07-11-2012, 02:48 PM
RECOGNIZING THE POWER OF YOUTH ON INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DAY 2012
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WHY WE ARE HERE
WE ARE HERE NOT ONLY TO RECOGNIZE BUT ALSO TO APPRECIATE AND ATTACH OURSELVES TO THE POWER OF TODAY’S YOUTH
YOUTH DAY
ON 17 DECEMBER 1999, IN ITS RESOLUTION , THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY ENDORSED THE RECOMMENDATION MADE BY THE WORLD CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUTH THAT 12 AUGUST BE DECLARED INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DAY..
YOUTH
ACCORDING TO THE INDIAN NATIONAL YOUTH POLICY, AL THE YOUTH IN THE COUNTRY IN THE AGE GROUP 13-35 ARE CALLED YOUTH. SINCE ALL THE PERSON WITHIN THIS AGE GROUP ARE UNLIKELY TO BE ONE HOMOGENEOUS GROUP BUT RATHER A CONGLOMERATION OF SUB GROUPS WITH DIFFERENT, SOCIAL ROLES AND REQUIREMENTS. AGE GROUP IS THEREFORE DIVIDED INTO TWO SUB GROUPS, 13 – 19 YRS AND SECOND IS 20 – 35 YRS. THE YOUTH BELONGING TO THE AGE GROUP 13-19 WHICH ARE A MAJOR PART OF ADOLESCENT AGE GROUP ARE REGARDED AS A SEPARATE CONSTITUENCY.
OBJECTIVES
6. To sustain and reinforce the spirit of volunteerism involvement in promoting peace
7. To develop youth leadership
8. To promote participation in the protection and preservation of nature