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  • 12 / 21 / 2006

FEU Congress
The 7th Congress of the Federation of University Students (FEU) ends today with a plenary session, elections for the National Secretariat and the approval of new statutes and regulations for the organization.

The plenary at the capitals International Convention Center will discuss the central report to Congress, as well as reports from seven working commissions that met last night in various venues located in Havana institutions of higher learning.

The issues discussed were "University students for defense of the homeland," "A FEU that is grass-roots, with a profound social vocation," "The FEU in every corner of the country," "Internal functioning," and "Competent professionals with an elevated universal culture."

Other discussions took up "Healthy, cultured, useful utilization of leisure time," and "University students in defense of humanity."

Today, moreover, the first meeting of the FEUs new National Secretariat is set to take place, as well as other collateral activities.

The Congress closing is scheduled for this afternoon, to be followed by a gala event saluting the 84th anniversary of the FEU, at the University of Information Science (UCI) in the capital.

The Congress culminates a nine-month process that included broad participation by university students in assemblies held in every university classroom in the country.

The commitment of university students to the future of Cuba and its Revolution, as well as solidarity with other nations in the world, have characterized all of the debates and discussions at this event.

The young people expressed their decision to continue contributing to the assurance of the countrys present and future, in line with President Fidel Castros appeal at the Aula Magna of the University of Havana on November 17, 2005.

The congress reaffirmed solidarity with the Cuban Five, imprisoned for more than eight years in the United States for attempting to forestall terrorist actions by counterrevolutionary groups based in Florida, which have caused more than 3,500 deaths among the islands population.

Source: Granma International

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