An International Youth Committee

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What can young people do and what can one do for the young today? These problems were studied by the International Consultative Committee on Youth Activities, set up by unesco, at its first session which was held in Paris in May 1965. The Committee, which consisted of leading specialists from 23 countries of Europe, Africa, Asia and America, was instituted in order to advise the Organization in the preparation of programmes concerning youth activities and assist it in putting these into effect. In this capacity it will, for example, study problems raised by the intensification of extra-curricula studies and the long-term service of young volunteers. The latter, especially if they possess technical qualifications, are capable of giving a considerable amount of aid to the developing countries, as has already been shown by work carried out in this direction by no less than 250 organizations which have sent out some 17,000 young people to various countries.