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ICNYP REGIONAL AWARDS ON NATIONAL YOUTH POLICY

INDIA (Government of India: Ministry of Youth and Sports, Youth Department, and National Youth NGO Platform: National Youth Commission of India).

The National Youth Policy of India was formulated in 2003-2004 as an update of the first National Youth Policy adopted by the Government of India for the United Nations International Youth Year (IYY) in 1985. It was adopted by the Government of India in 2004 and many youth NGO representatives on the National Youth Commission of India and on other bodies in India contributed to the design and content of the new National Youth Policy of India The Commonwealth Youth Programme (CYP) provided some consultant services on this project. The ICNYP Secretary General made a presentation of ICNYP Asian and Pacific Regional Awards on National Youth Policy to Mr. Hemant Karkara, Counsellor and Alternate Permanent Representative, Embassy of India to Austria on behalf of the Ministry of Youth and Sports of India and National Youth Commission of India. Mr. Hemant Karkara made a statement to the ICNYP Council on receipt of the ICNYP Awards on 26 May 2004. The Ministry of Youth and Sports of India sent a letter to the ICNYP thanking it for this ICNYP Award and regretting that it would not be able to participate in the Second Session of the ICNYP Council due to the recent appointment of a new Minister of Youth and Sports on 25 May 2004.

IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF: (Government of Iran, I.R.: National Youth Organization of Iran I.R. and the National Youth Assembly of Iran I.R.).

The National Youth Policy of the Islamic Republic of Iran was formulated in 2003-2004 and is due for adoption in 2004. It was an update of the first National Youth Policy adopted in 1998 by the Supreme Council on Youth. The process of preparing the new NYP included the participation of youth from each province and of representatives of national youth NGOs on the National Youth Assembly.. The National Youth Organization of Iran I.R. coordinated and supported this project which included the provision of an ICNYP senior consultant on national youth policy in 2004. The ICNYP Secretary General made a presentation of ICNYP Asian and Pacific Regional Award on National Youth Policy to Mr. Jafaar Satvaty, Director of the Department of International Affairs, National Youth Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran (NYOIR), Office of the President of the I.R. Iran on behalf of the National Youth Organization of Iran I.R. and the National Youth Assembly of Iran I.R.. Mr. Jafaar Satvaty made a statement to the ICNYP Council on receipt of the ICNYP Awards on 26 May.

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