What have the Youth Delegates done so far?

The positive input of the Youth Delegates - maybe you have also wondered once? The list is not final yet.

1. Examples of best practices
Australia In 2009 the YD visited all states of Australia, meeting young people with all different backgrounds (with a specific focus on young people with fewer opportunities) and discussed their life circumstances and concerns; on each visit he asked the young people to write a letter to the prime minister, raising their relevant issues; he also brought these young people's voices to the UN and made it a central part of his speech. By doing so he was able to get peer-to-peer feedback about the needs of young people in a direct way and bring these needs to the UN.
Germany Every year German YD are doing a tour around Germany, meeting and discussing with young people; and organize a side event every year on the YD Program.
Saudi Arabia The Saudi Permanent Mission to the UN set up a YD Program in 2010 and organized a side event on intercultural understanding.
In Peru the Youth Delegate Program has created an interest for UN related topics among youth; the existence of such a programme has activated a group of young people in the National Youth Council who is working towards implementing UN resolutions and commitments into national/local policies. This interest can be achieved by a peer-to-peer encounter. Therefore Member States (also in developing countries) should look at the YD Program as an opportunity for development and cooperation.

2. What have we done concretely in the UN, New York
Example 1: Youth Delegates proposed language to the recent GA resolution A/RES/64/130, which was adopted by consensus, on non-formal education to prepare the young people for the green economy (Paragraph 5).
Example 2: The YDs also proposed paragraph on intergenerational dialogue to the resolution on ageing (at the GA in October 2010, RES/65/182, paragraph 13) which speaks about solidarity among generations.
Example 3 (to be further specified): Clause on HIV-tests.

And we still work on achieving more.