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| Sunday, 20 June 2004 |
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Unique leadership development Fadhil Bakeer Markar, Chamindra Goonewardena and Chinthaka Perera of Asian International School, Colombo, have been selected to participate in the Global Young Leaders Conference (GYLC) from Sunday, July 18 to Thursday, July 29 in Washington, D. C. and New York City. GYLC is a unique leadership development program for secondary school students from around the world who have demonstrated leadership potential and scholastic merit. Fadhil, Chamindra and Chinthaka will be among 350 outstanding scholars from across the globe to attend the conference. The theme of GYLC is The Leaders of Tomorrow Preparing for the Global Challenges and Responsibilities of the future. These Three outstanding students will interact with key leaders and newsmakers with powerful influence over politics, finance, culture and diplomacy. And will take part in a carefully designed curriculum, which includes thought provoking simulation that builds leadership skills. "The Global Young Leaders Conference aims to provide students like these with the opportunities to collaborate with students from around the world to both study and resolve global conflict," said Mike Lasday, executive director of the Congressional Youth Leadership Council (CYLC), the organization that sponsors the GYLC. "When ideas and points of view are shared, the true result of the conference is realised." GYLC culminates with the Global Summit, in which students apply what they've learned throughout the conference as they debate, negotiate, and build coalitions dealing with issues such as foreign aid, global warming, co-operative efforts in space, terrorism, and human rights. Past highlights of the program include welcoming remarks from the variety of young leaders who make and leave their mark on the international community, a briefing at the US Department of State, an address at the United Nations and site visits at financial intuition on wall street, among several other events. CYLC is a, non profit educational organization, founded in 1985; the council is committed to fostering inspiring leaders achieve their full potential. More than the 400 members of the US Congress join this commitment by serving on the CYLC Honorary Congressional Board of Advisors. In additional, more than 40 embassies participate in the CYLC Honorary Board of Embassies. |
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