16th World Youth and Students Festival: Main Discussion Topics

8-6-05,9:39am



1. PEACE, WAR AND IMPERIALISM (FORT TIUNA)

I. Peace, safety and a world free of nuclear weapons.

II. Preventing and resolving conflicts.

III. Military alliances and militarism.

IV. International solidarity and the struggle against imperialism.

V. Blockades, embargos and sanctions: crimes against humanity.

VI. International cooperation at the regional level.

VII. Youth and students movement: international cooperation.

VIII. Religious fundamentalism, nationalism, terrorism and intolerance.

IX. Fascism and nationalism.

X. Civil wars.

XI. Struggles for sovereignty and independence.

XII. The struggle for peace.

XIII. International solidarity.

EDUCATION, CULTURE, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Bolivarian University of Venezuela)

I. Access to the sphere of culture.

II. Comunication and information media.

III. Science and technology.

IV. Exclusivism in education as a form of domination.

V. Popular culture.

VI. Brain drain.

EMPLOYMENT, ECONOMY AND DEVELOPMENT (Parque Central)

I. Endogenous development.

II. The environment.

III. Public policy and health.

IV. Unemployment.

V. Food security.

VI. Strategies to combat poverty.

VII. Housing and living conditions: the right to a decorous life.

DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS (Teresa Carreño Theatre)

I. Democracy, human rights and social justice.

II. The rights of young people and students and the Title on Young People’s Rights.

III. Capitalist globalization: a threat to humanity.

IV. Gender equality.

V. Children’s rights.

VI. Sexual and reproduction rights.

VII Racial discrimination and xenophobia