Simulation model of UN Human Rights Council to be held in Egypt's World Youth Forum

CAIRO – 29 December 2021: A simulation model of the United Nations Human Rights Council will be organized in Egypt’s World Youth Forum (WYF) Jan. 10-13.

Some 5,000 young people applied to participate in the simulation model during the registration process. Some of them have been selected to attend the MUNHRC under the title “Implications of Covid-19 Pandemic on Right to Healthcare.”

In 2019, a simulation model of the Union for the Mediterranean was held at the WYF, where young people from the member states discussed climate change and means to curb its repercussions.

In 2018, a simulation model of the Arab-African Summit was also held with participants from 67 Arab and African nations to tackle economic integration between African and the Arab world.

The forum was scheduled to be held in 2020 but was postponed sue to the corona virus pandemic, with this edition focusing on the repercussions of the Covid-19, as well as peace, development, and innovation.

The WYF will tackle Sustainable Development Goals 2030, energy, entrepreneurship, the role of institutions in recovering from the pandemic, the future of healthcare, digital transformation, development initiatives against poverty, the repercussions of the pandemic on the behavior of individuals and crime patterns, and other topics. 

On the sidelines of the forum, WYF lab, WYF Theater, and Inspire. D will be held. 

Around 15,000 young men and women participated in the third edition of the World Youth Forum from 160 countries. It has contributed to the UN Human Rights Council in its 41st edition, and has been recognized as an international venue for dialogue by the UN and the Union for the Mediterranean.