May 13, 2009 - 15:07 AMT
Italy to host First International Conference on Caucasus
The First International Conference on Caucasus is due in Rondina, Italy, on May 16-19. The event is organized by "Rondine-Citadella della Pace" Association in the frameworks of Le Piazze di Maggio "Le Piazze di maggio - Irrompere nel futuro" project.

Ventidi pace su Caucaso (Peace Winds in Caucasus) conference will be attended by experts from different countries representing different Caucasian nations, University Professors and human rights defenders, people working in the sphere of culture, art and economics, journalists, religious figures, as well as those who lost their loved ones in military conflicts and those who devotedly fight for peaceful conflict settlement.

The objective of the conference is the elaboration of a document containing "14 clauses on peace in Caucasian region". It's a kind of answer to the "14 clauses proposed by President Wilson" (1918) and the obsolete methods of conflict settlement. "We offer political institutions innovative projects and moral support in settling political crises. We aim to involve large masses of people with active participation of students from Russia, South Caucasus, Balkan region, Near East and Africa, i.e. people who learnt in to live in peace in their homelands," forum organizers say in their statement.