Activities of UN Youth
UN Youth holds two annual national multi-divisional events: the UN Youth National Conference and the United Nations Security Council Competition — the Evatt Trophy, named after Dr H.V. Evatt. These national conferences attract interest, participation and support from young individuals and youth-oriented organisations, as well as publicity and media attention. Both conferences are held in Australian capital cities designated on a rotational system. In addition to this, UN Youth also run two international multi-divisional events. The "Pacific Project" which focuses on building Australia's role in the Pacific, in particular Timor Leste. UN Youth Australia also send a delegation to the prestigious THIMUN competition.
UN Youth Australia also has a significant regional focus, and runs a number of events in regional locations, including the annual UN Youth Regional Youth Summit (UNRYS) held in Albury, New South Wales. Significant conferences typically take the form of a youth summit combining educational workshops, speakers, issue-based discussion, policy drafting, and mock United Nations committee or assembly debate similar in format to a Model United Nations conference.
Divisional bodies of UN Youth also coordinate events in their State or Territory, such as annual State Conferences and Security Council competitions. Educative and participatory youth events, such as speakers forums, are routinely convened by divisional bodies.
UN Youth is the only youth-run organisation on the National Representative Council of the Australian Youth Affairs Coalition, is represented on the steering committee of the Australian Youth Forum, and consults with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) on a number of different concerns including human rights. Further, UN Youth Australia works with DFAT to support an Australian Youth Representative to the United Nations General Assembly each year, and has also sent two representatives to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights as part of Australia's delegation.
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