Today is International Youth Day

International Youth Day was created by the United Nations and first celebrated in 1998. The event is now marked on 12 August each year, the day aims to celebrate the contribution youths make to society.

Young people have led the world in encouraging recycling and green lifestyles and the use of new technology like mobile phones, ipods and social networking sites like Facebook.

Each year a theme is selected for the day so keep checking on the
International Youth Day website for more information. And, what's more a commemoration of the day is held at the United Nations Headquarter's in New York. Youths across the world are encouraged to send a description of any planned activities to youth@un.org and a selection of the most creative events are featured on the UN website to give a flavour of what is happening across the world to celebrate this special day.

So ... get involved and have a say in your future!