YEREVAN, JULY 5, NOYAN TAPAN. The First All Armenian Youth Conference will be held on July 9-11 in Yerevan on the initiative of the World Armenian Congress. Participation bids from 19 countries, including Georgia, Russia, the Ukraine, Turkmenistan, Syria, Iran, Brazil have been already submitted. As Noyan Tapan correspondent was informed by Atom Mkhitarian, the Chairman of the Youth Organizations' Association of the Congress, the participant countries' delegations will represent some youth organization, structure, center or club. In A. Mkhitarian's words, the goal of the conference is to discuss issues related to Armenian youths' consolidation around national interests in the context of 21st century's challenges, as well as to clarify their role in the issues of recognition of the Armenian Genocide and settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh problem. The conference will adopt the respective Declaration, which will be a guide of the coming one year for both the Association and the delegations. Besides reports, discussions and disputes, cultural and entertaining events will be also organized during the conference. In addition, the young people will visit the Memorial Complex dedicated to the victims of the Armenian Genocide, where they will be present at the concert to be held at the hall of Yerevan's Moscow House cultural-business center, will see Armenia's sights.

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