[E-rundbrief] Info 1124 - Young people of La Via Campesina 3rd Assembly

[Matthias Reichl]

E-Rundbrief - Info 1124 - La Via Campesina: Young people of  La Via 
Campesina Close their Assembly with a Commitment to Ensure the Future 
of Sustainable Peasant Agriculture.

Bad Ischl, 10.6.2013

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Young people of  La Via Campesina Close their Assembly with a 
Commitment to Ensure the Future of Sustainable Peasant Agriculture.

http://viacampesina.org/en/index.php/our-conferences-mainmenu-28/6-jakarta-2013/1423-young-people-of-la-via-campesina-close-their-assembly-with-a-commitment-to-ensure-the-future-of-sustainable-peasant-agriculture

Photos of La Via Campesina's Third Youth Assembly here 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/97053996@N03/sets/

(Jakarta, June 9, 2013) "We, the Youth, are the seeds, we are the 
future of the peasant movement”. These were the closing words of the 
La Via Campesina's Third Youth Assembly, which has brought people 
together from more than 70 countries on five continents. The 
discussions dealt with wide-reaching concerns, such as food 
sovereignty and peasants' rights, but also focussed on specific issues 
such as health or migration. The slogan proclaimed during the meeting 
was "For food sovereignty! La Via Campesina youth in struggle!"

Feeling that they represent the present and future of sustainable 
peasant agriculture, "able to cool Mother Earth", young people have 
designed a plan of action, which establishes specific actions to be 
taken by La Via Campesina's regional structures, and by young farmers 
from all over the world.

The Declaration of La Via Campesina's Third Youth Assembly, which was 
approved this morning in Jakarta, identifies the enemies that hinder 
sustainable development around the world, such as neo-liberalism, 
capitalism, and imperialism. Bearing this in mind, the young people 
commit themselves to fight against industrial agriculture and land 
grabbing, GMOs and the privatization of the commons.

They also appeal to international organisations such as the WTO, IMF 
and World Bank to respect people's rights to plan and control their 
systems of food production.

Others commitments endorsed in today's declaration include 
strengthening solidarity links between regions which are developing 
alternative models, always looking for ways to co-operate to eliminate 
social inequalities. The declaration also insisted on the importance 
of political education for young people, of communication and 
coordination, and of solidarity with all peoples who are fighting for 
their rights, wherever they are in the world. However, the young 
people's main commitment has been to work for social change and for a 
return to the land, starting from the perspective of agro-ecological 
production.

At the end of the Assembly's closing ceremony young people marched in 
procession to the inauguration of the peasant market organised for the 
Sixth Conference of La Via Campesina.

Communication team of la Via Campesina

Read also this article on the Opening of the Third Youth Assembly : 
Together, peasant youth can move forward
by Shifa Mwesigye,  journalist of the Observer, Uganda
http://viacampesina.org/en/index.php/our-conferences-mainmenu-28/6-jakarta-2013/1422-together-peasant-youth-can-move-forward

and Listen to the audio From Real World Radio of Nettie Wiebe, 
representative of the National Farmers’ Union of Canada, in the 
opening ceremony of the La Vía Campesina’s 3rd Youth International 
Assembly in Jakarta, Indonesia: Searching for the right path
http://tv.viacampesina.org/Searching-for-the-right-path?lang=en


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