ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION “YOUTH AGAINST CORRUPTION: A THREAT FOR PEACE
AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT” HELD IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN, MAY 26. ARMINFO. A number of youth organizations of Armenia
took part in today’s roundtable discussion “Youth Against Corruption:
A Threat for Peace and Sustainable Development” that summed up the
results of the 11th UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal
Justice held Apr 18-25 2005, Bangkok, Thailand.
The participants stressed the role of the youth in the fight against
corruption in Armenia. Executive Director of Yerevan Center for
Democracy and Peace Armen Minasyan said that youths are the first
victim of a corrupt political system. So they should be actively
involved in the fight against corruption. Particularly the government
should support the youth technically and consultatively and hold
regular surveys to reveal the degree of state structure corruption.
By acting together Armenia’s youth organizations will more effectively
fight corruption, says Minasyan noting that anti-corruption fight is
one of the 8 key tasks of Armenia under the UN Millennium Development
Goals program.