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Conference Web site announcement:

A group of 200 young people from around the world will be meeting at the
United Nations in New York from August 28 to September 1 to attend the
UN's 50th Anniversary World Youth Leadership Training Summit.  Thousands
more are expected to take part via the Internet.  A dynamic World Wide
Web site has been created for the conference:
http://tdg.uoguelph.ca/un50

The WWW site makes use of a new interactive conferencing tool called the
"Commons."  Via the Commons, on-line participants will be able to
interact with one another in real time, as well as post and read
"threaded" discussion comments.  On-line participants will also be able
to see photos from the conference and read summaries of daily activities.

Conference Internet networking is being provided by volunteers from the
TeleCommons Development Group in association with the Department of Rural
Extension Studies and the Ontario Agricultural College at the University
of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.  Other sponsors include: MCI, NYNEX,
Real Audio, Cu-SeeMe, the Computer Research Lab for the Environment, the
Ontarion and the Peak (both University of Guelph student newspapers), and
Community Assets.

Organizations and individuals involved in the Summit include:

David Lam Centre for Communication
Centre for Refugee Studies, York University
International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development
UNDP
UNICEF
WETV - Global Access Television
International Development Research Centre - Canada
Volunteers in Technical Assistance (VITA)
Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University
Ambassador Robert Fowler, Canadian Representative to the UN
Honourable Ethel Blondin-Andrew, Minister for Youth and Training - Canada
Ms. Tamar Oppenheimer, Former Assistant Secretary General of the UN
Dr. Noel J. Brown - Former Director UNEP
Mr. Nitin Desai - Policy Coordination and Sustainable Development - UN
Mr. Samuel Nyambi - Director, UNSO/UNDP
Dr. Harland Cleveland - President of the World Academy of Art and Science
Mr. Knut Hammarskjold - Special Advisor - UNESCO
Dr. Lewis Perinbaum - Senior Advisor, Commonwealth of Learning
Dr. Richard Falk - Princeton University
Dr. Don Richardson - University of Guelph
Dr. David J. Bell - Dean, York University
Ambassador Douglas Roche - Chair UN-50 Canada
Mr. Sujit Chowdhury - Global Coordinator of the Summit
Mr. Greg Searle - TeleCommons Development Group
Ms. Zohreh Tabatabai - Coordinator, 50th Anniversary Secretariat