The V meeting of the Youth Council of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-building Measures in Asia was held

The V meeting of the Youth Council of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-building Measures in Asia (CICA) was held in Nur-Sultan. 

The event was attended by Vice-Minister of the Ministry of Information and Social Development Alexander Danilov, Executive Director of the CICA Secretariat Kairat Sarybai, Vice-President of Nazarbayev University Khadisha Dairova, representatives of youth communities and government agencies of Qatar, Jordan, Israel, Palestine, Uzbekistan, Iran, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, China, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Bangladesh, Iraq, as well as representatives of the international organizations UNDP, TurkPA. 

Noting the historical and key role of Kazakhstan in the creation of the CICA, Alexander Danilov focused on the successful activities of the CICA Youth Council, which is a structural institution that contributes to the main goal of the organization to strengthen trust, peace and security in Asia. 

"Today we can say with confidence that the CICA Youth Council has become an effective platform for regional cooperation between national youth organizations of the forum member states," the Vice Minister said. 

During the plenary session and panel discussions, participants discussed such topical topics as youth and student exchange programs, countering youth radicalization, discussing measures to prevent suicide, drug addiction among young people. 

Following the meeting, the participants agreed to intensify the dialogue and partnership of the CICA with youth organizations, as well as to support the participation of youth communities in solving urgent problems related to radicalism, high suicide rates and drug addiction among young people. 

In general, the participating delegates unanimously agreed that the issues discussed are of mutual interest for the promotion of youth policy in the CICA countries.