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The way the government looks at young people needs to change. -- Mohamed Maouloud, youth delegate for Mauritania, age 23

Left: Education - we need to make it more practical. It shouldn't just be for passing exams. -- Guan Wang, youth delegate for China, age 24 </p> <p>Right: The values of the youth, the values of the people. Our values are changing, and they're no longer like ancient Confucius values. There should be more value towards people and morality, not money. -- Qingqing Han, youth delegate for China, age 25
Left: I mean, a new prime minister would be nice. -- Paulo Petrocelli, youth delegate for Italy, age 27 </p> <p>Right: The violence. -- Carmen Liliana, youth delegate for Columbia, age 22
What needs to change? First and foremost, government policies and implantation of youth involvement in government life.<br /> -- Johnpaul Usman, youth delegate for Nigeria , age 19
There are so many issues...gender discrimination and people with disabilities. -- Akexeeva Maria, youth delegate for Russia, age 20
Left: Insuring pensions for youth. We are paying for our parents with no guarantee of having one ourselves. -- Jean de La Rochard, French employee at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, age 22 </p> <p>Right: Youth unemployment. -- Silvia Terronemployee, Spanish employee at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, age 31
Left: It's very simple. UNESCO recommends each country spend 7% of it's internal budget on education, yet Chile is only spending 3.1%. This is ridiculous. Education is a right, not a commodity. -- Miguel Soffia Serrano, Chilean youth journalist, documentary film maker , age 24 </p> <p>Right: The freedom to be who you are. -- Damithri Welikala, youth delegate for Sri Lanka, age 23
I would enable the freedom of speech. -- Elif Eser Ozgirgin, youth delegate for Turkey, age 19
We need to increase youth influence in decision making. -- Bojah Grebehar, youth delegate for Bosnia, age 23
Left: A greater support network created by youth, for youth. More peer encouragement, especially in the inner cities.<br /> -- Andrew Hanna, youth delegate for the United States, age 19 </p> <p>Right: Education, it changes everything. -- Esraa Abdelmoniem, youth delegate for Iraq, age 20
Left: The indifference. It is the most difficult battle to win. -- Cesar Lopez, Musician and advocate on non‐violence, creator of the 'Escopetara,' an AK‐47 transformed into a guitar </p> <p>Right: The mentality of the people of Serbia needs to change. -- Stefan Perisic, youth delegate for Serbia, age 23
I want peace and jobs for young boys, because unemployment brings war. -- Sirèbè Fèrèta Nathalie Soro, youth delegate for Côte d'Ivoire, age 29
Left: I want to change men's perceptions about Egyptian women - particularly Arab Women. I want to change what people think of Arab veiled woman. Most of the men in Egypt don't believe in what women can do. What is even more unfortunate is that most women don't believe in their abilities and what they can do, either. I want this to be changed- I dream to see women's empowerment happening in my country.<br /> -- Hend Sallam, youth journalist delegate for the Middle East, age 24 </p> <p>Right: The entire mentality needs to change. Everything would change if the people could change that. —- Gaida al-Dhobee, youth delegate for Yemen, age 21
Left: We've recently gotten a new government - a full majority government, and they've cut off all funding to the arts and culture. The programs are on the brink of destruction, and they've been around for a century. As an artist it's really frightening. -- Victoria Lesau, youth delegate for Canada, age 21 </p> <p>Right: Racism should come to an end. -- Peter Linyoneli, youth delegate for Namibia, age 23
Education, employment and gender bias. -- Akanksha Gulia, UNESCO 7th Youth Forum speaker from India, age 22
Left: Traditional hierarchy within government and business structures need to change. The current models were created after World War Two but don't fit a modern society. The world gave so much money after the earthquake and tsunami, yet the victims never saw any of it.<br /> -- Aya Imai, youth delegate for Japan, age 22 </p> <p>Right: My change would not be for where I was born, but regarding the Palestinian and Israeli conflict. We need a one state solution, where both parties have equal representation. A two state solution, especially based on the 1967 war borders will never work. That leaves Palestine with less than 30% of their original land. And it needs to be said, I say that as a person without any racism in my heart and many Jewish friends. I have tried to look at the situation as honestly as I can. -- Ali Latifa Fakhry, youth journalist and professional blogger based in Beirut, age 24
Education, more social and human targeted education - less government control. I'd like to adopt the Japanese model of education.<br /> -- Alon Meidan, youth delegate for Israel, age 25
Change is a constant. It is in continual motion. It is up to us to move its wheel toward good.<br /> -- Forest Whitaker, Academy-Award winning actor and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador
Left: In Oman we have great diversity – in people, the environment, our economics – and I’d like to combine that diversity with today’s youth and social work.<br /> -— Amal al Mashaikhi, youth delegate for Oman, age 24 </p> <p>Right: In Romania we were born thinking, 'it's ok, let it be.' But this is wrong - I would change the mentality - 'just do it. change it.'<br /> -- Delia Marinesco, youth delegate for Romania, age 20
Left: Education. 'Really?' I respond, 'Everyone says that. Isn't that a bit diplomatic?' Ok, well...the pavement is too dirty. It's disgusting. I'm sorry but it's the first thing that came to mind. Well, I mean in Paris, of course. -- Claire-Helena Frileux, youth delegate for France, age 23 </p> <p>Right: I would like to improve Spain's culture and education. -- Andres Villena, Young economist, columnist, blogger and activist of the 15M movement in Spain
Left: In Kuwait, we don't have many serious problems. When I am here I feel ashamed when I listen to the problems of other states. In comparison, our problems in Kuwait seem silly. -- Yousef al-Wazzan, youth delegate for Kuwait, age 20 </p> <p>Right: I would change what has been untouchable for ages: the mafia which runs the state. The youth of Italy don't have the hope - we can't even comprehend - a society without the mafia, they have been untouchable for so long.<br /> -- Martina Castigliani, Italian youth journalist, masters candidate in politics at Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, age 24
Women's rights. It's already changing, it's changing a lot. And I want to be apart of that change. -- Aljouhara Al Baler, youth delegate for Saudi Arabia, age 19
Left: (Upon hearing the suggestion, 'get people living in the tents after the earthquakes into homes again,' he responded) No, that isn't enough. Education - it's the only thing people are guaranteed to still have tomorrow. -- Djef Pierre, youth delegate for Haiti, age 20 </p> <p>Right: The Maras situation. -- Marina Leticia Gonzalez Majorga, youth delegate for Guatemala, age 22
Left: I would like to see lifestyle changes in education. I want to see more opportunities to learn outside the classroom. People need to learn how to adapt to learn, how to change their communities. -- Kritsada Punyapratheep, youth delegate for Thailand, age 23 </p> <p>Right: I think I can defend more and more to other Latin American students the right to free, public education. -- Nirza Garcia, youth delegate for Cuba, age 21
Left: We need to find a way to have more employment for the youth. -- Susan Abalo, youth delegate for Uganda, age 21 </p> <p>Right: I would change the way the Iraqi government is run. The people in office don't deserve to be there, and as Iraqis we can do better. -- Mousa Mosawy, Iraqi, Organizer of emergency support during the American-Iraq war, now studying at University of Massachusetts - Boston, age 19
I wouldn't change anything, because if I change something, It wont be the same country I know. -- Jose Javier Maldonado, youth delegate for Columbia, age 21
Left: I want to stop the war on terror and bring real democracy, sustainable security and peace to Afghanistan.<br /> -- Sifatallah Rahimee, youth delegate for Afghanistan, age 23 </p> <p>Right: My answer is global - access to education for all. -- Spaïcy Bazile, Canadian-born Haitian singer and special performer at youth Forum
The autocracy of the people currently in power (post 2011 revolution). -- Seba Moustafa, youth delegate for Egypt, age 20
Left: Security. So many young people are going into a criminal lifestyle. -- Alejandro Moreno-Perez, age 22 </p> <p>Right: I would put into action all of the environmental commitments the government has made. There have been leaders, yet no action.<br /> -- Isabel Bottoms, youth delegate for the United Kingdom, age 20
Left: More volunteers, and space for bicycles - I'm a bicyclist and there is no room. -- Stravroula Baka, youth delegate for Greece, age 22 </p> <p>Right: It would be a country for art and science, without any politics at all. -- Ante Andabak, youth delegate for Croatia, age 15
Left: I would change the history. Some very precise decisions in history that would make the world a better place.<br /> -- Sonja Nektarijevic, youth delegate from Serbia, age 26 </p> <p>Right: Mental changes. I think that it is possible to live in a much better world. The aim is to believe, have faith, that we are becoming powerful. That is the first change in our country, in the youth, and now it is beginning to occur in Armenia. -- Hayk Mamijanyan, youth delegate for Armenia, age 21
Youth delegate for Iran. Gave permission for photo to be used, but preferred to not give name, age or answer question.