IOM and the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAoC) are
calling on youth from all over the world to vote before November 1,
2010 for their favourite video from the PLURAL+ 2010 Youth Video
Festival finalist entries.

Youth from around the world are invited to visit the PLURAL+
website at "http://www.unaoc.org/pluralplus" target="_blank" title=
"">www.unaoc.org/pluralplus  for information on how to
watch the videos and vote for the Youth Audience Award.

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The participating videos express young people's thoughts,
experiences, questions and suggestions on migration, diversity,
integration, identity and social inclusion, highlighting their
realities as well as ideas on developing a peaceful coexistence in
diverse cultural and religious contexts.

The aim of PLURAL+ is to ensure youth engagement in these
important issues both at local and global levels by mainstreaming
their voices through a variety of media platforms and distribution
networks (broadcast, video festivals, conferences, events,
Internet, DVD) around the world.

"PLURAL+ participation demonstrates how young people across the
world are willing to creatively engage in complex social issues
such as migration and cultural inclusiveness," said Marc Scheuer,
Director of the UN Alliance of Civilizations.

The invitation for this new PLURAL + Youth Audience Award was
announced by the UNAoC and IOM on the occasion of the United
Nations International Year of Youth on Dialogue and Mutual
Understanding launched last August 12th by the UN Secretary
General, Ban Ki-moon, in the General Assembly Hall at United
Nations Headquarters in New York.

The winner of the PLURAL+ Youth Audience Award will be announced
on November 12, 2010 at the Paley Center for Media in New York.

In addition, all youth participants selecting their favourite
video will automatically enter in a drawing with the opportunity of
winning a Flip camera. For details and information please go to the
"http://www.unaoc.org/pluralplus" target="_blank" title="">PLURAL +
website.

For additional information, please contact:

Jordi Torrent

UNAOC

E-mail: "mailto:plural@unaoc.org">plural@unaoc.org

or

Elif Zeybel

IOM New York

E-mail: "mailto:ezeybel@iom.int">ezeybel@iom.int