BRATISLAVA, Slovakia, December 12, 2001 (LSN.ca) – Nearly two hundred young leaders representing nine countries gathered for a World Youth Alliance conference two weeks ago featuring top European thinkers and policy-makers to declare their vision for the future of Europe. The European Youth Alliance’s release of the Bratislava Youth Declaration on December 1 coincided with the first regional democratic elections in Slovakia, and the two events were covered together on Slovak National Television.
“We call upon the governments and citizens of Europe to reaffirm the recognition … of the inherent dignity and inalienable rights of all, including the inviolable right to life, as the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in Europe,” said the declaration. The youth said they were united in affirming, “Our shared European identity is based upon a recognition of the fundamental dignity of the human person, which is possessed by all and must always be respected, from conception until natural death. This intrinsic dignity is the basis of all human rights and must never be violated in any way.”
The declaration was adopted Saturday, December 1st, 2001, in Bratislava, Slovakia, by youth representatives from Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Austria, Germany, Poland, Croatia, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom during a conference of the European Youth Alliance.
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