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Civil actions against racism and xenophobia in Kharkov
On the 27th of June 2008 the regional conference «Civil actions against racism and xenophobia» took place in Kharkov.
The Conference's organizers were the Kharkov charity foundation «Social service for help», Youth Human Rights Movement Ukraine, Youth Human Rights Group-Kharkov and Civil Freedoms Centre (Kiev).
The representatives of governmental and non-governmental organizations working in Kharkov region in the sphere of resistance to xenophobia and intolerance were invited to this conference. Among them were the Administration of Migratory Service in Kharkov region, the Sector of Nationalities Affair of the Administration of internal politics, the Administration of the citizenship, immigration and registration of the natural persons GU MVD in Kharkov region, the leading Kharkov academies. National-cultural communities of Kharkov region, Kharkov city organizations of foreign students and citizens, Kharkov Human Rights Group, Centre of Human Rights «Drevo Zhittya».
Big NGOs of other regions and from abroad - for example: International Migratory Organization, International Youth Human Rights Movement and «Coalition against hate» working at the NIS-space were also presented.
During the Conference the situation with expression of xenophobia and intolerance in Kharkov and Eastern Ukraine in general was analyzed, the experience of authority bodies and intergovernmental organizations of Kharkov region, practices of Ukrainian and foreign NGOs in the solving problems of xenophobia and racism were presented. Many participants made reports, told about their activity, successes and problems, ideas and working projects.
The YHRM Honorary President Andrey Yurov presented development project «Coalition against hate» at the NIS-space. He pointed out the peculiarities of resistance network building against xenophobia at the all-Ukrainian and regional level.
Youth actions against racism and intolerance in Russia were presented by the Participants of the Youth Human Rights Movement Anastasia Nikitina and Irina Aksenova.
Reports were accepted with great interest and followed by dynamic discussions between participants of the Conference.
As a result of the Conference new suggestions on project development and perspectives of their realization at the regional level were considered. The Monitoring of the xenophobia, national intolerance and discrimination is being planned in Kharkov region in the framework of the All-Ukrainian monitoring.
Yulia Degtyareva
«Social service for help»