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2017

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In which year, first International Youth Day was observed?
A
2000
B
1995
C
2003
D
2010
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1998, a resolution proclaiming 12 August as International Youth Day was adopted by the first session of the the World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth, which was hosted by the Government of Portugal in cooperation with the United Nations (Lisbon, 8-12 August 1998).

Detailed explanation-2: -Youth Day commemorates the Soweto youth uprising of 16 June 1976. In 1975 protests started in African schools after a directive from the then Bantu Education Department that Afrikaans had to be used on an equal basis with English as a language of instruction in secondary schools.

Detailed explanation-3: -The first World Youth Day, held on Palm Sunday in Rome, had the goal of assuring young Catholics of their capacity to perpetuate the church’s traditions, spirituality, and work within the world.

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