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Dear friends, 2010 marks the second year of the IFLRY Climate Change Programme. It is aimed at developing, deepening and expanding the voice and activities of young liberals on the issue of climate change and climate-related policies. Committed to influencing public debate and political decision-making...
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The Bureau is calling for a Cuba Programme Team to provide the brains and hands in order to make full use of IFLRY's lobbying, advocacy and awareness potential in promoting human rights and democracy in Cuba. The Team will be headed by a Programme Manager who will be appointed from among the Team...
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Today the Singapore Democratic Party is celebrating its 30th anniversary. The International Federation of Liberal Youth is congratulating the SDP and its youth organization, the SDP-Y, with this milestone in the party's remarkable history of being the most important democratic actor in the authoritarian...
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During the 25-27th of January, I had the opportunity to take part in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) which is organized by the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. Thank you to Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE), for giving International Federation of Liberal...
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On the 5th of December, IFLRY delivered a speech at the Focus Iran International Solidarity Convention in the Netherlands. Sandra Reynaers, International Officer and Deputy President of JOVD, addressed the delegates in the Convention hall as well as viewers via the Internet from Iran and beyond. Find...
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Monday, December 7th COPENHAG EN - Today marks the opening day of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark, which is supposed to come up with an agreement to succeed the Kyoto Protocol from 1997. Almost 200 countries will come together to develop agreements targeting climate...
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Dear friends, Last weekend the International Federation of Liberal Youth witnessed a new high point in its more than sixty years of history. IFLRY's Dutch member organizations JD and JOVD put up quite a show by organizing a smoothly run and highly successful 32nd General Assembly in The Hague, The...
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Friends of IFLRY is our donor program that helps provide funds to support our programs and infrastructure with a low-euro, recurring contribution. Do you want to support young liberals from around the world to win more local, regional and national elections? IFLRY provides the high-quality trainings...
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Dear all, The manifesto committee has finished its task in submitting a proposal for revision of the IFLRY Manifesto at the upcoming General Assembly in The Hague, the Netherlands. Find the proposal here . The proposal can be amended through secondary amendments at the Standing Committee on Manifesto...
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Dear friends, Following our successful application for observer membership with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which entitles us to send delegations to all major climate change events within the UN framework, the Bureau is planning on putting together a delegation...
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As promised in the previous post , we have been processing your comments and suggestions on the first draft of the manifesto and have now published the second draft. The changes have been made on the basis of input we received on the specific blog pages as well as by e-mail. We are sure you still have...
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[Due to a technical problem, our standard news and events features on the front page of our homepage are temporarily out of order. Until it is fixed, the Bureau blog will be used for this purpose.] Dear friends, It is my pleasure to invite you to the 32nd General Assembly of the International Federation...
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T he Manifesto Committee, consisting of 10 representatives of Member Organizations, has been working hard the last couple of weeks to make sure that the new Manifesto can be adopted at the upcoming IFLRY GA in the Netherlands in November. Before the EC in Lebanon in July, we went through an extensive...
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The Manifesto Committee has been working hard the last couple of weeks to make sure that the new Manifesto can be adopted at the upcoming IFLRY GA in the Netherlands in November. Before the EC in Lebanon in July we went through an extensive consultation process with IFLRY's Member Organizations trying...
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From the 5th to the 9th of August the biannual national convention of the Young Democrats of America was held. IFLRY President Paola Silva, Secretary General Bart Woord and Bureau Member Roger Albinyana attended the event and were present at the sessions. During the convention a special international...
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[Due to a technical problem, our standard news feature on the front page is temporarily out of order. Until it is fixed, the Bureau blog shall be used for this purpose.] The International Federation of Liberal Youth held its semiannual Executive Committee in Beirut (Lebanon) on the 17th and 18th of July....
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While the current manifesto has served its purpose for over 17 years, we feel that it is now necessary to adapt it in order to account for global developments that have happened since then as well for the growth that IFLRY has seen. With many more member organizations having joined since 1992, the scale...
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Once more, I had the opportunity to represent IFLRY at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, PACE, in Strasbourg 27-29 of April. During the 2nd part of the 2009 Ordinary Session, I was able to help the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) during their group meetings. The...
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The core committee recently agreed upon the structure (or framework) of the new manifesto. Here it goes: - 1: The 2009 Manifesto - 2: On Liberalism and Radicalism - 3: The Implications of Freedom - 4: Assuming Responsibility for the Environment - 5: Education as Precondition for a Free Society - 6: On...
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Last week was one of those weeks in which I lost sense of time and space while on duty for IFLRY. I am still not sure where I have been precisely so allow me to just try recapitulate it with you here. On Saturday the 18th I left in the earliest hours of the morning my new home base Baku for Geneva, where...
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The IFLRY Bureau is now present on the increasingly popular Twitter network. Already several members of the Bureau are contributing to the IFLRY account which you can find at http://twitter.com/iflry . Start following us in order to be as up-to-date as possible on all ongoing IFLRY affairs!...
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Cyberspace has from its beginning generated an intense discussion on its implications for democracy and freedom around the world. Essentially a new medium for free expression by individuals, largely unhampered by the censor of editors or governments, it promised to be the stab in the back of authoritarian...
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Over the past month I have traveled throughout practically the whole Southern Caucasus, collecting the border stamps of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia. It has been an amazing experience, conducting trainings every day for young (and some older) political activists, mostly on capacity building and communication...
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Judges at the International Criminal Court have decided to indite and issued a warrant for the arrest of Sudan's President for war crimes in Darfur. President Bashir was charged with crimes against humanity , war crimes and genocide, for actions in Sudan's Darfur region. I think the International...
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Since the middle of February I have been living in Azerbaijan, one of the three Southern Caucasian states. It is a particularly interesting time: the government has put forward almost 30 changes to the constitution and has called for a referendum to take place on the 18th of March. The changes are largely...
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