Bla-bla Ukrainian style - a lesson in hipocricy.

«Ukrainian Youth willfully proclaims itself and its rights. As head of the state I greet the will of young people to proclaim their dignity and perspectives».

«You are strong (because you press us so hard - olexi), gifted (it takes talent to oppose the inertia - olexi), persistent (coz government never meets our demands - olexi). New Ukrainian government wishes to consider youth a partner(because we are "stupid and voters"? -olexi) and as well we want you to be our partners (hand out your leaflets during elections? - olexi). The state strives to support you (by teaching you a lesson in "only the strongest survives" manner), help you make a successful start (?). We'll do our best to ensure that the young generation of Ukrainians will have a brighter future».

A round of Applause!
http://www.glavred.info/?news=143091616

"!Forget Youth!" UN General Assmbly Hearings
It was definitely fun to participate in the well orchestred UN General Assembly "Informal" Interactive Hearings with NGOs. The event is over and now I think It's time to acknowledge that it deliberately failed to give youth "a chance". We are still treated as objects rather than agents of reform.

What is even worse is that UN has completely ignored problems of the region that I represent - Eastern Europe the talk is "Africa .. Africa, Africa" all the time.

Africa is indeed the continent where UN negligence is the most obvious, but! isn't it due to the UN's manner to forget certain issues and over-concentrate on others that has brough Africa to its present measerable condition?

I am pretty much sure that UN won't be able to help out Africa while forgetting about South America, Asia and Eastern Europe.

What's good about the Hearings is that thanks to the event I have come to embrace once and for all that relevant resources will never be given to the youth of the world - it's only through our campaigning and amok-like fighting that we'll be able to change the world for the better. UN is not a reliable partner in this undertaking.

We are not taken into consideration because UN just like the governments of the world is not ready to acknowledge that Youth Participation is a fact, we are conscious of the present day condition of the World far better than the "adult generation" claims to be. We are indeed people of new breed - a responsible, conscious, global generation. Dear Friends! it is time Governments and International bodies started to learn from us and not vice versa. I am sure that we will teach them a lesson!

Time to be frank with ourselves - the only youth voice the governments are willing to hear is the voice of violence. Marginalized.. - that is not what we really are! but for the world powers it is the most convenient mode of thinking about youth.

THis ignorant approach allows governments to escapte the necessity to acknowledge their own canibalistic (because of its consequences) ignorance and inadequacy.

http://www2.pravda.com.ua/archive/2005/june/22/2.shtml

For those interested, an article about drug use in Ukraine. I was a contributor to this article. It goes about abuse of medicine and how private pharmacological companies are actually drug-cortails under cover.

Think about it - a network of drug-retailers all over the country - in every neighbourhood, in the very pharmacy where Ukrainian families by toothbrushes and mixtures.

Why invent an expansive drug realization system then pharmacies offer better retailing opportunities?

Hello, I would like to draw your attention to an article of mine recently published in Ukraine's top web magazine - Ukrainska Pravda.
It is titled "Field study of Ukrainian judgement".

Sorry to non-Ukrainian speakers, but I guess you'll learn the meaning from the photos..

The article covers a trial were four 20 year-some old youngmen are convicted of planning and executing a terrorist bombing in Kiev last fall. Those who followed Ukrainian elections know that pre-electional battles envolved a lot of dirt - this story is a Universal (not a nation specific)just an example of how politicians forget top stories of yesterday and thus.. ruin lifes..

http://pravda.com.ua/archive/2005/june/9/2.shtml

Strange as it is... as of present there isn't a single youth magazine in Ukraine which would write on youth and politics, culture and literature with skill and expertise and... in Ukrainian.

The case is that there wasn't any ambition out there (in the media field) to work with youth as a stake-holder in the fields mentioned. On the contrary - attitudes have been those of paternalism and educatory-consumerizm.
to be continued...