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<p><font size="+1"></font><font size="+1"><strong>November 8, 2002 <em>(3:00 p.m. EST)</em> No. 143</strong></font><font size="+1"></font></p>
<p align="CENTER"><font size="+1"><strong>GRAHAM TO LAUNCH HUMAN SECURITY WEB SITE FOR YOUTH </strong></font></p>
<p>Foreign Affairs Minister Bill Graham today announced that he will visit Don Mills Collegiate Institute in Toronto on
November 12 and the University of Quebec at Montreal on November 14 to launch "Youth Zone," a new Department of
Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Web site designed to engage youth on human security issues. </p>
<p>Youth Zone is principally a research and teaching tool aimed at high school and university students. It features information
on Canada's Human Security Program as well as stories and photographs of young people who have participated in human
security initiatives, including peacebuilding.</p>
<p>"It is important that youth from Canada and abroad understand the factors threatening the rights, safety and lives of people
around the world and that they be engaged in national and international efforts aimed at eliminating these threats," said Mr.
Graham. "Canadian foreign policy has benefited from insights provided by Canadian youth mine action ambassadors,
DFAIT interns who are engaged in a wide range of human security projects abroad, and young people who participated in
the September 2000 Conference on War-Affected Children. I look forward to the ideas and activism that will be generated
by this site."</p>
<p>In Toronto, the Minister will simultaneously launch "No War Zone," (<a href="https://bac-lac.wayback.archive-it.org/web/20070220193705/http://www.nowarzone.org/">http://www.nowarzone.org</a>) an on-line
communications platform created by War Child Canada that allows youth in Canada to connect with their peers in war-affected communities around the world. </p>
<p>The Youth Zone Web site can be accessed at <a href="https://bac-lac.wayback.archive-it.org/web/20070220193705/http://www.humansecurity.gc.ca/youth">http://www.humansecurity.gc.ca/youth</a></p>
<p>Funding for both initiatives was provided for in the December 2001 federal budget and is therefore built into the existing
fiscal framework. </p>
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<p><strong>The schedule of Mr. Graham's media events is attached.</strong></p>
<p>For further information, media representatives may contact:</p>
<p>Isabelle Savard</p>
<p>Director of Communications</p>
<p>Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs</p>
<p>(613) 995-1851</p>
<p>Media Relations Office</p>
<p>Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade</p>
<p>(613) 995-1874</p>
<p><a href="https://bac-lac.wayback.archive-it.org/web/20070220193705/http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/">http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca</a></p>
<p align="CENTER"><font size="+1"><strong>SCHEDULE OF MR. GRAHAM'S MEDIA EVENTS</strong></font></p>
<p><strong>Toronto</strong></p>
<p><strong>Event:</strong> Launch of Youth Zone Web site and No War Zone</p>
<p><strong>Date:</strong> Tuesday, November 12</p>
<p><strong>Time:</strong> 10:00 a.m.</p>
<p><strong>Location:</strong> Don Mills Collegiate Institute</p>
<p>Cyber Arts Room</p>
<p>15 The Donway East</p>
<p><strong>Montreal</strong></p>
<p><strong>Event:</strong> Launch of Youth Zone</p>
<p><strong>Date</strong>: Thursday, November 14</p>
<p><strong>Time:</strong> 2:00 p.m.</p>
<p><strong>Location:</strong> University of Quebec at Montreal</p>
<p>Room D-R 2000</p>
<p>Athanase-David Pavilion</p>
<p>1430 Saint-Denis Street</p>
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