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12 de ago. de 2010 · The idea for International Youth Day was proposed in 1991 by the young people who were gathered in Vienna, Austria, for the first session of the World Youth Forum of the United Nations System.
International Youth Day. 12 August. On 17 December 1999, in its resolution 54/120, the United Nations General Assembly endorsed the recommendation made by the World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth (Lisbon, 8-12 August 1998) that 12 August be declared International Youth Day.
1 de jun. de 2021 · Youth Day commemorates the Soweto Uprising of 1976, when thousands of students protested against the apartheid regime's language policy. Learn about the events, the impact, and the legacy of this historic day and how it is celebrated in South Africa.
International Youth Day (IYD) is an awareness day designated by the United Nations that takes place on August 12. The purpose of the day is to draw attention to a given set of cultural and legal issues surrounding youth. The first IYD was observed on 12 August 2000.
Youth Day is a national holiday in South Africa. It falls on June 16. Youth Day celebrates the contribution that young people made to the struggle for freedom in South Africa. On June 16, 1976, schoolchildren marched in a protest that began the Soweto Uprising.
The day after the massacre, about 400 white students from the University of the Witwatersrand marched through Johannesburg's city centre in protest of the killing of children. Black workers went on strike as well and joined them as the campaign progressed.
World Youth Day, program of religious education and spiritual formation for youth in the Roman Catholic Church. Pope John Paul II, inspired by the church’s Youth Jubilee in 1984 and by the United Nations International Youth Year in 1985, established the first World Youth Day in 1986.
