August 12 is International Youth Day

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August 12 is International Youth Day

On August 8-12, 1998, the International Youth Day was confirmed at the World Conference on Youth Affairs in Lisbon. Youth Day was first celebrated on August 2000, 12. The conference highlighted the problems of today's youth, directing them to areas of interest, strengthening advocacy. In 1995, young people made up 4/1 of the world's labor force, including unemployed youth. In a market economy, there have been some difficulties in providing well-rounded young people with good jobs. Today, the number of young people under the age of 25 in the world is 3 billion. Half a billion of them are low-income. More than 100 million children do not attend school. Every day, almost 30 young children die of starvation. More than 7 young people are infected with the dangerous disease AIDS. The problem of young people and how they see their future, a number of other questions and attempts to find answers to them at the above-mentioned conference. Each year, the conference is held under special slogans such as "Together in the fight against poverty: youth and poverty," "Youth and change: it's time to act." Youth Day is also celebrated in China, Tunisia, Cameroon, Turkey and other countries.