Azerbaijani youth
The first forum of Azerbaijani youth was held at initiative of the Ministry of Youth and Sport and under the resolution of the Azerbaijani president on 2 February 1996.
It involved 2000 representatives of youth from all regions of the country. The forum participants defined the obligations facing the state bodies of Azerbaijan, country's youth organizations and every youth representative.
The main task facing the due organizations became the conduction of effective measures on comprehensive development of youth and provision of assistance and support for the soonest and effective resolution of the problems of youth.
The first forum of youth promoted the intensification of work, conducted with the youth. In 1997 Azerbaijani President Heydar Aliyev signed a resolution according to which the day of conduction of the forum - February 2 - was declared the Day of Azerbaijani youth.
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