Rizwan Anwar has represented Pakistan’s youth in international youth initiatives, development forums and leadership programmes across Europe, Asia, Australia and North America. His work focuses on bringing young people’s voices into global decision-making and strengthening cooperation across countries and cultures.
United Nations and global development
- 2013: represented Pakistani youth at the 68th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, and took part in the World Bank Youth Summit in Washington, D.C.
- August 2013: selected among 100 young people from around the world for a meeting associated with the United Nations Inter-Agency Network on Youth Development.
- 2013: presented an idea on youth engagement in peace development during a session with Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif at the United States Institute of Peace, Washington, D.C.
- 2015–2024: Global Youth Advocate and Global Youth Ambassador, working on the UN My World Survey and consultations on The World We Want 2015 and the post-2015 development agenda.
Prime Minister’s Youth Programme delegations
As Special Representative to the Prime Minister’s Youth Programme, he has represented Pakistan at the Commonwealth Secretariat in London (2024), OIC Youth Capital 2025 in Marrakesh, the CICA Youth Council in Baku (2026) and the Pakistan High Commission in London (2026).
Conferences, cultural exchange and peacebuilding
Rizwan has organised and taken part in international conferences, workshops, training programmes and cultural exchanges in Germany, Norway, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Liechtenstein, France, the United Kingdom, Spain, Azerbaijan, Turkey and the United States.
- Member of the core organising committee of the World Youth Conference in Sri Lanka
- Contributor to the SAARC Regional Youth Conference and the International Children Festival
- Founder of the International Culture Conference in Pakistan, held annually since 2012
- Participant in the Cultural Infusion programme in Melbourne, Australia (2017)
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