E-NEWS 04/08/00

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Dr. HEDY FRY HOSTS INTERNATIONAL YOUTH FORUM

AGAINST RACISM IN HANNOVER, GERMANY

OTTAWA, August 3, 2000 - Dr. Hedy Fry, Canadian Secretary of State

(Multiculturalism) (Status of Women) will host the International Youth

Forum Against Racism at Expo 2000 in Hannover, Germany, from August 8 to

10, 2000.

Twenty-nine youth delegates from Canada will join 26 youth from 14 nations

in the Hannover Forum where they will work to develop recommendations to

combat racism.

This forum is officially recognized as a Satellite Meeting for the United

Nations World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia

and Related Intolerance which will take place in South Africa in 2001. The

recommendations of the Youth Forum will feed into the UN conference

preparations and the Forum Report will be an officially recognized document

by the UN.

"I am very excited to be part of the ongoing work that is led by Canada's

youth in the fight against racism and intolerance. My generation was

unable to eliminate these problems during our time and we now must look

towards our youth for new and innovative solutions to solving the ongoing

issues of racism, discrimination, xenophobia, and hate," stated Dr. Fry.

"I know that the participants at the International Youth Forum will be able

to bring their considerable talents to bear in developing recommendations

about this important social issue."

The resulting recommendations will be tabled in a report on August 10th at

the Canada Pavilion at Expo 2000 in Hannover.

Canada will hold a series of consultations across the country

with representatives of civil society. These

consultations, led by Dr. Fry, will be part of Canada's contributions

toward the United Nations World Conference Against Racism. Canadian youth

will form part of the Canadian delegation to this conference.

Updates, postings and photos of the forum will be available on the Internet

at www.march21.com and www.icare.to.

Information:

Thoren Hudyma

Claudette Bouffard

Office of the Secretary of State

Director of Public Affairs

(Multiculturalism)(Status of women)

Canada Pavilion

(819) 997-9900

+49.511.228.80.800

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