UN OPENS CORNER IN ARTASHAT YOUTH CENTER

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
30.03.2010 13:06 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ With a UN Corner established in the Artashat-based
Ararat Youth Center, the public in Ararat region will have access to
information on United Nations values and activity in Armenia.

Young people, civil society activists and local authorities jointly
with their UN partners will have an opportunity to organize UN-related
cultural, educational and other kinds of events for the community
and discuss joint solutions to pressing problems.

"We welcome the launching of this UN Corner in Artashat and we are
confident that it will serve as an additional stimulus to raise the
activeness of youth population of the province. We appreciate this
initiative and look forward to continue our cooperation with the UN
Armenia Office", said Ms. Anahit Tahmazyan, representative of the
Artashat Youth Center.

Maria Dotsenko, UN Department of Public Information Representative
said, "This is an important initiative for the UN, as the Corner will
contribute to the promotion of UN values and activities in Armenia. We
are trying to come closer to ordinary people in the regions."

The launching of this UN Corner is a result of the trilateral
cooperation between the Center for Organizing Youth Activities
governmental non-profit organization of the Ministry of Sports and
Youth Affairs, UN Department of Public Information and Armenian UN
Association NGO. This is the fifth UN Corner functioning in Armenia.

Other UN Corners exist in Gyumri, Hrazdan, Ijevan and Kapan.