May 1, 2008

NEWS / J8: Richmond teens headed to G8 summit

Richmond teens headed to G8 summit

Vancouver Sun

Published: Wednesday, April 30, 2008

METRO VANCOUVER - Four Richmond teenagers have won a national competition to travel to this year's G8 Summit in Japan and have their voices heard on the world stage as part of a Unicef project, the United Nations' children's agency announced Wednesday.

The winning team is comprised of four students from Richmond Secondary School: Wilson Lau, Stephanie Liou, Khalil Kassam and Alex Goncharov, all 16.

About 75 teams of high school students across Canada competed for the opportunity to participate in the UNICEF Junior 8 Summit, scheduled for July 2 - 9 in Chitose, Japan. Jointly organized by the G8 presidency and UNICEF, the Junior 8 Summit aims to advance young people's understanding of global issues and provides a platform for them to discuss these issues and advocate solutions to the world's most powerful leaders, a press release said. The winning team will travel to Japan and meet with teams from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Russian Federation, the UK and the USA.

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