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TOGETHER AGAINST TERRORISM AND GLOBAL VIOLENCE

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AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE SERVICE AGENCY IN ASSOCIATION WITH YOUTH RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS IN HER
DONORS CONFERENCES 2004

The young peacemakers are participating in
"Building New Bridges to Global Understanding, Friendship and Peace,"

There are good reasons for suggesting that the modern age has ended. Many things indicate that we are going through a transitional period when it seems that something is on the way out and something else is painfully being born. It is as if something were crumbling, decaying and exhausting itself, while something else, still indistinct, were arising from the rubble.
Terrorism casts it lethal shadow across the globe... yet the world's resolve to defeat it has never been greater. Is a revolution that will end or some thing that has come to stay? This topic will be largely debated and exposed by numerous experts in the field of Terrorism and Conflict study Organizations.

Violence and Terrorism are global menace and they illustrate the scope and magnitude of our common vulnerability; the vulnerability of each and every one of us to the barbarism and inhumanity of a perverted response to injustice and exclusion. We condemn the hijacking and terrorist attacks on public centers in American cities, Bangladesh, Middle East, Israel, Philippines, Kenya, Tanzania, Spain and anywhere that have killed a large number of innocent human beings. Our deep sympathy goes out to the every nation, particularly those who have suffered from violent attacks and also to the families of the victims. Terrorism is doomed and the international community should take effective measures in a bid to eradicate it. The Convention of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference on Combating International violence and Terrorism™ adopted on 1 July 1999 is one of the rare documents in which a definition of terrorism has been appeared. Article 1, Paragraph 2 of the Convention reads as follows:
"Terrorism means any act of violence or threat thereof notwithstanding its motives or intentions perpetrated to carry out by individuals or collective criminal plan with the aim of terrorising people or threatening to harm them or imperiling their lives, honor, freedoms, security or rights or exposing the environment or any facility or public or private property to hazards or occupying or seizing them, or endangering a national resource, or international facilities, or threatening the stability, territorial integrity, political unity or sovereignty of independent states."
In addition to the above definition, the Convention in Paragraph 4 of the same article provides that crimes stipulated in the 12 United Nations anti-terrorism specialized conventions are also considered terrorist crimes with the exception of those excluded by the legislation of Contracting States or those who have not ratified them. It is worth-mentioning that in spite of inclusion of the definition of terrorism, limited number of State-Parties and lack of an action-oriented mechanism have served as negative factors in implementation of the convention.
Considering the fact that the ambiguity of the word terrorism is one of the main obstacles in the way of any concerted international effort aimed at eradicating terrorism, it is indispensable to make every effort, at this juncture, to arrive at a generally agreed definition of international terrorism. Failure to address this point will question the necessity and utility of this exercise
Researches have recognized that children are not the only victims of violence, but often become perpetrators themselves. Our communities need resources to educate the youths in order to prevent incidents of violence. By developing, designing and implementing materials and programs relevant to and familiar with First Nations youth in our communities, we will also be working towards creating a positive vision for our young people. Active participation will benefit youths in the acquisition and maintenance of life skills, thus improving their physical, emotional, mental and spiritual well being.
The American International Refugee Service Agency Prevention Program is a holistic curriculum that empowers youth to not become victims, and to avoid becoming victimizers. The program also helps youths improve their physical, mental and social well-being. Thus, this program strengthens and supports the child, the family and the community through a holistic approach.
The AIRSA/AYRO36 program is designed to be community based so there is consistent consultation with the community. Schools, youth groups, counselors, teachers, parents and social workers can implement this program as part of their ongoing programs. This curriculum project will also list resource people that teachers or other facilitators may need to assist them in implementation of this program.
Empathy, impulse control, problem solving, self-esteem and other pro-social skills will be taught to the youths in order to reduce the possibility of aggressive behavior.
In the Empathy Unit, Participants will learn how to identify and understand the feelings of others and provide an appropriate response. In the Impulse Control Unit, students will learn skills in problem solving, effective communication and specific social behavior.
The American Youth Rights Organization is the first to set up a toll free, province-wide youth violence prevention line providing youth with a safe and confidential way to get information and help, and to prevent potential crimes. Callers receive direct assistance from school liaison or youth police officers in their communities. Wallet cards, posters and brochures promoting awareness, encouraging youth to use the line and take a stand against youth violence are distributed to schools, community centers, youth agencies, libraries and other community locations across the province.
The AYRO is a group of youths dedicated to promoting ways for other youth to take positive action against crime and violence. The AYRO also helps other youths develop activities for schools and youths in their own communities. AYRO has worked with more than 500,000 youth in schools, youth custody centers and youth agencies in communities throughout the province. AYRO along with members of Knowledge Network's Kid Zone series, are now featured in Take a Stand, a 17-minute video with a facilitator's guide to help teachers, youth, police and parents discuss youth crime and violence issues and work together to find solutions
The AYRO Network links more than 140 officers working with youth, school, liaison officers and police in 1,134 urban and rural communities throughout American provinces. These officers have been trained to respond to calls on the Youth Against Violence Line to assist with community crime prevention and youths safety projects, and to provide information to help teachers, youth, police and parents and work together to address schools and community safety.
This program, developed for youths by youths, is packed with information, ideas and tools to help youths develop and put in place violence prevention and community safety projects. Designed in an easily accessible format, the kit covers how to set up a project team, identify issues, develop projects, plan successful events, work with community partners, including the media, and evaluate results. The kit also contains practical information on issues affecting youth, including bullying and intimidation, vandalism, theft and graffiti, personal safety, substance abuse and TERRORISM.

Why the concern about children and youths? Simply put, twenty percent of our population is made up of children, yet children are 100 percent of our future. Also, they are the most vulnerable. For when acts of terror shake us to the core, we fear our children will suffer even more. Helping children mobilize their own potential strength and resources can, essentially, serve prophylactic ends. This infusing of the younger person with transmitted strength and insights from the previous generation require a particular kind of attitude I call fortifying generativity. By this I mean the approach to children and youths in which mature individuals use their capacity to put other welfare unselfishly ahead of their own and care deeply about what happens to others, and does all to ensure the other success in mastery of current and future stress-based fears.

Aims and Objectives
The primary objective of these conferences aimed at making the world a global village through travel and tours and bridging the gap between races and status and providing a framework for reintegration of various cultures

Sponsors
This forth coming conference are jointly sponsored by 36 American States; Charitable Trusts and Friends Without Boarders of the USA. The Pepsi Int'l, Hearts Organization Coca Cola Int'l and numerous other silver sponsors.
We congratulate all of them for making the Conference a success.

Target Audience
One of the principle objectives of these conference is to highlight the roles women and youths could play in the resolution and prevention of conflict before it is ignited and the mediation of it at standoffs (b) Participations will also be taught the mechanisms for dictating conflict situations and the ways for arresting them. What of the age long discriminations one may asked, in Nigeria, the tribal origin of people often determines their eligibility into offices. In Ethiopia, the Amharas 7 million tribesmen of the emperor monopolized all the important posts in the country, Liberia, Uganda, and the Sudan situations are all apparent. The Europe is not free, Asia, America, the United Kingdom all have failed and it is the objective of these conferences to maintain that Africa and the Worlds’ survival will not be procured with blood and iron but with negotiations and diplomacy. The fund for dispute resolution was created in 2002 through a combined grant of $7,000,000 from the Attorney Generals Gild, Peace Donations of Private Individuals and the Donor Canadian Foundation. Its mandate was to support innovations in dispute resolution research, practice and service delivery aimed to Conflict Prevention and Resolution.

US Visa Assistance:
The organizing committee will render visa assistance to all participants requiring entry visas to the United States and Guine Bissau and shall start processing their documents as soon as their filled registration forms are received and confirmation of their place to stay for the last conferences as evidence to prove that THEY will proceed to Guinea-Bissau after the event in the US. In this case, All participants are advised to book for their hotel reservation for the conference in Guinea-Bissau .We will process your visas from the US Bureau of Immigrant Affairs by the special influence of top US officials who have all fought to see the reality of this events. We shall fax to you the confirmation of your visas and a copy to the consular section at the US Embassy in your country or the nearest US Embassy to your country. You must appear at the Embassy with the correct information forwarded to us during the processing of your documents and the confirmation of accommodation in Africa.
Your hotel reservation confirmation from Guinea-Bissau will only confirm to us that you must proceed to Africa after the conference in America latest 2 days after the conclusion in America and a guarantee that you must attend the conference. Guinea-Bissau was chosen as a country emerging from conflict and wars and with its relative peace and the many participants from that region (West Africa) As a crisis region e.g. Nigeria, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau, back to Liberia and today it is the turn of Ivory Coast. You can contact any of these government-approved hotels for your reservation, which is your only responsibility in these conferences as the Reservation in America, and your flight tickets are all free. These Hotels the organizers in Africa shall let you know at the submission of your registration, and you will be expected to attend both conference in both America and Africa.

Information for Registration
Intending Organizations/participants should apply for registration by submitting their names and proofs for a valid travel document through fax or as attachments to our e-mails. Our Africa Coordinator will only direct you to Hotels in Africa where you will stay for the second conference there. Your African Hotel reservation confirmation will only prove to us that you must go to Africa after US Conference for the continuation in Guine Bissau and it is necessary for the processing of your documents and your security in that Country will not be compromised.

Address from the Board of Organizers
Greetings from the American Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution Center (ASPDRC) and the American International Refugee Service Agency USA! We are proud to announce the 2004 North American Sponsored Conference! A Tradition is being built! the three days of workshops, discussions, and activities for young and old, beginners and veterans, and everyone in between. The follow up Conference and the conclusion of the American Conference will be held in Africa in Guine Bissau, W/A, at UDIB NATIONAL AUDITORIUM at the heart of the city.
In order to further refine and simplify the registration processes, we developed this on-line resource for all of the activities. Here you will find all the information you need to know about registration, housing options, directions, scheduling, and more!
Registration currently stands at around 350 participants. Our maximum capacity is around 800 participants, so we should be fine. The rest 450 participants have been shared out world wide to you (the reader) and other recipients of this mail. Award tickets and visas assistance will be provided for all participants who were able to cross the dead line. The dead line is 14 days before the first conference in America.
If your group has not submitted a Group Directory form online, please do so immediately! You have until 14 days to the first Conference to submit your groups profile otherwise it will not be included in the Group Directory in the conference booklet.

Accommodation
Participants other than Delegates and International Agencies will be accommodated in the Conference Center lodge in America and as soon as they register their accommodation will be reserved for them. They are however directed to contact the Organizers in Africa to help them acquire one there as we were not promised a free accommodation in that Country.
If you have not yet reserved your housing in Africa, please do so as soon as possible! There are limited amounts of dormitory spaces left, and you must reserve your room (or just stay at one of the nearby hotels) in America. Space is also limited in the hotels; dormitories and award tickets to the participants from the selected countries are limited to quotas given (5-10) in one or two groups.
You are encouraged to register early to take advantage of lower registration fees and for the best selection of hotel accommodations.
Names and passport numbers of participants should be submitted to ayro362004@xpatmail.com.

Conference Venue in America
IRSA 9th Bi-annual Meeting at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah in early June 2004. Centrally located downtown, this state-of-the-art facility is within walking distance of 16 hotels and more than 90 restaurants and nightspots.
Host of the 2002 Winter Olympics, Salt Lake City has plenty of attractions to hold the attention of meeting attendees from the U.S. and abroad. Prominent cultural and historical institutions in Salt Lake City include the Utah Museum of Fine Arts and the Utah Museum of Natural History, both associated with the University of Utah. Salt Lake City is home to a number of performing arts groups, including the world-famous Mormon Tabernacle Choir, the Utah Symphony and the Utah Opera. A great spot for a fall vacation, Salt Lake City is known for its beautiful scenery and great outdoor activities, including hiking, mountain biking and white water rafting. First time visitors will immediately see why Salt Lake City has become one of the most popular destinations for professional meetings and family vacations. We urge you to explore these recreational opportunities when making your travel plans.

Conference Schedules; 6th to 20th of June 2004
Conference in America
June 6-7 (Sunday-Monday), participants will be received by the organizers and sponsors at Utah Int. Airport and be taken to their hotels of reservation on board conference busses.
June 8, (Tuesday) opening ceremony by the organizers and sponsors and introduction of the first document
[MECHANISM FOR DICTATING CONFLICT SITUATION]
June 9 (Wednesday) opening speeches and introduction of the second documents [CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND PEACE BUILDING AT STAND OFFS]
June 10, (Thursday) opening speeches and introduction of the third documents [NEGOTIATION AND DIPLOMACY NOT IRON AND BLOOD]
June 11, (Friday) closing remarks and speeches by the organizers and sponsors.
Presentation of Certificates to Participants by the Governor/Representative of Utah State USA.
June 12 (Saturday), Participants visit areas of interests, tourist sites and museums etc. with the Organization conducting and aboard Conference burses.
June 13, (Sunday), participants, delegates and observers converge at the airport onward to Africa for the continuation of the conference and its conclusion in Africa.

Conference in Africa
June 14, (Monday) 2004, Participants are received in Guine Bissau by the organizers in Africa
June 15, (Tuesday) 2004 Introduction of the first document by the chairman and the organizers committee
June 16,(Wednesday) 2004 Introduction of the second document and groups debates
June 17,(Thursday) 2004 Introduction of the third document and groups harmonization of opinions
June 18 (Friday) get together and cocktail parties for the Organizers and participants
Closing remarks by the Organizers and participants to mark the end of the forums.
Participants Depart For Their Countries of Origin.
Contact the Organizers in Africa (infoafric@hismail.us) for the list of approved Hotels for your accommodation there.
We will appreciate your participation and look forward to this opportunity to share ideas and engage in discussion with you.

Prof. Hans J. Gasman
Chairman of the AMERIRSA 2004 Conferences Working Party.
100 S. West Temple
Salt Lake City, Utah 84101. USA
Tel; 1-801-729-1965, Fax; 1-928-563-4052, 1-928-484-6298 USA
All information should be directed to the Conference Secretary at amerirsa@xpatmail.com or airsapub@tnle.net
Inquiries about visas assistance should be sent to airsainfousa@netscape.net when participants must have submitted their registration and valid traveling profiles.

Society of Professionls in Dispute Resolution/American International Refugee Service Agency

100b South West Temple. Salt Lake City, Utah 84101 USA

18017291965 or 12533236820

airsainfousa@netscape.net

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