Vote Thijs Verheul into the United Nations

Thijs Verheul is one of six semi-finalists competing to become the UN's new youth delegate. The winner will be announced on 24 October 2010 and will be given the opportunity to address the United Nations General Assembly for seven minutes.

A UN youth delegate works on UN-related issues. International collaboration, human rights, the food crisis and new energy are a few of the subjects Thijs will be dealing with. He will gather input for these issues from youths across the Netherlands by giving lectures and workshops at schools. He will also speak during UN simulations and organize happenings at festivals. These actions will give him insight into what is important to youths and enable him to represent your interests in the Netherlands and at the United Nations.

AIDS, malaria and TB

Thijs will focus on the global fight against diseases such as AIDS/HIV, malaria and TB, Millennium Development Goal 6. Every day, 3,000 children die of malaria. That means two every minute ... Today, some 33 million people are infected with HIV ... Both diseases are spreading quickly, although they could be prevented! It is time that youths join forces to improve education, prevention and the distribution of medicines.

Vote for Thijs so he can represent your interests at the UN

You will find more information on Thijs's website, http://www.stemthijsnaarvn.nl/ about the election, the position, the United Nations and, of course, about Thijs himself. In order to become the new youth delegate, he needs your vote! So he can represent your interests at the UN. If you want to react to this website or receive updates on the latest campaign news, add Thijs to Hyves and follow him on Twitter.

You can read about the goals of the five other semi-finalists on the website of the United Nations:

• Marissa Adelaar (20)
• Iris Gardien (24)
• Bart Kleine Deters (22)
• Lot Feijen (21)
• Dirk Janssen (20)

Thijs Verheul is the youngest: he is 18 and he will graduate this year from the Christian comprehensive school de Lage Waard. He is guest student at Erasmus University Medical Centre and wants to focus mainly on Millennium Development Goal 6.

Malaria No More! Netherlands is helping Thijs achieve his ambition of becoming a youth delegate at the UN and is asking you to do the same.

Do you think Thijs has chosen the right issues? Then vote for him from 11 to 17 October!

From Monday 11 October to Sunday 17 October you can vote twice by:

texting ‘Thijs’ to 5040
o There is no additional cost.
o The confirmation text is free!
o You can text from another country than The Netherlands, but only when you have a Dutch phonenumber.

and

sending an e-mail from www.dewereldvandevn.nl
o Your vote is not valid until you click the activation link!
o The e-mail with the activation link is in Dutch and has the subject: 'Bevestig je stem op Thijs Verheul'. Click on the link in the e-mail to validate your vote.

Would you like to do something about AIDS, malaria and TB? Tell your friends, acquaintances, family and colleagues what you, Thijs and Malaria No More want to do and tell them to visit the website http://www.stemthijsnaarvn.nl/

Every vote counts.

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