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 Third International Youth Gathering of the Union of Non-Governmental Organizations of the Islamic World (UNIW) has ended with the final declaration in historical building where Bandung Declaration had been announced.
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The program started with the recitation of the Holy Qur’an and welcome speeches. First speaker was SALAM UI chairman Ahmed Situyabandi who read the final declaration while each country representatives took the floor joining their hands at the platform.
After reading of final declaration, UNIW General Coordinator A. Cihangir Isbilir, chairman of Steering Committee Budi Dermawan and UNIW Council Member Suripto had speeches.
The Union of NGOs of the Islamic World (UNIW) has successfully carried out third international youth gathering in Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia between 17 and 24 January 2010 with participation of over 150 people from 16 countries. During the gathering two days panel was held in the campus of the University of Indonesia titled by “The Role of the Youth in Changing the World and Education.”
At the panel the delegations discussed main problems of the education and solutions in their countries. The participants has reached common consensus after two days panel.
Third IYG reached at the following points: 1. IYG stresses that the Muslims are one nation.
2. IYG stresses the right of just and free education without any kinds of discrimination based on ethnicity, race, gender and language.
3. Emphasize the necessity of full cooperation and coordination among the Muslim countries.
4. Importance of NGOs in support for Muslim Youth to take better education and have better future.
5. Developing a new kind of education system including alternatives model based on Islamic principles that is the best answer to ontological, epistemological and methodological crisis that started with modernity and westernization at the consciousness of Muslim Youth.
6. Islamic World Governments exchange programs, OIC, scholarship, supporting organizations supporting the programs for cooperation, solidarity and to establish network mechanisms.
7. IYG declares the necessity of experience exchanges among different thoughts of native thinkers, scholars, intellectuals and academicians.
8. IYG declares the initiatives to be started in order to make youth more equipped with increasing alternative education methods.
9. IYG strongly demands governments of the Islamic Countries to sign treaties that will provide students exchanges between the countries for cultural and intellectual cooperation sharing with common values.
10. IYG emphasizes importance of developing new policies of the governments in Islamic countries to develop youth organizations to take active roles.
11. IYG strongly stresses the necessity of new kinds of consciousness and perspective of Muslim youth against all kinds of challenges.
12. IYG strongly denounce continuous and insidious excavation works under and around Masjed al Aqsa and calls for put an end to such dangerous steps.
13. IYG calls for an end the occupation in Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan and Nogarno Karabagh. It also points out to find constructive solutions for ending the conflicts in Yemen, Darfur, Kashmir, Moro, Western Sahara and Somalia.
14. IYG strongly condemns discrimination and Islamophobic activities, politics and manners against Muslim communities in the Western World. It demands western governments to take reasonable actions for ending this situation. IYG also invites Muslim youth whole around the world to use all legitimate ways for challenging with this increasing and never acceptable situation. Â
IYG thanks to the President of Indonesia, the Parliament of Indonesia, Vice-Chairman of the Parliament, the Government of Indonesia, ministers, the governor of Jakarta and West Java, the organization committee, sponsors and all managers of the gathering. Â
This final declaration is signed and declared by common decision of 150 participants from 16 countries in Third International Youth Gathering carried out in Jakarta capital city of Indonesia between 17 and 24 January 2010.Â
9 Safar 1431 / 24 January 2010, Bandung UNIW 
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