ARF youth participate in international conferences

A representative of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Youth Organization, Hagop Sarian of Cyprus, participated in the European Council-sponsored "Euro-Arab Cooperation" conference in Budapest, Hungary. The Dec. 10-14 conference aimed at strengthening European and Arab relations and outlining future relations at the youth level.

The general meeting and the various workshops stressed the importance of peace as a pre-condition to resolving regional conflicts democratically, emphasizing the right to self-determination, while condemning the forceful seizure of territories and the perpetuation of hostilities.

The conference participants called for mutual understanding and consent in settling regional issues.

ARF Youth joins ECOSY

The Armenian Revolutionary Federation's Youth Organization was granted membership to the European Congress of Socialist Youth during the ECOSY's third annual congress in Strasbourg, France.

ARF-YO representatives Armen Papazian and Terenig Maroukhian were among the 200 delegates from 15 countries attending the three-day meeting. The ARF-YO has been very active in ECOSY circles and its programs.

A conference on youth and unemployment was held on the eve of the opening session of the congress.

The congress adjourned on Jan. 19 with a special farewell reception hosted by Strasbourg Mayor and ECOSY delegate Catherine Trottman. First Secretary of the French Socialist Party, Lionel Jospen, addressed the gathering and congratulated the new members,

bidding them luck in their efforts to implement the decisions of the third annual congress.