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3. Life of the movement


 Preparing Christmas in Perpetuum Mobile, by Reiny


In November and December we are mainly working on the reports from the past
season and doing a lot of preparation meetings for the coming one ! We are
preparing the full members meeting of PM-Int and a Work camp returnees
meeting in November!

The preparation of Arte Diem 2004 have already started ; I will meet the Is
in Brussels hopefully on in the morning of the 19th of November just after
that I will participate on a meeting with people involved in Step by step
and Evs-short term projects as well in Brussels.


We are also preparing a cooperation meeting with YAP-CFD, which will take
place in January fore improving our network!

One of the important things in 2004 will be as well to getting better
involved in the cross borders projects and coordinate some of them. At the
same time we are still working on establishing a national member in
Uperaustriaand Tirol.


In PM-Ra (regional branch of PM-Int in Styria) we are planning to organise
before X-mas an Dia-positiv presentation, working on increasing the sendings
out of Styria.

On the 24th of December, we will have the youth room open from 23 o'clock
until the last members leave for selling punch and Gluhwein to the visitors
of the Christ night. And if we can manage we will as well organise a new
years party somewhere in Styria ore outside! And I am sure that by
Grenzenlos as well something is going on!

On the 27th there will be the "Afther X-mas desaster" taking place in
Straden ; that's the ChrismasConsert of the PM-local group!


I am sure I have forgotten some things but fore the moment i think it is
enough info until x-mas!

I am really curios to se next weak the yap-office and looking forward to
meet you all there hart working!!!

Many nice Greetings from Austria PM-Reiny!


Making contacts in Asia, by Alfredo

Asia - Europe Training for Trainers Seminar 2003, Seoul 13-20th October 2003

NVDA Meeting, Kangwon 21-23rd October 2003


Alfredo and Ivan from Waslala have been participating in the first Training
for Trainers Seminar between Asia and Europe. This seminar joined 25
participants from Asian and Europe countries with the aims at spreading
international volunteer project in the Asian regions, giving better training
for coordinators and project leaders and strengthening the cooperation
between Asian voluntary service organisations. Participants from Korea,
Japan, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippinnes, Vietnam, China, Mongolia were
there. And it was surprising for us realised how much the international
volunteer actions are being developed in that part of the planet. The
seminar ran smoothly in a centre in a forest area of Seoul where we could
realy exchanges points of view between Asia and Europe and enrich our ways
of training within our organizations.

The NVDA meeting took place in Kangwon National University, to who still is
not familiar with this platform we must say it?s Network for Voluntary
Development in Asia, formed for 12 International voluntary service
organisations from Asian countries as well as some Associated Groups from
Europe. In this meeting we could be aware of the current situation of this
platform and his members. We came through the report of NVDA Activities
02-03 passing for the current situations of NVDA members, till their plan of
actions for next years and draft preparation of their next General Assembly.
We can say we make a good overview of the NVDA project.

Soon a complete report of both activities will be available at the
secretariat.


Waslala more than ever, by Alfredo
Recuperation of Waslala after summer time.


Waslala has been quite active in the last month. We slowly recuperate our
activity after summer time ... It was too hot here ... therefore we passed
all days long on the swimming pools ... It was not easy come to the real
live after holiday but ... now here we are.

Rafa came back from his trip to South East Asia and we were so happy to have
him between us again that we did a welcome party for him and police came to
close it because we were to noisy ...

We have new members (Ivan and Santi), ex Arte Diem Team because this
exchange encourage them to participate in our organisation.

Antonio and Santi were representing us at the CD in Romania and seems they
come back from Transilvania with a permanent smile in their faces. What YAP
Romanian people did them?

Alfredo and Ivan coming back from Korea seems they want to eat only rice
with Korean Kimchi and they plan to open Waslala Branches in each Asiatic
Country!!!

We keep running our projects of Volunteers Information Centre and
International Programmes Office in Alcobendas, and new wind will be coming
soon for both projects.

We will have our general assembly 28-30 November and we expect plenty of
energy and new ideas coming out of that meeting.


Feed back on a believe, by Frederic volunteered in Ustanova Gandin Fundacija
(www.borl.org)


I am actually writing these lines in the plane. When we took off it was
simply grey: few minutes after, we went through the clouds and the sun
simply appeared: The physical sensation that one can feel at that precise
moment is just marvellous: and once you experimented it you cannot forget
it, being always happy to renew the experience.


Having a look back today on my voluntary commitment means for me: making a
brief evaluation of 10 years of conviction, of believing that the world can
be different if I start myself being different now: putting into practice
the values and principles of life I believe in: "Freedom, Passion,
Responsibility"


I often joke that I met first the notion of intercultural learning not by
travelling from a country to an other but simply by meeting the lovely
representatives of the beau sexe; it is also true that my comprehension of
what I called later on "intercultural in-between" did evolve quiet a lot
since my first voluntary international exchange between young Protestants
and young Catholics in Ireland in 92:


Since that first experience abroad I have been involved on nearly all the
continents on voluntary projects, living in my day to day life the following
conviction: being a volunteer is more than a status for few months, it is a
real way of living that one can choose freely: In parallel of this
involvement I studied at a high university level and I experimented part of
our worlds: and for sure, I decided that I clearly want to choose whom I
share my competencies with, especially as a trainer: thus, the organisations
I most of the time work with have quiet limited material resources just
being able to cover "roof and food".


In a month, I will finish my EVS project in Slovenia and of course this
project did not match completely to my expectations: but I always preferred
to look the new situation I was facing as a challenge and a great
intercultural learning experience: grass can always be greener in the garden
of the other: but it was in the Grad Borl that I decided to invest myself
whatever the conditions would be: and I did feel as a full member of our
working team, so it was important for me to be able to face on the same
level of my partners, the problems that any organisation has to face from
internal to external affairs but also our successes! And due to the huge
diversity of the different things which needed actually to be done in such
place and organisation I never got boarded: whereas at the beginning I would
have thought to have a bit of more time for "myself": but I signed and I had
to face my responsibilities until the end!


Talking about the "discovery of the culture": I had to face the fact of
working in an international organisation which means that: on one hand we
most of the time spoke in English and that the contact with the very local
voluntary working level was a bit limited and so was my contact with local
young Slovene and culture (even though we had cool "sosed" or neighbours who
were really generous with their wine): and on the other hand I had the great
opportunity to take part in some international events (especially in the
Balkans and in Eastern Europe) where I could represent my hosting
organisation in order to elaborate trans-national partnership projects,
which was also important: I could also explore passing by this former
socialist countries the problems of translation and different definitions as
the prejudices belonging to the history of certain words and concepts like
volunteer, citizenship, cooperation, border:

One last point: I wanted to work with a very young organisation where we
would actually start from the very beginning with all what it implies: and
here for sure I had what I wanted! Bearing in mind that the most important
was that I chose this project because here again I was believing in the
values promoted by the hosting organisation which could now become, after
this successful exchange, a long term working partner of my sending
organisation: volunteers being often at the base of new networks.


As for me, time to be back in France to become the volunteer of my life long
project: the road goes on!


 Kristallnacht Commemoration, by Alex Badinici


I would like to report to you on the event from today, the 9th of November
in Oradea, Romania. Members of Miscarea Tinerilor pentru Pace (MTP) and
Forumul de Tineret pentru Integrare Europeana (FTIE) commemorated the 65th
from the beginning of a sad page of human history (the Holocaust) known
under the name of Kristallnacht.


The way of reaching out to the young people was through a film projection.
We choose "The Pianist" because it speaks about two insights: the collective
tragedy of the Polish Jews and the personal faith of a known pianist. Both
levels seemed to be depicted from Oradea's past. Oradea used to have one of
the most important and vibrant Jewish communities of Central Europe. 35.000
of its 60.000 inhabitants have been Jews that in the years of II World War
were pushed in that time Hungary's second largest ghetto and sent out to the
extermination camps in Poland and Baltic countries. The location of the film
was "Aurel Lazar" Highschool - part of the ex-Oradean ghetto.


In the festive room of the school gathered about 80 people and happily their
majority was set up of youngsters that watched the film and listen to the
speeches with incredibly deep interest and respect. Between the two parts of
the film the organisers have told the audience what the Jewish community
meant for Oradea, present architectural look of the city modelled by this
community in a fine Art Nouveau style, the past and future plans for
remembering the tragedy of this community in forms of memorials and
monuments.

At the discussion was also present Mr. Norbert Lempert representing the
Lempert Family Foundation from USA - the initiator a memorial to be placed
in the very place from where Oradea's Jews have been transported by trains
to the death camps.


The High school's German teacher was very impressed with the event and
expressed her interest and will to organise in partnership similar events in
the future. We were extremely happy to see that at departure the attending
people helped themselves with materials (kindly offered by UNITED the
umbrella association from Amsterdam, Holland) on the day of 9th of November
(posters and post-cards).


This report and the photos from this even will be published on MTP's web
page at www.mtp.rdsar.ro.


Few news from our friends of YAP Italia, by Julien Soyer


First point: we're still alive and active... until now...
Adina (our lovely president), Roberto, Sandra, Elisa, Salvo, Diana, Julie,
Elisabeta and Julien are still breathing the polluted air of Roma and, for
the majority, passionately want to go on for next seasons; despite the
departure of our dear Regis past summer.

 After years of "casino" at more or less all the levels, YAP Italia will
hold his General Assembly on the 30th of November (the precedent one was...
I don't remember...) to make the feed back of past years, to change what and
whom we have to change and to start to prepare the 2004 season. An enormous
work in perspective on which we all work with passion, conviction and
absolute determination. It will (should?!) bring huge changes at all the
levels of the organisation, including the collaboration with partners and
YAP branches on certain points. An exhaustive feedback will be presented at
the CD 1 2004 at the latest. All support letters are welcome...

 A workcamp in Bolsena is actually running and will end on the 21st of
November. Our (your in fact!!) Koreans, American, Japanese, Czech, Croat,
Mexicans and Belgians volunteers are a bit cold but delighted to be there.

As we're working like hell on a potential ultimate last minute camp before
the end of the year in Roma, you'll probably receive A.S.A.P. a call for
volunteers in your favourite mailbox...

 If things are running well in the G.A., we're preparing you loads of great
new projects in Italy and abroad for next years... but you'll have to wait a
bit more to know... niark niark niark !!!

That's all for the moment, folks...
Buon natale a tutti !!
Baci, abbracci...


 Les Palestiniens au quotidien ; on n'en sait jamais assez, by Corinne
Grassi


I am sorry for all the non "French-understanders" of YAP, but this text was
written in French, and feelings, often, can not be translated.. Corinne was
in the prep team of the Seminar Intercultural Youth Dialogue II in Nazareth,
and spent some weeks afterwards in Bethlehem. This is an extract of what
Corinne wrote, the whole text is available at the IS.


Nos medias nous parlent souvent, parfois trop peut-etre ou en tous cas
rarement de facon tres objective, du conflit israelo-palestinien. D'autres
peuples vivent aussi une tragedie, mais elle se passe en silence, il suffit
de penser aux Tchetchenes.

Une fois au contact des Palestiniens, que ce soit en Israel, ou ils vivent
une discrimination d'un autre siecle, une oppression qui semble invisible
mais pourtant bien presente, ou dans les Territoires occupes, on comprend
vite que toute l'info, tous les temoignages ne remplaceront jamais ce que ce
peuple peut vous exprimer de vive voix a propos de son quotidien.

J'avais decouvert Jerusalem, Hebron et Bethlehem trois jours avant
l'operation < Rempart > ; en mars 2002; j'ai vu Jenine presque six mois
apres les exactions connues dans le camp de refugies. Cette fois j'ai choisi
de rester plus longtemps et de vivre le quotidien a Bethlehem tout en
discutant avec les gens au hasard des rencontres.

A la nouvelle de l'attentat de Haifa, tout le monde me disait ici sa
tritesse pour le sort des morts et des blesses, pour leurs familles et leurs
amis. Tous veulent la paix sur le morceau de terre qui est cense leur rester
et ils condamnent les actes inacceptables des deux cotes.

Franchement sur place il est tres difficile de rester neutre apres avoir
discute avec des Palestiniens d'Israel ; quand je vois qu'il faut au moins 4
heures a un Palestinien (il faut un maximum de 3h pour faire Haifa -
Jerusalem via Tel Aviv) pour faire les quelques kilometres de Ramallah a
Bethlehem ; quand je vois des convois de l'armee d'occupation sur des routes
sous la responsabilite de l'Autorite palestinienne ; quand je vois la
vitesse a laquelle les colons roulent sur les routes de contournement ;
quand je vois que je peux assez facilement aller d'une ville a l'autre a
l'nterieur des Territoires occupes - au moins 2 heures de Bethlehem a Hebron
et au moins 3 transports en franchissant des talus de terre (il ne pleut pas
encore !!;) dans le meilleurs des cas - aller a Jerusalem avec mon passeport
europeen alors que beaucoup ici n'ont meme pas pu quitter leur ville depuis
3 ans ; quand je vois ce Mur, ou ses premices, sortir de terre presque
partout ou l'on regarde l'horizon:

Imaginez que vous ne savez rien du conflit, de la situation actuelle. La vie
pourrait paraitre normale dans la ville qui a vu naitre le Christ. On peut
faire son marche - qui regorge de produits israeliens dont beaucoup ici
pensent qu'ils sont meilleurs que les palestiniens. Septembre-octobre est la
saison des fiancialles et des mariages, les fetes sont plus courtes qu'avant
mais les youyous retentissent en fin de semaine. On percoit l'impact
psychologique de la situation en voyant les cafes internet pleins a craquer
apres 14h jusque tard le soir ou des dizaines de jeunes (parfois ils ont a
peine 10 ans) passent des heures a jouer a des jeux violents, en realisant
que beaucoup de foyers reposent sur les femmes parce que le mari n'a pas de
travail, qu'il a ete tue ou qu'il fait partie des quelques 8 000 prisonniers
/ deportes.

On se rend compte aussi tres vite que le tourisme bat de l'aile : oubliees
les longues heures d'attente pour entrer dans l'eglise de la Nativite, les
echopes de souvenirs ne font plus recette, les marchands sont desesperes que
le rare < touriste > achete quelque chose. Le marche du travail n'est pas en
meilleure sante. Beaucoup d'hommes travaillaient avant en Israel et sont au
chomage aujourd'hui, d'autres travaillent dans d'autres villes des
Territoires occupes et ne savent jamais s'ils pourront se rendre au travail
demain ou en rentrer ce soir si les forces d'occupation ont decide
soudainement d'un bouclage.

Les etudiants vivent aussi au rythme de ce bouclage. Les Territoires occupes
sont fermes ; l'universite de Bethlehem aussi puisque beaucoup d'etudiants
viennent de Jerusalem et des alentours. Se rendre a l'universite d'Al Quods
(Jerusalem) n'est pas non plus des excercises les plus simples. Si en temps
normal il faut 15 minutes pour s'y rendre depuis Bethlehem, il faut
actuellement pres d'une heure avec un detour de 15 km sur des petites routes
se terminant par des collines, des talus a franchir et des interrogatoires
des soldats. Pour rejoindre cette universite depuis Jerusalem 5 a 10 minutes
sont en principe suffisantes, aujourd'hui il faut au moins 30 minutes et un
detour de 20 km.

Car aujourd'hui il y a une nouvelle realite : le < MUR de separation >, la <
barriere de securite >, l'ignominie de ce debut de 21eme siecle, alors que
dans quelques jours nous celebrons la chute du Mur de Berlin.

Ce Mur on le ressent fortement dans cette partie de la Cisjordanie, meme
s'il n'est pas encore visible partout parce qu'Israel, les colonies revoient
son trace a chaque avancee, parce qu'il faut voir si ici il y aura de hautes
plaques de beton (entre 2 et 8 metres actuellement), si la il y aura deux a
trois lignes de grillages sofistiques. Autour de Bethlehem, on voit souvent
de larges chemins de terre defigurer le paysage. IL est la et grignote
goulument la terre a l'est de la ligne verte de 1967... et sur les rives du
Jourdain.


4. Activities of other platforms / organisations


a) World Youth Festival in Barcelona, 6-14th August 2004


Education, Employment, Health, Equality, Unequal distribution of wealth,
Sustainable development, Cultural diversity, Peace, Active citizenship,
Democracy are the 10 thematic columns of the content of the WYF. During one
week 10 000 young people from all over the continents will find a space to
know each other, to talk, think, create, dream, propose defend ideas, have
fun an much more. The WYF is a great opportunity for youth platforms and
organisations worldwide to share ideas and projects. Umm.. Projects? Where?
How? When? How much???


Except for the available technical resources, participating organisations
must assume responsibility for financing activities for the self-organised
programme. The activity can be a workshop, a conference, a round table an,
international seminar, theatre arts or plastic art.

Application form and manual available at www.worldyouthfestival.org or at
the IS.

You have until 18th of December 2003 to apply for organising an activity in
the frame of the WYF, according to one of the 10 thematic columns!!


b) United Nations Environment Programme 'Champions of the Earth' award


We would like to draw your attention to the new international 'Champions of
the Earth' award The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is looking
for applicants that have made a substantial contribution to protection and
sustainable management of the earth's environment. Application forms can be
downloaded from http://www.unep.org/champions.

The deadline for submissions for the inaugural 2004 award is 1st December
2003.

For more information, please contact pjpunt@umich.edu.


c) Funding from the Global Fund For Women


The Global Fund for Women is an international network of women and men
committed to a world of equality and social justice; it advocates for and
defends women's human rights by making grants to support women's groups
around the world.

The GFW provides small grants to organizations that demonstrate a commitment
to women's equality and female human rights, show concern about the way that
women are viewed and view themselves in society, are governed and directed
by women, and are based outside of the U.S.

For more information, please visit the web page www.globalfundforwomen.org.

Deadline: Open.


 d) Photography for Cultures


An international photography contest has been launched to encourage the
recording, through photography, of traditional customs and the evolution of
various cultures, and to stimulate international interest in the study,
exploration, rescue, preservation and enjoyment of our cultural heritage.

The contest, which opened in September and runs until 31 March 2004, is
supported by the China Folklore Photographic Association. Entries should
include 6 to 12 photos in a story/portfolio layout (single photos will not
be accepted), in one of the following categories: 1) portrait and custom, 2)
architecture, 3) daily life, 4) festivities, 5) education, recreation,
sports and technology, 6) traditional rites.

For more information, including details of prizes and entry rules, please
contact hpa@chine-fpa.org


 e) The European Social Forum


If you consider yourself a civil society actors or part of social movement
organisations, if you are opposed to neoliberalism and wish to build a
society that respects human and social rights.. then the ESF is for you,
even if it now a bit late..

In 4 different sites in Paris from 12th to 15th of November.

A special thanks to Jesus Miguel that offered to represent YAP while being
there, during those fantastic events in Paris; we are waiting for your
comments from that Parisian experience!

More information on the 2nd European Social Forum on www.fse-esf.org, the
official website.


5. Food for thought


Confessions of an anonymous British guy when going to the European Social
Forum in Florence, Italy, November 2002.


Memories from a trip to Florence

Getting There, Being There.


" Like the many people that I travelled to Florence with or met whilst
there, my participation in the ESF had many motivations. The first was
political - I went as an activist of a democratic green-socialist persuasion
(I am not happy with the term 'anti-capitalist' but you can put me down for
it) seeking practical information and political inspiration.


I needed to meet 'fellow travellers' and listen to their experiences,
analyses and solutions. I needed to gauge the nature of the European left,
its traditions, histories, ideas and structures; I needed to hear their
values, their notions of agency and their visions of utopia. If another
world was possible, if another Europe was possible, then what would they
look like and how would I (we) get there?


The second motivation was intellectual - I went as both an academic
researcher in the final year of my PhD on international trade unionism,
curious to see what the traditional agency of working class organisation and
representation in Western capitalist society - the trade union/labour
movement - was doing here and how it was relating to the diversity of
movements, groups, parties, NGOs, issues, causes, and people; and as a
representative of the Centre for Democratic Policy-Making (CDP) - a
socialist think-tank with strong links to Red Pepper and the British labour
movement.


Oh, and did I mention that I wanted to see Florence too? Whatever the
faithful will tell you publicly, every non-Italian who had made the
pilgrimage to Red Tuscany was also there to see one of the most beautiful
and romantic cities in the world. I am still unsure whether this helped or
hindered the process.


With money in short supply, we had booked relatively inexpensive ?88 return
flights from London Stansted to Ancona on the north-east coast of Italy with
the aggressively anti-trade union and highly worker exploitative Ryanair.
This was unavoidable. However, if we are really serious about the plight of
working people and opposing neo-liberal capitalism, then why didn't we make
a symbolic protest about Ryanair's policies whilst on the flight, or at
least on the way back? The answer is because we just didn't think. It is
worth noting that the vast majority of the 1000+-strong British contingent
of the ESF, also went by the same 'sweatshop in the air' and also
conveniently ignored the lack of rights their flight attendants enjoyed.


The plane left Stansted at 7.30am and arrived at 10.30am in Ancona. The now
traditional post-September 11 applause for the plane having landed
successfully woke up the comatose sleepers, and we then skipped down the
stairs into the surprisingly not-freezing seaside climate to immediately
encounter our first sign of anti-anti-capitalism at passport control. One of
our group had forgotten to mention that he had previously been deported from
Italy eight years earlier for possession of 100 grams of marijuana. After an
anxious wait whilst customs officials checked everyone else through, they
were put into a room. A thirty minute baggage search and interview with wife
and child later, they decided to let him through, saying that he had
actually been clear to return four years ago. What a sense of humour! Oh,
how we laughed.


This problem behind us, we were all on our way again. With Ancona being on
the east coast, we had to get a three and a half hour train ride to
Florence. This cost us _28 each way, but you couldn't buy return tickets.
One of our group spoke fluent Italian and had made it her mission to
purchase the tickets for all of us. The ticket seller, however, refused to
serve us without knowing the exact time of train we wanted to travel on and
whether we were eligible for discounts. Incredibly, the employee said that
we had to go to another desk on the other side of the station to find out
'informazione'. She would only sell the exact ticket we requested.


Having lunched on slices of pizza and tasted our first wonderful cup of
Italian espresso, we eventually boarded a classically old-fashioned
cross-country train with sliding door compartments for the first part of our
journey. The group split into the nicotinas and non-nicotinas. We, in the
non-nicotina camp, began to talk to each other about what we were expecting.


At Bologna, after a short stay, we changed to a seriously fast, modern and
packed train, and we were soon approaching Florence. Newspapers left on
tables spoke of the impending 'chaos and disorder' that was about to descend
on Florence. The front page of la Repubblica, a left-leaning newspaper, had
a picture of police frogmen on the River Arno, a picture that would be
deliberately used time and time again as part of the state-police-media
propaganda nexus. The headline read 'Firenze, l'invasione dei no global' -
Florence, the invasion of the anti-globalisers. Inside it had several pages
dedicated to the Forum. One term that recurred time after time was no
global. It is important to emphasise that no global is both an Italian
anti-capitalist network, and is the Italian establishment's term of abuse
for the 'anti-globalisation' movement. I was told that it means literally
'no world' and is thus used by the state to ideologically mystify the
'movement' as being anti-world, anti-life, anti-people.


Florence, 5.30 pm. We got off the train, everyone thoroughly drained. The
station was not overcrowded but busy, and we could see fellow travellers
arriving, people very noticeably from different traditions of the left
(eco-anarchists don't tend to dress the same as bourgeois Marxists). We
headed out of the left-hand exit of the station and then crossed the busy
road, turning left on the other side towards the main registration centre.
On the way we passed the white 'No Global, No Guerra' mini-marquee stall of
'one' of the Italian communist parties. The main registration centre was
already busy, although the word busy would be redefined the next morning.
Delegates dressed in huge back-packs with their sleeping bags swinging into
people given any sudden movement, were queuing in the beautifully crisp
Florentine early evening air from either side of the tiny entrance. Marisa,
our 'Argentino-Italiano', approached one of the volunteer officials who told
us that if we had already registered and paid, to queue on the right; if we
had neither registered nor paid, queue on the left.


This seemed very organised, until we realised that the queue for the people
who had sorted themselves out months in advance by registering and paying
was at least 30 mins long, whereas the queue for those more 'spontaneous'
people who had simply turned up was 30 seconds long. Not a great fan of
standing in the freezing cold being hit from all sides by killer sleeping
bags and having camcorders and flashes stuck in my face, I decided to
register and pay again, strolled through the left queue, wrote my name and
got my delegate badge for the small sum of _10. It was worth it. I then sat
down and watched my increasingly demented and drained comrades shuffle
slowly through their queue, before they went to find their accommodation for
the 5 days - the gym at Fiorentina's training ground!


We had been lucky. In and out of the mayhem within 30 mins, when we
re-emerged on the other side of the building, we could see that a massive
crowd of people had now gathered, everyone shouting excitedly across at each
other, barking questions in a multiplicity of languages at the
helpless-helpers who could only speak three or four languages, and had to
negotiate with each person which language they could speak in common. It was
beautiful in its spirit, but indicative of what would happen over the next
few days - language both bringing us together and separating us at the same
time."


Thanks to everybody who have collaborated in this edition!


Editor: Virginie Touzeau


For further information contact the International Secretariat at

Youth Action for Peace

Av. du Parc Royal 3, B-1020 Brussels, Belgium

Tel.: 0032 2 478 94 10; Fax: 0032 2 478 94 32


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