Return to the Hague. Return to Peace?
The idea of this project occurred during the implementation of the conference in July, 2022 called “Return our Hug to the Hague”. More information about this conference can be found on the site of our organization using the link http://www.west-east-fund.com/index.php/en/The main topic of the conference in the Hague was - overcoming the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic in European countries. The debates at the conference showed that young people both from the EU and the Eastern Partnership countries have a need to discuss with each other and with experts from different countries the reasons for the outbreak of hostilities in Ukraine and in some other countries of the Eastern Partnership .
During the last day of the conference in the Hague in 2022, a large number of young participants proposed to hold a new conference in 2023 in order to think and discuss what young people in different countries of Europe can do to prevent new military conflicts. Many of young people thought that in 2023 there would be no more war in Ukraine. One of the participants from Ukraine even proposed holding a new conference in Kyiv. It is now 2024, and the end of the war is not in sight. It is obvious that military conflicts between European countries will nullify common European values for those living in the combat zone - Human dignity, Freedom, Equality, Rule of law, Human rights.