ARTSAKH YOUTH CONFERENCE

Azat Artsakh Tert, Nagorno Karabakh Republic
Dec 19 2007

On december 14,15 it was held Artsakh youth forum in the house of
culture and youth by participation of the repsentatives of youth
structures of the regions . The aim of 2nd forum was the increasing
of the political activeness of the youth, the elaboration of joint
programs for carrying out effective youth policy and so on.

Joint Efforts Are The Pledge For Success

Inaugurating the forum the minister of culture newly appointed
N.Gasparyan told the youth to undertake the practical steps. The
middle age of the employees of several ministries hesitates from
25-35.The minister says the only way for breaking the deadlock, the
grouping the power of all youth organisations and strengthening their
cooperation with the ministry. He concluded."I propose the cooperation
without complexes and problems". the youth of the village is as it
is After the speeches of the representatives from the regions, the
problems of youth were marked distinctively. The same problems are
available everywhere: unemployment, the flat problem,the absence
of the opportunities for organizing leisure-time. As a result, the
youth of the regions leave the villages for better life. Everyone
agreed that the problems are much in the regions one policy must
be carried out. The problems raised by province youth don’t threat
the youth of the town any longer. It’s not secret, that the youth
structures have different,often opposite approachings about the
youth problems. It’s natural. Nevertheless, there are questions about
which the youth structures must have one point of view, among them is
Karabakh question.The problem is important and the efforts of youth
structures can be significant in the case of representing Karabakh
problem on public level.Deputy minister of foreign affairs Atanesyan
said that the ministry will help in the question.

In Conclusion

The youth representatives told about necessity to work jointly.One
part of the youth proposed to organize pan Artsakh youth festival,
the other part proposed to work out joint vision on Karabakh problem
together with the ministry.They decided on the level of working group
to discuss it in near future.Deputy minister of Culture G. Grigoryan
told that it’s time to do the practical steps and our aim is the
centralisation of the power and grouping the youth. She also marked
that this meeting helped us to imagine today’s developments and
opportunities and to mark the policy, which must be done in future.