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Constituent congress of World Azerbaijani Youth Union starts in Baku

12 March 2012 08:58 (UTC +04:00)

APA reports that the participants of the congress first visited Heydar Aliyevâ€™s memorial in the Alley of Honor and Martyrsâ€™ Alley.

The official opening ceremony of the congress started with the National Anthem of Azerbaijan. Congress has brought together about 500 delegates and guests, including representatives of the organizations founded by the Azerbaijani youth abroad, representatives of the Azerbaijani youth organizations, young people studying at prestigious world universities, as well as leaders of the Azerbaijani Diaspora organizations.

Discussions will be held on three panels. â€œOrganization of Azerbaijani youth living abroad and integration into society as one of important elements of intercultural dialogueâ€ will be discussed in the first panel. The topic of the second panel will be â€œAzerbaijani lobby-building: realities of contemporary world and historical experience at students` glanceâ€, the topic of the third panel will be â€œUsing new educational methods and modern information technologies for informing the world community about Azerbaijani realitiesâ€.

The documents of the congress will be discussed after the discussions on panels will be over. The statute of the World Azerbaijani Youth Union, the resolution of the constituent congress of the World Azerbaijani Youth Union, 2012-2015 Action Programme and other documents will be adopted.

In line with the â€œState Programme for Azerbaijani Youthâ€, according to the resolution of the first Congress of the World Azerbaijani Youth held in Frankfurt in November, 2010, an initiative group was created regarding the establishment of the World Azerbaijani Youth Union. The initiative on establishment of the World Azerbaijani Youth Union was praised in the resolution of the third Congress of the World Azerbaijanis held in Baku on July 5, 2011.

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