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Youth can participate in the international community at:
 Voice
Created as a joint effort between TakingITGlobal and the Global Youth Action Network, The Voice is an informative website about activities at the UN and in the international community that youth can be involved in. It also highlights the issues that affect them as youth and concerned global citizens.
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World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)
Youth can be involved in various international policy processes, such as the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). WSIS is a two-part UN Summit - the first segment took place in Geneva in 2003, and the second will be in Tunis in 2005. Young people are active participants in the WSIS process. The First Preparatory Committee meeting held in Geneva in 2002, saw the formation of the Youth Caucus, which brought together all the young people and allowed them to coordinate activities and prepare positions on procedures, content and themes.
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World Summit on Sustainable Development
A youth caucus was also created for the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development. A Youth Caucus was created together with a listserve during the Earth Summit+5 in 1997 to connect youth and students from every region of the globe working on environmental issues at an international policy level.
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United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Youth Advisory Panel
Youth are also involved in international processes by participating in youth advisory groups. In April 2004, UNFPA's first ever Youth Advisory Panel (YAP) composed of young representatives from youth networks from around the world, was established to advise UNFPA on best ways to recognize and promote youth rights and needs within in policies and programmes. The group will also help ensure that UNFPA's global, regional and national initiatives adequately address young people's concerns, particularly regarding their sexual and reproductive lives, HIV/AIDS, and gender issues.
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CONGO-Youth Advisory Council
At the Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CONGO), it was recognized that young people were still the most under-represented participants in decision-making at all levels. As a result, a number of youth representatives to the General Assembly and youth organizations involved in the work of the United Nations proposed the establishment of a youth committee that would strengthen the participation and voice of young people at the UN. Specifically, they recommended the formation of a Youth Advisory Committee to CONGO.
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Youth Delegates
Youth can also participate at the UN through their permanent missions. Governments will occasionally send youth to the General Assembly as a Youth Delegate. Although few countries actually do this, the goal is to support, promote and encourage youth participation in the United Nations.
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The World Bank
Youth have been increasingly involved with the World Bank. Youth dialogues during the World Summit for Sustainable Development led to the "Youth World Bank Strategy" and the organization of the bank's first Global Youth Conference: "Youth Development and Peace" in September 2003. As the cooperation between youth and the World Bank grows, youth continue to push for the formation of a WB Youth Advisory Committee (YAC) to design and monitor the implementation of the youth strategy as part of the Bank's strategies and with respect to specific country circumstances.
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Global Youth Action Network (GYAN)
GYAN is a not-for-profit collaborative network that acts as an incubator of global partnerships among youth organizations. Their mission is to facilitate youth participation and intergenerational partnership in global decision-making; to support collaboration among diverse youth organizations; and to provide tools, resources, and recognition for positive youth action.
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International NGOs
Youth can also volunteer, intern or seek employment with international Non-Governmental Organizations. As these organizations are international, they often have branch or regional offices throughout the world. Some examples of these types of NGOs include Oxfam International, World Wildlife Fund, Human Rights Watch, Red Cross International and many more!
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