1988. október (246-270. szám) / HU_BFL_XIV_47_2
Facsimile copy of the draft agreement: /\ f Headquarters M 4 Cowley Street, London SW1P 3NB X* Telephoné: 01-222 7999 Y OL'NG Social and Lib«ral Democrats Mike Harskin — YSLDE Chair A DRAFT AGREEMENT BETWEEN ENGLISH AND HUNGÁRIÁN YOUNG DEMOCRATS ONE WE RECNOGNISE THAT FREEDCM CANNOT BE PROPERLY ENJOYED UNLESS ALL PEOPLE ARE EQUALLY FREE. AS DEMOCRATS. WE ARE COMITTED TO EXTENDING INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY. INCLUDING REÁL FREEDCM OF THOUGHT AND SPEECH AND DEED AND THE RIGHT TO ASSEMBLY. WE ARE COMITTED TO CHALLENGING THOSE WHO RESTRICT THESE FUNDAMENTAL HUMÁN RIGHTS. AS INTERNATIONALISTS, WE RECOGNISE NO ARTIFICIAL BOUNDARIES OR POLITICAL OR GEOGRAPHICAL CONSTRAINTS TO FREEDCM. TWO WE RECOGNISE THAT YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE A UNIQUE CONTRIBUTION TO MAKE IN LEAD ING THE PROCESS OF PEACEFUL CHANGE ACROSS THE WDRLD AND, IN PARTICULAR, A UNIQUE RESPONSIBILITY IN TAKING UP THE CKALLENGES TO LIBERTY AND FREEDCM ON BEHALF OF THEIR COMUNITIES AND FUTURE GENERATIONS. THREE WE RECOGNISE THAT THE GREATEST CONTRIBUTION WE CAN MAKE AS INDIVIDUALS AND AS ORGANISATIONS OF YOUNG DEMOCRATS TO BRIDGE NATIONAL AND IDEOLOGICAL DIVIDES IS TO WORK TOGETHER IN THE COMON PURSUIT OF OUR SHARED IDEALS. WE ARE COMITTED TO SUPPORTING AND ENCOURAGING DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENTS IN EVERY NATION WHO SHARE OUR CONCERNS FÓR FREEDCM AND LIBERTY. FOUR WE RECOGNISE, IN PARTICULAR, THE HISTORIC INTEREST AND SUPPORT GIVEN BY BRITISH LIBERALS TO CENTRAL EUROPEAN NATIONALITIES AND CCmjNITIES WHICH SEEK THE RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION, AND - AS INHERITORS OF THIS TRADITION - THE YOUNG DEMOCRATS IN ENGLAND ARE COMITTED TO SUPPORTING THEIR SISTERS AND BROTHERS AMONGST THE YOUNG DEMOCRATS OF HUNGARY, IN TAKING UP THE CHALLENGES OF TODAY. FIVE WE RECOGNISE, THEREFORE, OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO EXCHANGE VIEWS, IDEAS, EXPERIENCES AND SUPPORT AND TO SEEK A FORMÁL AGREEMENT OF MUTUAL SUPPORT BETWEEN THE YOUNG SOCIAL AND LIBERAL DEMOCRATS OF ENGLAND AND FIDESZ OF HUNGARY SO THAT YOUNG DEMOCRATS IN BOTH COUNTRIES MAY SHARE THEIR EFFORTS IN FIGHTING FÓR SELF- DETERMINATION AND THE ENABLEMENT OF ALL YOUNG PEOPLE TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL AND TO MAKE ALL THE DECISIONS THAT AFFECT THEIR CWN LIVES. SIGNED. OCTOBER, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY EIGHT MI KE HA^JIN DÁVID CAMPANALE ZSOLT NÉMETH Support us today and you will be supporting the Party of tomorrow- 2 -
