BY: HEE SANG PARK, BEIJING WORLD YOUTH ACADEMY
Although their forum follows a very different procedure, representatives of theYouth Assembly have the same concerns and attitudes toward global issues as delegates of other forums. What sets the Youth Assembly members apart is their enthusiasm. Chair of the 1st forum of the Youth Assembly, Charles Tsai from the International School of Beijing, described the forum, as an experience which “ brings youth to solve global issues.”
The Youth Assembly works on an action paper, which is quite different from a resolution. Tsai explained it as “People who are in the same level as us establishing solutions,” and repeated the significant role in society by citing it as an example of the change a real-world organization made a few years ago just because of one action paper submitted in the Youth Assembly. He looked forward to his fellow co-workers finishing their work on time with fresh suggestions to embellish action papers and attempt to have a great impact on the plenary session this Saturday.
The Action Paper was the one task that they pursued with limited variety of readers, but people in each forum of the Youth Assembly also worked on group projects to appeal to a wider range of the population. The project aimed to relate to as many parts of the world as possible by actively using media that allows a great amount of people to access it. This year, forums of the Youth Assembly worked on assignments such as making web pages and videos.
Enthusiasm of the Youth Assembly is apparent not only when considering the projects that they have been working on, but also from interviewing delegates. Kevin Wu from Shanghai American School aims to “find out ways to increase global citizens and encourage youth to do more work for a world.” He thinks “children these days are too obsessed with their own world,” and explained that the Action Paper of Forum 1 will concern itself with how to urge youth to become more globalized citizens. Ji Hye (Amy) Park in forum 2 who is from Qingdao MTI International School also found the action paper to be very significant regarding the issue of “being aware of severity of gas emission and child labour” because she realizes that she is taking actions to support the solving of problems by making videos about them. Lastly in forum 3, when asked about his topic in Youth Assembly, Gabriel Macbeth, International School of Beijing said, “I think the problems are worth while topics that substantially affect both the world and personal lives.”
Although their forum follows a very different procedure, representatives of theYouth Assembly have the same concerns and attitudes toward global issues as delegates of other forums. What sets the Youth Assembly members apart is their enthusiasm. Chair of the 1st forum of the Youth Assembly, Charles Tsai from the International School of Beijing, described the forum, as an experience which “ brings youth to solve global issues.”
The Youth Assembly works on an action paper, which is quite different from a resolution. Tsai explained it as “People who are in the same level as us establishing solutions,” and repeated the significant role in society by citing it as an example of the change a real-world organization made a few years ago just because of one action paper submitted in the Youth Assembly. He looked forward to his fellow co-workers finishing their work on time with fresh suggestions to embellish action papers and attempt to have a great impact on the plenary session this Saturday.
The Action Paper was the one task that they pursued with limited variety of readers, but people in each forum of the Youth Assembly also worked on group projects to appeal to a wider range of the population. The project aimed to relate to as many parts of the world as possible by actively using media that allows a great amount of people to access it. This year, forums of the Youth Assembly worked on assignments such as making web pages and videos.
Enthusiasm of the Youth Assembly is apparent not only when considering the projects that they have been working on, but also from interviewing delegates. Kevin Wu from Shanghai American School aims to “find out ways to increase global citizens and encourage youth to do more work for a world.” He thinks “children these days are too obsessed with their own world,” and explained that the Action Paper of Forum 1 will concern itself with how to urge youth to become more globalized citizens. Ji Hye (Amy) Park in forum 2 who is from Qingdao MTI International School also found the action paper to be very significant regarding the issue of “being aware of severity of gas emission and child labour” because she realizes that she is taking actions to support the solving of problems by making videos about them. Lastly in forum 3, when asked about his topic in Youth Assembly, Gabriel Macbeth, International School of Beijing said, “I think the problems are worth while topics that substantially affect both the world and personal lives.”
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