eho r'ere ouCsEanding during their youthl and Week of the Tree for the activeParticipatlon of young people in the envirohnent. A congress in Novenber on thereflect.ions and idea6 of Venezuelan youth will be the culnination of plannedactivitles for the Year in the counErv. V. WESTERN ASIA Bahrain: a National Co-oralinating Comrnl ttee for the International youEh year wascreated in 1983 in Bahrain. rt is conposed of governnental representalives f,romthe ministrles concerned Hith youth aifairs and nonjovernnental organlzations.Ies tunction is to prepare, organize and folloe-up all the youth aceivieies in theState. One of the nain acCivities of Che Commi t Eee in Bahrain is Eo host aregional seninar focusing on the year, co-sponsored by the United Nations- Democra Eic Yernen: the Nat.ional Preparatory Commit.tee for tbe IneernaEional youth Year rias created in 1984. with the support of the yemen Socialist. youth Federation, it. is nandated to organize activities for the year, including!participation in the xrr world FesEival of youth and scudents in uosco',, pro{tranmesfor the eradication of il-llteracyi sunner camps for youtht renovation of schoolstand fornation ot voruntary {ork leans for national developoent projects. The Headof sEate of the Peoplers Denocratic Repubric of yenen derivered a statenenE to theyout.h ot lhe country on the occasion of the year. I!gE: in 1983, a National Co-ordinat.ing @mmi ttee was created, conposed ofgovernnental and non-governnenEal organizations. InCernaEional youth year activities include: aport, artistic and cultural activiCiest support for youthhostelsi scientific activitiesi training and nork camps. The president. officially opened the Year in Iraq uith an address to the youth of the World durtngFebruary 1985. The Minister ot youth held a press conference, and rnenb€rs 0t theIraqi ConniCtee eere inEervieeed on television, to publicize Ehe activigies for theYear ot the Iraqi Nat ional- ConnitCee at national, regional and inlernationallevels. An attractive poscer for the year has been issued in Iraq and10,000 saplings have been planted so far in the afforestation campaign under oaydurino the Year.A/40/7OL Engl ish Page 60 ,tordan: in OcEober 1983, the National Jordanian Conmittee for the International
**Analysis**
The text appears to focus on the International Year of Youth, with a emphasis on environmental and youth-related activities, such as afforestation campaigns, seminars, and camps. The text mentions national committees, governments, and organizations working together to organize activities, which suggests a focus on international cooperation and development.

**Category**
Education, Culture, Natural resources and environment