international youth day 2021 is observed on thursday 12 august international youth day is an awareness day designated by the united nations to draw attention to a given set of cultural and legal issues surrounding youth the first international youth day was observed on 12 august 2000 it was based on a recommendation made by the world conference of ministers responsible for youth in lisbon to the un general assembly the international youth day is celebrated through various awareness campaigns community concerts and events to bring to notice the socioeconomic and sociopolitical issues that the youth in every nation faceinternational youth day 2021 themeeach year the united nations decides a theme that is relevant to all global communities and citizens the theme of international youth day 2021 is transforming food systems youth innovation for human and planetary health with the aim of highlighting that the success of such a global effort will not be achieved without the meaningful participation of young peoplethis year international youth day will be virtually convened by desa in partnership with the food and agriculture organization of the united nations and the major group for children and youth the united nations is also organizing a webinar on august 12 the event will explore the role that youth can play to achieve more equitable and sustainable food systems building on the recommendations of 2021 ecosoc youth forumthrough a unique dialogue among youth working in this space and stakeholders from different walks of life the webinar will promote innovation knowledge exchange and youth engagement by continuing the momentum to the highlevel united nations food systems summit in septemberthe webinar is structured around different roundtables designed to boost interactions among the participants the different segments will focus on specific topics that fall under the overarching theme of transforming food systems including planetary health nutrition health education innovation and indigenous youth