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The African United Nations Youth Association

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Agriculture Business and Industry Children Citizenship and Governance Climate Change Crime Prevention Criminal Justice Culture Decolonization Development Financing for Development: Increasing financial and technical cooperation for development Mobilizing international resources for development Gender Issues and Advancement of Women: Advocacy and outreach Capacity building Education and training of women Human rights of women Indigenous women Information and communication technologies Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women Men and boys Millennium Development Goals Policy advice Service provision The girl child Trafficking in women and girls Violence against women Women and HIV/AIDS Women and armed conflict Women and health Women and poverty Women and the economy Women and the environment Women and the media Women in power and decision-making Population: International migration Morbidity and mortality Population growth Population structure Reproduction, family formation and the status of women Social Development: Conflict Disabled persons Employment Indigenous issues Information and Communications Technologies Poverty Social policy Technical cooperation Youth Sustainable Development: Agriculture Capacity-building Climate change Consumption and production patterns Desertification and Drought Disaster management and vulnerability Education Finance Gender equality Health Human settlements Industrial development
Geographic scope:	International
Country of activity:	Morocco
Millennium Development Goals:	Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Achieve universal primary education Promote gender equality and empower women Reduce child mortality Ensure environmental sustainability
Mission statement:	As the name enshrined, it is gear towards psychologically, physically and spiritually motivating young people in Africa in other to change first and then later act with dignity and assertively to change others in other to collectively contribute economically, socially, politically and scientifically to their various societies across this noble continent, Africa! The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) was adopted by consensus in 1989 by the United Nations General Assembly and entered into force after ratification, we the TAUNYA would make so that, with respect, all states in Africa that ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child implement this most widely adopted international human rights treaty in the world. We vow, with respect, that all young people in Africa must be skillful, educated, action-oriented, assertive, disciplined, workaholic and communicate effectively! We vow, with respect, that all young people in Africa would throw away their indifference and stand together as brothers and sisters with one common goal! The 7th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union, held in Banjul, The Gambia, adopted on 2nd July 2006 the “African Youth Charter” as the first legal framework of action for the African Youth and invited the Member States to take appropriate steps for the signing and ratification of the Charter as well as for its popularization. We the TAUNYA would make so, with respect, that all states in Africa that ratify the convention on African Youth Charter implement it with appropriate measures!
Year established:	2008
Organizational structure:	Biggest youth organization in terms of size in Africa! We have representatives from all 53 African countries! We have one representative from each country and currently, 42 0f all the representatives live in Morocco at our Headquarter, Cite Universitaire Internationale, Rabat, Morocco. Among the representatives, 7 representatives were elected to serve in the secretariat. They are Lamin B. Ceesay (Gambia) - President 00212 53377 0006 Isha Jallow (Guinea Conakry) - Vice President 00212 534571310 Jesse (Liberia) - Secretary General 00212 534535819 Mohammed Hashim Khidir (Sudan)- Assistant Secretary 00212 5337778 89 Damata gus(Congo Brazzaville)- Social Secretary 00212 53377 0004 Ahlam Abdou Alabdulakiram (Eritrea) - Finance Secretary 00212 0613420097 Shasha Odinga (Kenya)- Extracurricular Activities 00212 533590384
Number and type of members:	53 representatives from all African countries! NAMES OF COUNTRIES IN AFRICAN UNITED NATIONS YOUTH ASSOCIATION * Algeria * Angola * Benin * Botswana * Burkina Faso * Burundi * Cameroon * Cape Verde * Central African Republic * Chad * Comoros * Congo * Côte d'Ivoire * Democratic Republic of The Congo * Djibouti * Egypt * Equatorial Guinea * Eritrea * Ethiopia * Gabon * Gambia * Ghana * Guinea * Guinea-Bissau * Kenya * Lesotho * Liberia * Libya * Madagascar * Malawi * Mali * Mauritania * Mauritius * Morocco * Mozambique * Namibia * Niger * Nigeria * Rwanda * São Tomé and Príncipe * Senegal * Seychelles * Sierra Leone * Somalia * South Africa * Sudan * Swaziland * Tanzania * Togo * Tunisia * Uganda * Zambia * Zimbabwe
Funding structure:	Donations and grants from domestic sources Foreign and international grants

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