translated from Spanish: Why is International Youth Day celebrated on 12 August?

Since 1999 and promoted by the United Nations, every August 12 is celebrated the International Youth Day, in order to promote the participation of young people in all areas of society, to solve the challenges that youth face every day. It should be noted that today the youth population is the largest in history. According to UN data, there are some 1,800 million young people in the world aged between 10 and 24. In addition, the same entity maintains that it is a collective that must be protected. The world’s population is also expected to increase by 2,000 million people over the next 30 years. The theme set for 2021 reads: “Transforming food systems: Youth innovation for the health of human beings and the planet”, highlights the success of this global effort that will not be achieved without the meaningful participation of young people. Some interesting facts raised by the official website of the United Nations. 
One in six young people is out of work due to the COVID-19 crisis.
According to recent estimates, 600 million jobs should be created over the next 15 years to meet youth employment needs.
The proportion of young people without employment, education or training (NEET youth rate) has remained persistently high over the past 15 years and is now 30 per cent for young women and 13 per cent for young people worldwide.

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