4th CONGRESS OF OYP YOUTH UNION HELD

YEREVAN, JANUARY 31, NOYAN TAPAN. The Orinats Yerkir (Country of Law)
Party has always struggled against despair in Armenian public and new
approaches, new programs should be offered to the people and in
particular, to the youth, for this purpose." OYP Chairman Artur
Baghdasarian declared this at the January 31 account-electoral 4th
conference of the party’s Youth Union.

In his words, according to the National Youth Report published two
months ago, 70% of 16-30-year-old young people see their future
outside of Armenia. This index, in OYP leader’s words, gives rise to
a serous anxiety. As A.Baghdasarian affirmed, "even in conditions of
triumphal march of money" young men should themselves struggle for
living a deserved life.

Chairman of OYP Youth Union, Samvel Farmanian emphasized in his speech
that today the union as a political structure is more organized than
at the previous conference held in 2005. He said that among the main
directions of Union’s activity are: revelation of problems the youth
is faced by and mentioning the ways of their solution. S.Farmanian
reminded that in the period under review the Union organized signature
collection, through which 20 thousand young people demanded from
country’s authorities allocating 8 bln drams (nearly 21.6 mln USD)
from 2007 state budget for construction of apartments for young newly
formed families. "Unfortunately, the authorities responded with purely
formal letters not presenting any meaningful proposal," S.Farmanian
said.