On 20 June the 17th meeting of the Youth Council of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation was held in Astana.
The meeting focused on the topic – Youth Ecological Environment: Creating a Path to a Stable Future within the SCO.
The meeting was organized by the youth wing Zhastar Rukhy (Youth spirit) of the Amanat party, the plenipotentiary representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the SCO Youth Council.
The meeting was attended by more than 150 delegates – youth leaders from SCO member and observer countries.
SCO Deputy Secretary General Janesh Kain addressed the participants with welcoming remarks and stressed that the SCO always attached great importance to the issues of the younger generation and considers them as one of the priority areas of the Organisation's activities.
It was also noted that to date the SCO Youth Council has held more than three hundred major events and is implementing various projects.
Following the results of the meeting, the participants adopted a Joint Resolution on strengthening cooperation between youth organisations of the SCO countries. The document envisages the establishment of an international headquarters for eco-volunteers, organisation of annual contests of environmental projects and many other things.
The meeting also approved applications to join the Youth Council from the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Republic of Belarus.
After the meeting the SCO Youth Council chairmanship passed over to the Chinese People’s Republic.