The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) was created by the United Nations General Assembly on December 11, 1946, to provide emergency food and healthcare to children in countries that had been devastated by World War II. Over the years, UNICEF has evolved from an organization that rescue children in danger to an organization that empowers the voice of youth.
Under UNICEF starting 2005, an annual event called Junior 8 Summit is being held around the world, giving a chance for young people to debate issues discussed by the G8 and make recommendations to the G8 leade.
The past Junior 8 Summits had been held at many countries such as United Kingdom, Russia, Germany, Japan and Italy.
The beauty of Junior 8 Summit (J8) is that every youth has the chance to participate, all you have to do is gather your classmates to think through your ideas about issues the G8 will be discussing and submit those ideas to J8 via their websites: http://www.unicef.org/voy/ and http://www.j8summit.com/.
Here is a short clip introducing the J8 Summit this year at Italy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBH6smFYzhI
Finally, here is a link that will give you even more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNICEF
– Bo
