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THE NEXT UNYANET MEETING, TO BE HELD IN IZMIR

The General Assembly of UNYANET (United Nations Youth Associations Network), will be held in September 2012 in zmir hosted and supported by the UNA Turkey Youth Section. The first two Youth Projects and Cooperation Seminars were held in Oslo (2010) and Vienna (2011). Most of the UNA Youth Sections and UNYAs are members of the UNYANET. When it comes to get some information about UNYANET, it was founded in 2011 at UN Vienna Office by UNYAs of Austria, Finland, Germany, Norway, Romania, Switzerland and Youth Sections of UNAs of Turkey, Serbia and Spain. The main aim of the network, named as UNYANET, is to exchange of information amongst UNAs and UNYAs, to develop new projects and to mutually benefit from experiences of members. In regards to fulilment of the aforementioned goals, upcoming regular meetings what will be held and projects of different working groups of UNYANET will be beneficial. The other impostant goal of UNYANET is to provide assistance to groups which are eager to found UNA Youth Sections in their own countries. YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL NETWORKS Facebook Twitter LinkedIN Flickr Scribd Yahoo Tumblr UNYANET has 11 member associations, 57 local sections and 14 thousand members. UNYANET provides assistance for foundation of four UNYA along with UNIC in Vienna.

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YOUTH HAD A RECEPTION FOR THE NEW YEAR

"New Year's Reception" of the United Nations Association of Turkey - Youth Section took place on December 28, 2011 at association's office. There was a draw of UNICEF (United Nations Childrens Fund) gifts. In the event where a variety of UNICEF gifts, from umberalla to keylock, were given in a draw, the money raised was donated to UNICEF. CEMLE ASKER, THE INTERN FOR JANUARY-JUNE 2012 PERIOD The internship programme of the United Nations Association (UNA) of Turkey, which was launched in 2011, had excessive interest of candidate applicants for the second term. At the final stage Ms. Cemile Asker, senior student at Ankara University has been appointed as the intern of the UNA Turkey for January-June 2012 period. Ms. Asker was born in Azerbaijan in 1990. In addition to her undergraduate studies at University of Ankara, she studies Public Administration in Department of Distant Education of Anadolu University. Ms. Asker previously worked as an intern at ORSAM. Beside her native languages Turkish and Russian, she speaks Azerbaijani and English. Old members and new-comers gathered in the event. Deniz eteciolu, former Istanbul representative of the Youth Section, who currently lives abroad, joined us in the event. If you would like to work with us and become a member of the Youth Section, please get into contact with us. You can reach all photos taken at the event on our Facebook and Flickr accounts.

New Years Reception, December 28, 2012

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A SHORT INTERVIEW WITH OUR FIRST INTERN, N. NHAN KAYA

Nihan, Could you please introduce yourself to our readers? I graduated from Private Ar College in Samsun and I had the first ranking. Later on, I started my undergraduate studies at University of Ankara in Department of International Relations. I am now a senior student and planning to have graduate studies. What do you know about the United Nations? Were you familiar with the UNA Turkey? How did you hear about the UNATR Internship Programme? I noticed the announcement of the internship on ab-ilan.com. I was already looking for internship opportunities back to then, so I immediately applied. Indeed, I never thought I would even have a reply. I am now happy with my decision.

First intern of the UNA Turkey: N.Nihan Kaya

UNA TURKEY INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME The United Nations Association of Turkey (UNA Turkey) and the Youth Section launched an internship programme which started in 2011. This programme is a parttime and unpaid internship. There are two periods for internship; January - June and September December. If you would like to apply to our internship programme, please check www.unaturkey.org. N. Nihan Kaya who is a senior in Department of International Relations of University of Ankara, worked as our first intern. Kaya speaks English and Turkish fluently and learns Italian.

I can easily say that the UN covers a big part of my life. During my first year at university in 2008, I participated in one of the MUN (Model United Nations) conferences in zmir which enabled me to understand how countries were represented in the UN. In my second year, I had a great opportunity to enjoy a traineeship at the UN and comprehend how the UN actualized the social projects and how team work process functioned. Lastly during my Erasmus term in Italy, I had a chance to voluntarily work at the local UNICEF. All these activities attracted my intention to the UN. But unfortunately I explored the UNA Turkey very late. At first glance, I imagined more hierarchical place but I realized that everyone does his/her work that nobody has to command the other. What were your expectations Programme? Could you tell us? from the UNATR Internship

My expectations from the internship programme was to enjoy as much as Continued on the next page

NEXT INTERNSHIP PERIOD: SEP-DEC 2012

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Rest of the interview experience I could get, to get involved in the youth projects and working closely with my own generation. I can admit that I have found all these three criteria here. But most of all, doing something with my peers and taking control with them was my motivation. What are your plans for your future? Are the UN and the UNA Turkey involved in these plans? In the near future I want to complete my graduate studies. I am not sure where would life take me to after then; but I would love to take part in the UN positions. Even I could come up with fresh new projects about our association.

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