Report Title:
Appropriation; Global Youth Center
Description:
Appropriates funds to the University of Hawaii to establish a global youth center in Hawaii. (SD1)
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THE SENATE |
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TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2007 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
making an appropriation for a global youth center in hawaii.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. World peace is a major collaborative goal and youth are the key to attaining world peace, sustainability, and productivity for future generations. Hawaii's location at the center of the Pacific Rim region between Asia and the Americas, its diverse culture, and its many shared languages provide an excellent strategic forum for meetings and exchanges, as demonstrated by the Millennium Youth People's Congress that was held in Hawaii in October 1999.
The creation of a Global Youth Center in Hawaii presents a unique opportunity for generating a truly international framework through which youth around the world could become actively engaged in the construction of a better future. It offers youth from around the world an opportunity to identify what they see as the major global issues to be addressed and will train these future leaders to more effectively communicate their concerns so that they can help shape the debate over issues that will directly affect them.
The Global Youth Center will develop educational programs, conduct original research, and link diverse people and organizations to address some of the problems faced by the world. The Global Youth Center will work in conjunction with Hawaii educational, political, and business leaders, and representatives at the East-West Center, the International Student/Young Pugwash, and the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs. It will serve as a clearinghouse for information on youth policy activities internationally.
The legislature finds that the Global Youth Center should also ensure that Hawaii students, particularly public school students, are provided with opportunities to participate in programs and activities to increase awareness of global issues and to address these issues through a variety of activities including meetings and forums.
The purpose of this Act is to appropriate funds for the establishment of a Global Youth Center in Hawaii.
SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $140,040, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2007-2008, and the same sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2008-2009, for the establishment of a Global Youth Center in Hawaii.
The sums appropriated shall be expended by the East-West Center through the University of Hawaii for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2007.