Asian-African Students Declare Six-Points Commitment at Conference

Bandung, West Java (Antara Bali) - The Asian-African Students Conference (KMAA) ended at the Merdeka Building here on Friday with the declaration of a six-point commitment.

KMAA President Yasmin Nindya Chaerunisa said on Friday that the commitment was jointly signed by Sina Mao of Cambodia, to represent Asia, and Nsikan Ekwere of Nigeria, on behalf of Africa.

"The declaration of the six-point commitment is related to numerous issues which have been discussed during the committee meeting," Chaerunisa remarked.

According to Chaerunisa, the conference was attended by 210 students from 48 countries in Asia and Africa.

She pointed out that at the end of the conference, participants declared the commitment to establish student leadership positions to promote Asian-African cultural values, to encourage the pursuit of education, to promote "sociopreneruship", to promote the functioning of media as a pillar of democracy, to promote the use of software for the creation of digital independence in Asia and Africa, and to strengthen the Asian-African student network.

"Because this conference is organized by various communities, the cooperation that we have built is based on working people to people," she said.

Also, the chief of Asia Africa Conference (AAC) Museum, Thomas Siregar, noted that the conference would have a great impact on improved cooperation among the Asian-African students.

"Through this event, the students from Asia and Africa can exchange ideas related to the solutions of various issues that occur on the two continents," he affirmed.

Siregar pointed out that besides the declaration of the six-point commitment, the Asian-African Students Conference also provided a forum for study to accommodate the activities of students from the countries on the two continents.

The KMAA was held after the 60th anniversary of the Asia Africa Conference from April 19-24, 2015 in Jakarta and Bandung.

Director for Domestic Tourism Promotion at the Ministry of Tourism, Tazbir, has said the Asia Africa Conference would help Bandung to become more popular as a tourism destination in Indonesia.

"The Asian-African Conference 2015 will surely have a long-term impact on Indonesia's tourism sector. I believe Bandung will now become more known and popular at the international level," Tazbir noted. (WDY)