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Date: Fri Apr 02 2010 - 13:58:24 EST
6th YPFDJ Conference underway in Berlin
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gAsmara, 2 April 2010 - The 6th Youth PFDJ Conference is underway in Berlin,
Germany, with the participation of youths from inside the country and the
Diaspora.
The conference being held from April 1 to 5in connection with the 40th
anniversary of the founding of the People's Front is being attended by over
600 youths from different countries in Europe, the Middle East, the USA and
Canada, as well as Eritrea.
It aims at assessing the work accomplishments of the YPFDJ at the global
level and map out strategy and mechanism towards laying the groundwork for
greater achievements. Various programs, including lectures, workshops and
the like with a view to nurturing common understating are being featured.
In an opening speech, the guest of honor, Mr. Woldenkiel Abraha, Minister of
Transport and Communications, stated that a number of countries in the
contemporary world are striving to promote social justice and ensure peace
and stability in which Eritrea is playing a forefront role.
He further noted that the strong organizational capacity and maturity of the
present youths at home and abroad is bequeathed from past forums of
struggle. Mr. Woldenkiel went on to recall that the 1st Munich Conference
held 40 years ago was a driving force for bringing together Eritrean
nationalists from various countries. Besides, it paved the way for the
establishment of mass organizations in Europe under the umbrella of the
People's Front, he added.
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gAlso speaking on the occasion, Mr. Yemane Gebreab, Head of Political
Affairs at the PFDJ, pointed out that the holding of the present conference
marks a clear response to all enemy acts of conspiracy and hostility. He
also emphasized the need for Eritrean youths to brace up for greater work
accomplishments and strong organizational capacity.
The Chairperson of the organizing committee of the conference, Ms. Rut
Futsum, stated that the YPFDJ managed to deepen awareness, strengthen the
structure and organizational capacity, enhance contact networks and develop
foreign relations.
It is to be recalled that the YPFDJ was established in the German city of
Bilifeld in 2005 with a view to nurturing a vibrant national youth
movement, and thereby make due contribution in reinforcing organizational
affairs.
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