Organised by the UN General Assembly to promote better awareness of the World Programme of Action for Youth to the Year 2000 and Beyond, a major focus of this day is practical action to further encourage the empowerment and participation of youth in the processes and decisions that affect their lives.

- Email your plans and ideas for this year's theme, Tackling Poverty Together, to youth@un.org.

Extracted from youthinformation.com, The NYA's online information toolkit for young people.