Kyiv hosts International MODEL UN 2011 conference
Kyiv, October 29 (AZERTAC).The Kyiv International MODEL UN 2011 has taken place in the Ukrainian capital.
Co-organized by All-Ukrainian Assembly of Youth, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Committee on Legislative Support of Law Enforcement, Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and Program of UN development in Ukraine, the conference brought together nearly 150 delegates from 15 countries.
Speakers at the event included Boris Tarasiuk, Chairman of the Ukrainian Parliament`s European Integration Committee, Viktor Shvets, chairman of the Ukrainian Parliament`s committee on legislation and work with law enforcement bodies and Yuna Shikhaliyeva, chairperson of the All-Ukrainian Youth Assembly. They stressed importance of the international forums held within the UN Youth Model to safeguard peace and security, human rights and freedoms.
The speakers also congratulated the Union of Azerbaijani Youth in Ukraine on Azerbaijan`s election as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.
"I regard this success as a result of the policy of Azerbaijan`s assured integration into Euro-Atlantic space and international community pursued by the Azerbaijani state," Tarasiuk said.
Anar Tahirov, chairman of the Union of Azerbaijani Youth in Ukraine, highlighted the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh problem. He said non-fulfillment of four UN resolutions concerning Armenia`s occupation policy against Azerbaijan is historical injustice.
"How long will the world youth be indifferent to the ongoing developments in the international arena?" Tahirov said, encouraging young people attending the forum “to show the will to resolve the Karabakh problem”.
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