Nations, NYC Junior Ambassadors is empowering 7th graders across NYC to be global citizens. Proud to showcase how the program is creating global diplomats, locally through a connection with the work of the United Nations on LinkNYC kiosks across NYC!

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One of our first year NYC Junior Ambassadors was interviewed by NY 1 about her experience in the program. Here she is talking about why the UN and the work and decisions of Ambassadors to the UN make an impact in our lives. 

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NYC Junior Ambassadors empowers students to see themselves as global citizens and to be agents of change in their communities through a connection with the United Nations. 

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NYC Junior Ambassadors leverages New York City’s unique position as host city to the headquarters of the United Nations to enable youth to see themselves as global citizens. After taking part in a curated tour of the UN campus as part of the program, one student from the Bronx talks about why the Global Goals matter to her!

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The Mayor’s Office for International Affairs released the United Nations Impact Report 2016, an analysis that outlines the economic costs and benefits to New York City of hosting the UN Community.  Read more about how hosting the UN impacts New York City and how New York City supports a global community in its diverse metropolis.

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Steps from UN Headquarters, Calvert and Barbara train the next generation of floral designers at FlowerSchool Flowershop, including members of the diverse UN Community in NYC,  where florists come from all over the world to teach. They think of their work as a “floral diplomacy.”

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Abdul’s deli serves a diverse clientele from around the world, including the UN Community.  The UN is not the only global convener in NYC - surrounding businesses are too.

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Frank has owned a dry cleaner shop in Tudor City for over 30 years, interacting on a daily basis with UN staff and diplomats. For Frank, NYC is a multicultural, multifaceted, and a multinational city - and the UN is at the heart of it.

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Together, we are greater. 

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The City of New York signed a historic agreement with a UN entity to work together in order to enhance the safety and empowerment of women and girls -becoming the first city in the US to join the Safe Cities Global Initiative.  NYC once again once joined UN Women in a show of solidarity to end violence against women and girls around the world and to commemorate the start of 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence by lighting City Hall and Gracie Mansion orange on November 25, 2016- the color adopted by the UN Secretary-General’s UNiTE to End Violence Against Women campaign.  

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NYC takes pride in being host city to the permanent headquarters of the United Nations

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NYC Junior Ambassadors educates New York City students about the role of the United Nations in world affairs and uniquely positions them to tackle global issues, locally.

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The 2016-2017 NYC Junior Ambassadors program kicked-off today with an educators meeting at the UN. Students from twenty diverse classrooms and after-school programs will learn to see themselves as global citizens through a connection with the UN. Check out what a student from the inaugural year had to say about the program!

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The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals countries committed to ending hunger and achieving food security. NYC is expanding its initiatives to provide nutritious fresh food options to all who need them. 

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From the five boroughs to the UN, NYC Junior Ambassadors transforms the lives of NYC students by empowering them to be change agents in their communities and to recognize how crucial their voices are to making the world a safer, more resilient, more peaceful place. Meet the diverse set of classrooms and after-schools programs selected for year two of the program, connecting the work of the UN to everyday lives of students through art, science, civics and language learning, among others. 

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With the entry into force of the historic Paris Agreement, governments around the world commit to take take action to limit global carbon emissions. In NYC, we are taking bold steps to be the most sustainable big city in the world – including by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions to be 80 percent lower by 2050 than in 2005.