UN opens UN Corner in the Artashat Center for Organizing Youth Activities

People, Daily news | | March 30, 2010 11:18

Public in Ararat region will have access to more information on United Nations values and UN work in Armenia, since a UN Corner was launched today in the Artashat based Ararat Center for organizing youth activities.
Young people, civil society activists and local authorities jointly with their UN partners will have an opportunity to organize UN-related cultural, educational, and other events for the community and discuss joint solutions to local problems.
“We welcome the launching of this UN Corner in Artashat and we are sure it will serve as an additional stimulus to raise the activeness of youth population of the province. We appreciate this initiative and look forward to continue our cooperation with the UN Armenia Office”, said Ms. Anahit Tahmazyan, representative of the Artashat Youth Center.
Maria Dotsenko, UN Department of Public Information Representative said: “This is an important initiative for UN, as the UN Corner in the Youth Center will contribute to the promotion of the UN values and activities in Armenia. We are trying to come closer to ordinary people in the regions.”
The launching of this UN Corner is a result of the trilateral cooperation between the ”Center for Organizing Youth Activities” governmental non-profit organization of the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs, UN Department of Public Information and “Armenian UN Association” NGO. This is the fifth UN Corner functioning in Armenia. Other UN Corners exist in Gyumri, Hrazdan, Ijevan and Kapan.
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