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Representative of the "Great Silk Way" International Youth Union participated in the 8th UNESCO Youth Forum in France.

The forum has brought together more than 500 representatives from 195 countries.

UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova, ISESCO Director General Abdulaziz Othman Altwaijri and UN Secretary General`s Envoy on Youth Ahmad Alhendawi delivered speeches at the event.

The forum featured discussions on the role of youth in formation of youth policies, democratic participation, youth and social integration, and civil marriage.

The "Great Silk Way" International Youth Union was established for the purpose of coordination of activities of youth organizations, as well as representing and protecting common interests of the countries historically located on the silk route. The main objective and scope of activities of the organization is intercultural and interreligious dialogue, globalization issues.

The "Great Silk Way" IYU was established on June 28 2012 in Baku, capital of Azerbaijan within the "Great Silk Way" 1st International Youth Congress organized on the initiative of the Ministry of Youth and Sports of the Republic of Azerbaijan. More than 200 chief officials, representatives of government institutions, delegates from 25 countries, on the territory of which the Silk Way crossed its route, engaged in work, discussions of the event. The Congress was aimed to create conditions for cooperation of youth of countries situated on historical Silk Way with organizations working in youth sphere, creating close communication by people from various continents, religions, languages and cultures with each other, establishing and developing intercultural dialogue between the youth.