Youth participation is more crucial than ever in reshaping the United Nations as the organization faces immense financial and political pressures for reform and for new ideas. Patricia Patz, the deputy spokesperson of the German Mission to the UN, told PassBlue in this latest episode of our Young Diplomats series that the direct involvement of young people is vital to solving global crises.
“Youth participation is crucial for the work of the United Nations,” Patz said. Germany has integrated the youth, peace and security agenda into the UN Peacebuilding Commission for this purpose, she added.
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Damilola Banjo is an award-winning staff reporter for PassBlue who has covered a wide range of topics, from Africa-centered stories to gender equality to UN peacekeeping and US-UN relations. She also oversees all video production for PassBlue. She was a Dag Hammarskjold fellow in 2023 and a Pulitzer Center postgraduate fellow in 2021. She was part of the BBC Africa team that produced the Emmy-nominated documentary, "Sex for Grades." In addition, she worked for WFAE, an NPR affiliate in Charlotte, N.C. Banjo has a master's of science degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and an undergraduate degree from the University of Ibadan in Nigeria.
