IUSY BSAC Leadership Conference Statement 2018, Kiev, Ukraine

IUSY represents a powerful and effective platform for promoting young socialists and social-democrats and the values we share;

Remaining committed to the common values of human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality and rule of law;

Reiterating aspirations of all participants at the Black Sea Area Cooperation Leadership Conference, to live in a democratic society that offers for youngsters opportunities for development and affirmation;

Believing that promoting democracy, stability and sustainable development is the best way for ensuring peace and security in all BSAC countries.

BSAC member organizations stand for/with/in:

–   peaceful and constructive approaches for the resolution of the frozen conflicts in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova;

  • a peaceful political resolution of the armed conflict in the East of Ukraine and restoration of territorial integrity of Ukraine with the vast involvement of all civilians living in the region;
  • stabilization of the region through the democratic resolution of the Kurdish question;
  • solidarity with the Armenian people in these important times and in support in their just struggle for human rights, democracy, and rule of law;
  • solidarity and support for Russian youth left activists who were taking part in a protest against the re-election of Vladimir Putin, and were arrested in the process;
  • Bulgarian young socialists and social-democrats in their struggle against the right-wing government which let Bulgaria to be the most corrupted and the poorest country in the European Union;
  • Ukrainian people fighting against oligarchic regime and radical nationalistic movements.

IUSY BSAC organizations are working for:

  • Ensuring and creating opportunities for all women and young girls to participate in politics, economics and other fields in order to maintain democracy;
  • Providing equal opportunities and rights to medical care, education, decent working conditions for everyone to ensure comprehensive solution of the problems;
  • Offering space for young people to have a meaningful dialogue on the peaceful transformation of the conflicts in the region

We call upon the international community to show support in the establishment of peace within the region.

We call for all youth to resist injustice and to join our struggle in creating social democratic society!!!