Mr. Colin Davis, UNICEF Senior Programme Officer, spoke on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the role of the youth in helping keep the MDG promise during the commemoration of International Youth Day held Aug. 10 at the Philippine International Convention Center. The occasion also marked the launch of the UN’s MDG Viewpoints, a forum on issues and challenges relating to the MDGs

The conference was organized by the United Nations Association of the Philippines, in cooperation with the UN System in the Philippines, Youth Federation for World Peace and World CARP.

Pop rock singer Ms. Kitchie Nadal sang the song “Kalinga,” a song on combating HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases during the launch of the UN’s MDG Viewpoints. Ms. Nadal was one of many featured artists who sang for the MDG album entitled Tayo-Tayo Rin sa 2015.

In 2005, she received two Awit Awards for Best Performance by a Female Recording Artist and Best Ballad for the song “Huwag na huwag mong sasabihin.”

She also received the Nickelodeon Channel’s Kids’ Choice Award as well as two Aliw Awards as The Most Promising Entertainer and Best Female Concert Performer.