The first regular meeting of the Youth Activity Committee was held on Jan.19 at the head office of the Meguro UNESCO Association.

We, the members of Youth Activity have continued discussing holding regular meetings, since last September. The following are the results of our discussions.

・To provide opportunities for all the Youth Activity Members and newcomers to participate. (People can read about Regular Meetings on the web-site and this makes it easier for them to participate.)

・To provide a forum for as many people as possible to share opinions, make proposals, and carry out decisions made.

・To decide leaders for each event. (In the past, almost all leaders were selected by the team of ・Retreat Leaders. After the inauguration of the Regular Meeting, leaders will be nominated by all members of Youth Activity Committee.)

・To provide opportunities to participants of the Retreat to participate in UNESCO activities.

・To provide opportunities to graduates of the Retreat to participate in UNESCO activities.

For the purposes stated above, the first Regular Meeting of the Youth Activity Committee was held on Jan.19.

・Welcome Party　　Date and Time: Apr. 20 (Sat) 13:00~17:00　 Place: Kamimeguro Jyu-ku Center　　　　　　　　　 Leader: Mr. Kusuhara

・Grand Sports Festival (with Ichikawa and Suginami UNESCO Association)

　　　　　　　　　Date and Time: May (date, time and place have not yet been fixed.)

　Date: Jun. 22 (time and place have not yet been fixed.)　Leader: Mr. Roku

Activity: 　　　　 Several members will read a paper at this meeting.

We welcome your positive participation. For questions or more information about our activities, please contact the head office of the Meguro UNESCO Association (tel: 03-5725-6150).

Please do not hesitate to leave your message on our web-site: “BBS for the Youth Members”.

You can access from http://www.geocities.co.jp/CollegeLife-Club/9176/youth-index.html　or http://www.unesco.or.jp/meguro/

② Tokyo Global Citizens’ Festival was held on Feb. 1 (Sat) at the Tokyo International Forum and a large number of parties gave presentations. At the request of the Tokyo Liaison Council of UNESCO Associations, the Youth Activity Committee gave a two-hour presentation under the direction of Ms. Atsuko Ituki.

In that presentation, we explained UNESCO, our activities and the Retreat. To better understand the atmosphere of our activities, we divided into several small groups and introduced ourselves, discussed what to do, and played “human puzzle links” with the general participants.

Reports: Mr. Takayuki Hashinaga (Chairman of the Youth Activity Committee)