JUFITRI BIN JOHAVice President

Malaysian Youth Council (MBM)

“The Advocacy Role of Youth Organizations in Preventing Armed Conflict”

A SNAPSHOT OF THE GLOBAL STATE OF PEACE 2015

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“The slaughter of 800,000 people in Rwanda in 1994 marked one example among

many during the twentieth century in which genocide occurred and the international

community failed to intervene”.

- Christine MahoneyHelp versus Harm: The Impact of NGO Interventions

Humanitarian Crisis

ReminderLet not a future historian write of

us: “They were an uninspired, convictionlessgeneration; their only monuments are the

used dance-coupons, the cigarette stubs and the Week-

ender”.* The Challenge,” Malayan Undergrad, March 1, 1955, p.4.

Function of Youth Organization

Charity

Activities

Advocacy

• Advocacy : is a political process by an individual or group which aims to influence decisions within political, economic and social systems and institutions. Advocacy can include many activities that a person or organization undertakes including media campaigns, public speaking, commissioning and publishing research or polls or the filing of an amicus brief.

Beth Verhey (2001) Child Protection Consultant

“Advocacy is essential to prevention. Advocacy requires persistence and a full range of actions”. - Child Soldiers Preventing, Demobilizing and Reintegrating Report 2011.

Our Experience 1.0

• Global Campaign : INTERFAITH DECLARATION IN SUPPORT OF AN ARMS TRADE TREATY (2011 / 2012)

# signed by Religious leaders and faith-based organizations

• The ATT, regulating the international trade in conventional arms - from small arms to battle tanks, combat aircraft and warships - entered into force on 24 December 2014

Our Experience 2.0

Advocacy Role to stop armed conflict

• Sending memorandum to Malaysian Government, Syrian Embassy, OIC & United Nations;

• Flash Mob (is a group of people who assemble suddenly in a public place, perform an unusual and seemingly pointless act for a brief time, before quickly dispersing) ;

• Forming Malaysia Life Line for Syria (MLLFS);• Series of demonstration and protest;• Searching and finding the root cause of the conflict;• Writing articles• Briefing Talk• Viral + Trend + # tag (VTH)

Can We Stop the Armed Conflict?

• Small effort will bring about change• Together we are superpower! – Jody William Nobel Peace Laureate

• 92 WAY members can make a difference!• 38 affiliate members of MBM can make it!

Advocacy Role to prevent armed conflict

• Interfaith Dialogue and engagement; FGIS• Training of Young Ambassador for Peace;• Promoting moderation; • Spreading peace message;

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