What is or should be the role of youth in international affairs? Are the interests of the younger generation different from or the same as those of older generations?

https://press.un.org/en/2024/ga12627.doc.htm

https://www.downtoearth.org.in/governance/why-the-youth-is-so-angry#:~:text=As%20per%20an%20estimate%2C%20between,a%20key%20role%20in%20them. Mistake – not ‘the youth’ but ‘youth’

https://www.unicef.org/innocenti/reports/youth-protests-and-polycrisis

https://www.ilo.org/publications/major-publications/global-employment-trends-youth-2024

The definition of 'youth' according to the UN is roughly 15-24 years old.

https://www.un.org/en/global-issues/youth

https://www.un.org/esa/socdev/documents/youth/fact-sheets/youth-definition.pdf

Here are some links and notes to get you started on research for an essay. 

Some of the challenges regarding young Italians:

https://agenziagioventu.gov.it/giovani-2024-il-bilancio-di-una-generazione-pubblicato-il-rapporto-eures-per-il-consiglio-nazionale-dei-giovani-e-lagenzia-italiana-per-la-gioventu/

https://demografica.adnkronos.com/giovani/giovani-2024-futuro-generazione/

https://demografica.adnkronos.com/popolazione/rapporto-ceto-medio-per-3-italiani-su-4-giovani-vivranno-peggio-di-oggi/

https://demografica.adnkronos.com/giovani/under-34-italiani-vivono-con-genitori-cause-stipendi-troppo-bassi-e-lavoro-instabile/

https://tg24.sky.it/economia/2023/10/12/istat-giovani-lavoro-italia

https://www.regioni.it/newsletter/n-4526/del-07-07-2023/istat-rapporto-annuale-2023-la-situazione-del-paese-25716/#:~:text=Secondo%20l'Istat%2C%20la%20dimensione,formazione%20(i%20cosiddetti%20Neet).

https://alleyoop.ilsole24ore.com/2022/06/09/preoccupazioni-giovani/?refresh_ce=1

https://formiche.net/2022/03/giovani-italiani-mastrapasqua/

https://www.oasiscenter.eu/it/rapporto-giovani-2022-il-futuro-comincia-ora-istituto-toniolo

https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/en/topic/neets

https://am.pictet/it/blog/articoli/mercati-e-investimenti/neet-il-rapporto-tra-giovani-e-lavoro

https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/en/resources/article/2023/minimum-wage-debate-italy

Now examine some current and recent events connected with youth, e.g.in Iran, China or Peru, or Fridays for Future

https://www.mei.edu/blog/iranian-youth-and-protest-movement-2023-drivers-and-limitations

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/sep/18/we-never-stopped-protesting-irans-youth-take-freedom-fight-underground

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/08/we-just-want-to-live-in-a-normal-world-chinas-young-protesters-speak-out-and-disappear

https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/peru-youth-indigenous-protests-dina-boluarte/

https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/08/21/from-solo-protest-to-global-movement-five-years-of-fridays-for-future-in-pictures

Have a look at the activities, initiatives and positions or statements by international relations organizations, governments and public figures, e.g. or a public position or statement by an international relations figure, e.g.the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen in her State of the Union address in September 2023

https://state-of-the-union.ec.europa.eu/state-union-2023_it

https://state-of-the-union.ec.europa.eu/state-union-2023_en

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/speech_23_4426 full text

https://gceurope.org/reaction-to-the-2023-state-of-the-union-speech/

or  Greta Thunberg's impassioned speech at the United Nations Climate Action Summit on 23 September 2019

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9KxE4Kv9A8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAJsdgTPJpU

at the Youth4Climate Pre-COP26 on 29 set 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiwRQnNlNGU

and during the COP26 in November2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0FzWOBY-Yc

or her warning at the 2023 COP 28 preparatory conference

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMyLBhznULM

or Boyan Slat’s Ocean Cleanup project

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ocean_Cleanup

https://theoceancleanup.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es1LxkSScq8

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyan_Slat
https://www.readersdigest.ca/culture/european-year-boyan-slatan-wants-clean-oceans/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROW9F-c0kIQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBaTeXZNk9c

https://www.greenme.it/informarsi/ambiente/ocean-cleanup-funziona/

https://www.cleanocean.org/news/who-is-boyan-slat#

https://theoceancleanup.com/

https://theoceancleanup.com/updates/the-ocean-cleanup-unveils-plan-to-address-the-main-source-of-ocean-plastic-pollution-rivers/

https://www.corriere.it/esteri/18_giugno_14/boyan-slat-ocean-cleanup-pulizia-oceano-d294d190-6f46-11e8-a02e-ff9bef420dad.shtml?refresh_ce-cp

Youth and the Covid-19 pandemic

https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_emp/documents/publication/wcms_753057.pdf

https://www.coe.int/en/web/youth/-/youth-and-covid-19-survey-report

https://rm.coe.int/youth-and-covid-19-survey-report-english/16809feb26

https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/topic/neets

https://www.eurofound.europa.eu/topic/youth

http://www.fao.org/documents/card/en/c/ca9531en/ and the links it includes

https://www.unicef.org/media/66761/file/Practical-Tips-on-Engaging-Adolescents-and-Youth-in-the-COVID-19-Response-2020.pdf

https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---europe/---ro-geneva/---ilo-ankara/documents/publication/wcms_771428.pdf

You should have a look on Google at: Emma González, Gitanjali Rao, Sophie Cruz

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Gonz%C3%A1lez

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gitanjali_Rao_(inventor)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Cruz

and also at https://www.europeanbusinessreview.com/the-top-10-young-leaders-of-europe-poised-to-transform-the-world/

And at the death of Mahsa Amini in Iran and other young female protesters

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/sep/16/iranian-woman-dies-after-being-beaten-by-morality-police-over-hijab-law

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/oct/07/another-teenage-girl-dead-at-hands-of-irans-security-forces-reports-claim

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahsa_Amini_protests

UN Summit of the Future

https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/09/1154626

https://www.un.org/en/summit-of-the-future

EU Youth Delegates and youth and the UN

Talk online to an Italian UN Youth Delegate about his/her experience

https://www.eeas.europa.eu/delegations/un-new-york/meet-giulia-tariello-eu-youth-delegate-un-79th-general-assembly-session_en#:~:text=For%20the%2079th%20UN%20General%20Assembly%20Session%2C%20the%20EU%20will,the%20EU%20at%20the%20UN.

and look at:

https://www.facebook.com/UNYouthDelegateItaly

https://www.sioi.org/attivita/eventi-speciali/unydp/

https://www.sioi.org/attivita/eventi-speciali/unydp/unydp-2324/

https://comunicazioneinform.it/sioiun-youth-delegate-programme-italy-2023-24-si-apre-il-mandato-dei-nuovi-giovani-delegati-ditalia-alle-nazioni-unite-annarita-napolitano-e-giacomo-di-capua/

https://www.sioi.org/attivita/eventi-speciali/unydp/?lang=en

https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/unyditaly/

https://twitter.com/UNYDItaly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lVTLs6aTLc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aHINt2IrxE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6wGeJi3vcg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHnC6GzCAIk

https://www.sioi.org/attivita/eventi-speciali/unydp/whatisunydp/

https://www.un.org/esa/socdev/documents/youth/fact-sheets/youth-participation.pdf

https://www.onuitalia.com/2020/12/14/italys-youth-delegates-how-we-changed-the-covid-challenge-into-an-opportunity/

https://press.un.org/en/2022/gashc4343.doc.htm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A8au53W5Dg

https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N19/422/54/PDF/N1942254.pdf?OpenElement

https://www.un.org/ecosoc/en/ecosoc-youth-forum

https://www.instagram.com/unyd_italy/

https://www.facebook.com/UNYouthDelegateItaly/

https://www.sioi.org/attivita/focus-on/unydp-2/

https://twitter.com/unyditaly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4Faz7CNT8k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwT1QrWaj60

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJWx2pXcgPQ

https://www.un.org/development/desa/youth/what-we-do/youth-delegate-programme.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoxprhVAZKM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbShXrsFmOA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4Faz7CNT8k

https://www.un.org/youthenvoy/

https://social.desa.un.org/issues/youth/events/international-youth-day-2023

https://www.un.org/en/observances/youth-day

https://www.un.org/development/desa/youth/issue-briefs.html

https://www.un.org/development/desa/youth/what-we-do/faq.html

https://www.un.org/development/desa/youth/what-we-do.html

https://www.un.org/development/desa/youth/world-youth-report.html

https://social.desa.un.org/Issues/Youth/events/international-youth-day-2024

https://www.eeas.europa.eu/delegations/un-new-york/meet-eu-youth-delegates-un-78th-general-assembly-session_en?s=63

at the EU

https://youth.europa.eu/home_en

https://youth.europa.eu/strategy/european-youth-goals_en

https://youth.europa.eu/youthweek_it

https://data.europa.eu/it/news-events/events/kick-event-european-youth-week-2024

at the Y7 and Y20

https://y7italy.com/

https://www.esteri.it/en/sala_stampa/archivionotizie/approfondimenti/2022/11/g7-e-g20-youth-engagement-group-la-young-ambassadors-society-sta-selezionando-la-delegazione-italiana-per-y7-e-y20/

https://ambberlino.esteri.it/it/news/dall_ambasciata/2024/01/g7-e-g20-youth-engagement-group-la-young-ambassadors-society-sta-selezionando-la-delegazione-italiana-per-y7-e-y20/

https://y20brasil.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Concept-Note-Youth20-Summit-2024-5.pdf

https://www.passblue.com/2024/09/10/before-g20-summit-in-november-youth-tell-leaders-exactly-what-they-want/

https://www.youngdiplomats.ca/reports/2023/12/15/2023-y20-final-report#:~:text=The%202023%20summit%2C%20hosted%20by,in%20shaping%20the%20summit's%20outcomes.  2023

Africa

https://www.un.org/ohrlls/news/young-people%E2%80%99s-potential-key-africa%E2%80%99s-sustainable-development

file:///C:/Users/Pc/Downloads/Sub-Saharan%20Africa%20GET%20Youth%202024_0%20(2).pdf

https://ilostat.ilo.org/blog/african-youth-face-pressing-challenges-in-the-transition-from-school-to-work/

https://www.undp.org/sites/g/files/zskgke326/files/2023-05/undp-africa-youth-in-africa-2023-EN.pdf

https://bmr.co.za/2023/08/17/the-impact-of-the-covid-19-pandemic-on-the-wellbeing-of-south-african-youth/

More generally

https://natcen.ac.uk/publications/society-watch-2024-understanding-new-generation-voters

https://www.ipsos.com/sites/default/files/ct/news/documents/2024-07/Ipsos-Generations-Report-2024.pdf

https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2019/02/14/millennial-life-how-young-adulthood-today-compares-with-prior-generations-2/ 2019 but interesting