"THE CHALLENGES OF 21ST CENTURY AND THE ARMENIAN YOUTH" CONFERENCE’S DECLARATION AS A BASIS OF FURTHER ACTIVITIES

AZG Armenian Daily #140
By Aghavni Haroutiunian
26/07/2007

Social

Members of the Armenian Catholic Primacy’s Armenian Catholic Union in
Damascus Shant Keshisian and Perch Ter-Sargisian’s letter is one of the
echoes that the World Armenian Congress received from the participants
of the Pan-Armenian International Youth Conference "The Challenges of
the 21st Century" held in July 9-11, in Yerevan. They express their
unreserved valuation on the reports, the serious attitude of the
working groups and the declaration of the "The Challenges of the 21st
Century" conference, which is really a distinct guide for the youth.

Many people mention that the gathering of the Armenian youth from
various countries was really a different and very efficient event in
the series of similar measures.

The valuation of the representatives of the Stavropol branch of the
Union of the Armenians in Russia, first, refers to high organizational
level of the conference and the youth’s serious approach to the
discussed issues.

"The cooperation in the working groups was dynamic and very
efficient. The positive inclination and the desire to unite really
gave their results", mention the Armenian youth of Stavropol.

The participants affirmed that the discussions of the practical
issues and the presentation of the proposals in the working groups
of the conference were more preferable for the youth, which became
the sources of the declaration.

The issues of Artsakh, recognition of the Armenian Genocide,
development of the Armenian State system and the Armenian
provinces, preservation of national originality and development of
Armenia-Diaspora and Diaspora-Armenia relations are the main points
of the declaration issued at the end of the conference.

The chief aim of the World Armenian Congress and the above-mentioned
conference is to gather the efforts of all Armenians round our
national interests, as it was written in the slogan of the conference:
"We are strong, when we are together".