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How Youth can Support Children
(From the Young General Assembly Charter)
Chapter IV - The Role of Youth in the Young General Assembly
Article 9 - Youth (people age eighteen to twenty-five)
The Young General Assembly is mainly for children, those under eighteen years of age as defined by the Convention on the Rights of the Child. However, youth serve also as vital participants in the Young General Assembly organization.
1. At the international level youth can serve as:
a. meeting facilitators;
b. mentors and guides for those between the ages of twelve and eighteen;
c. fund raisers for international travel and conference fees;
d. members of the Finance Committee;
e. members of the Special Issues Committee;
f. interns at the Secretariat;
g. liaisons between the United Nations and the Young General Assembly;
h. initiators and directors of research on children's issues: and
i. scribes.
2. At the national level youth can serve as:
a. project directors and monitors of the projects;
b. organizers and writers of national reports for the Young General Assembly;
c. producers of Hear the Children Day events;
d. liaisons who set up appointments with government officials and facilitate the interaction with children
ensuring the children get an opportunity to speak for themselves;
e. investigators of new government policies and programs affecting children and passing the information
on to children nationwide;
f. chaperons for children as they travel;
g. fund raisers for their organization’s projects;
h. agents who organize press conferences and create publicity;
i. teachers of informative workshops about the areas included in the Young General Assembly's
responsibilities;
j. organizers of events and programs to recruit new participants for the member organization; and
k educators to prepare delegates under age eighteen attending annual Assembly Sessions of the Young
General Assembly.
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