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Date: Fri, 3 Apr 1998 14:15:04 +0200
From: naunyc <[email protected]>
Subject: NAUNYC - Bulgaria
Dear Sirs,
We are a national youth organization (unites over 900 young people
from 18 to 35 year old). NAUNYC has local structures in the bigger
Bulgarian towns - Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna, Bourgas, Rousse,
Blagoevgrad, Stara Zagora, Pazardjik, Veliko Turnovo, Sliven, Lovech,
Pleven, Iambol, Shumen, Gabrovo, etc. NAUNYC was between the
initiators and creators of the National Youth Council of Bulgaria
which was set up on November 29th, 1997 and we have a representative
in the Executive Board of this Council.
Main issues addressed by the organisation:
Organising educational seminars, lectures, discussions, simulation
games and national competitions in the fields of global policy of
integration, human rights, intercultural understanding etc.
Participation in international youth exchange programmes.
Main activities of the organisation:
* Simulation of the activities of the Bulgarian National Assembly
(October 1997 - February 1998);
* National Youth Essay Competition on Human Rights in Bulgaria in
connection with the 50th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights (January - April 1998);
* National youth training courses and seminars in the field of human
rights in seven university centres (April - May 1998);
* Creation of the UN Youth Cafe;
* At the end of November we shall organize our first international
conference "Balkan International Model of UN" (BIMUN) - The problems of
the Human rights in Kosovo, with the support of the Mission of the UN in
Bulgaria, the Association of the UN for Bulgaria, Open Society Foundation
- Sofia, etc.
We are partners of the UN Development Programme and the Association
of the UN for Bulgaria.
We would be extremely grateful if you can provide us some more
detailed information about your organization and your activities.
We do hope that we will be able to contribute to the enhancement and
the further development of the intercultural communication and
collaboration between the countries of the world.
We will be looking forward to your reply with the hope that we will
establish lasting and mutually beneficial contacts with your
organization.
Yours faithfully,
Svetoslav Spassov
Secretary - General
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National Association of UN Youth Clubs
10 Narodno Sabranie Sq., room 302, 1 000 Sofia
BULGARIA
tel/fax: ++359 2 87 22 85
tel/fax: ++359 54 5 90 54
tel/fax: ++359 54 5 52 65
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