European Youth Parliament to hold 53rd international session in Kyiv (10/08/06)

European Youth Parliament to hold 53rd international session in Kyiv

WASHINGTON - The 53rd international session of the European Youth Parliament (EYP) will be held in Kyiv on October 13-22.

For the first time in the 18 years of its history, the EYP session will be held in a country which is neither a member of the European Union nor a candidate for accession to the community.

The international executive committee of the EYP made the decision to hold the 53rd session in Kyiv due to the high professional level of work of the Ukrainian Committee of the EYP and its significant contribution to the development of the EYP in Eastern Europe, as well as for supporting the democratic transformations in Ukraine.

The delegates of the European Youth Parliament - about 300 young people age 16 to 22 from 30 countries of Europe - during their 10-day session will work in international committees whose structure and general orientation correspond to the European Parliament committees.

EYP participants are potential leaders who in 10 to 15 years will be responsible for European Union decisions. Among former delegates of the international sessions of the EYP are the current vice-president of Belgium, Freya Van Den Bossche, and the counselor of the prime minister of France (2002-2005), Christian Gotshalk.

A number of issues important for Ukraine in particular, the Russian-German project of Baltic gas pipeline projects, the fight against HIV/AIDS, protection of asylum seekers and illegal migrants, will be discussed within the framework of the EYP session.

Furthermore, for the first time ever the session will consider an additional Program on Human Rights Protection, in which the Berlin Human Rights Institute and National Fund of Understanding and Reconciliation are co-partners.

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