Baku hosts meeting of Panafrican youth union and NAYORA
Baku, September 28 (AZERTAC). A meeting of the National Assembly of Youth Organization of Azerbaijan (NAYORA) and Panafrican youth union supported by the Azerbaijan`s Ministry of Youth and Sport was held in Baku, on Thursday.
The event has brought together representatives of the Ministry of Youth and Sport, as well as delegation from 15 youth organizations, which are the members of NAYORA.
Deputy Secretary General for the Pan African Youth Union Tendai Wenyika updated on activity of the country`s Communities.
They discussed the establishment of the relations, as well as prospects of the bilateral cooperation between the youth organizations of both countries.
The event featured the demonstration of video about the structure of NAYORA.
The sides also signed memorandum on bilateral cooperation. The memorandum envisages the organization of the joint projects, as well as holding reciprocal visits.
The Panafrican Youth Union (PYU) is the apex body for National Youth Coordinating Bodies and Mechanism in Africa. Known formerly as the Panafrican Youth Movement (PYM), it was transformed into the PYU at the organisation's 2003 congress in Windhoek, Namibia.
The organisation's structure consists of a Congress, Executive Committee, Secretariat, Regional Bodies and Specialised Committees, which are elected (once every three years), out of the 53 African member countries on the continent. The PYU is currently led by the Republic of South Africa and includes the Republics of Mali, Senegal, Namibia, Egypt, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, South Sudan, Gabon, Eritrea and Libya. Sudan, as the host member, also forms part of the secretariat.
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