International Youth Day, August 12, 2013 is "Youth Migration: Moving Development Forward"

 On 17 December 1999, in its resolution 54/120, the United Nations General Assembly endorsed the recommendation made by the World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth (Lisbon, 8-12 August 1998) that 12 August be declared International Youth Day.

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Brief History of Human Rights

World War II had raged from 1939 to 1945, and as the end drew near, cities throughout Europe and Asia lay in smoldering ruins. Millions of people were dead, millions more were homeless or starving. Russian forces were closing in on the remnants of German resistance in... (click here for full story - www.humanrights.com/what-are-human-rights/brief-history/the-united-nations.html ).