Youth delegate to the General Assembly of the United Nations

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Youth delegates to the General Assembly is a project supported by the German Society for the United Nations and the German National Committee for International Youth Work . It is supported by the Federal Foreign Office and the Federal Ministry for Family, Seniors, Women and Youth . Germany sends a total of four UN youth delegates who have been in office for 1–2 years each. The second team of youth delegates travels to bodies of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.

Goal and organization

Since 1981, the United Nations (UN) has recommended its member states to send youth delegates to ensure better youth participation . Many countries, u. a. Germany (since 2005) and Austria also take up this offer and select youth delegates who are part of the diplomatic delegation of their respective country to the General Assembly of the United Nations in New York City . Each participating country sends one to six youth delegates every year.

The youth delegates are prepared for their appearance for six months, including a. Meetings are held with youth delegates from other countries to simulate the way the UN works.

Germany

The youth delegate program has existed in Germany since 2005. What is unique worldwide is that the German youth delegates complete a so-called “Germany tour” in order to record the expectations and wishes of young people from all over Germany. Discussions with youth groups and school classes take place here. These impressions and ideas will then be presented to the UN General Assembly in October. In 2019 Nikolas Karanikolas and Josephine Hebling are the German youth delegates to the UN General Assembly. Last year it was Antonia Kuhn and Lukas Schlapp. In Germany, participation is advertised annually and the delegates are named by the sponsors of the youth delegate program.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ German youth at the United Nations , website of the Federal Foreign Office , accessed on May 8, 2013
  2. ↑ Youth delegates to the UN General Assembly , website of the university group ViaMUN of the European University Viadrina , accessed on May 8, 2013
  3. ↑ Young Voices in the UN , Wiener Zeitung , accessed on May 8, 2013
  4. ^ UN youth delegates: Diary - One Week in Africa , faz.net , accessed on May 8, 2013
  5. ↑ "UN youth delegates - Why do we exist?" , jugenddelegierte.de , accessed on May 21, 2013
  6. ↑ "We give young people a voice" , geolino.de , accessed on May 8, 2013
  7. ↑ Youth delegates. Retrieved May 17, 2019 .
  8. ↑ "UN- Jugenddelegierte " , jugenddelegierte.de , accessed on July 10, 2018
  9. ^ A voice for young people , Süddeutsche.de , accessed on May 8, 2013

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