International Youth day has been celebrated on the 12th August every year since the first time on 12th August 2000.The United Nations in 1999 dedicated International Youth Day to raise awareness, celebrate and bring to the mainstream the voices, actions and initiative, as well as the ‘meaningful, universal and equitable engagement’ of the youth.
The theme of International Youth Day 2020, “Youth Engagement for Global Action” seeks to highlight the ways in which the engagement of young people at the local, national and global levels is enriching national and multilateral institutions and processes, as well as draw lessons on how their representation and engagement in formal institutional politics can be significantly enhanced.
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