The congress was attended by one and a half thousand young people from 27 regions, including a delegation from our region consisting of 45 young Volyn residents. Members of the Presidium of the Council of the "Our Ukraine" party took part in the congress: the head of the organizing committee, Minister for Family, Youth and Sports Yuriy Pavlenko, the head of the Central Executive Committee of the party Mykola Katerynchuk, members of the Council of the "People's Union Our Ukraine" party, People's Deputy Borys Bespalyi and the head of the Zhytomyr Regional State Administration Pavlo Zhebrivskyi.
The congress approved the Charter of the organization, elected its Council, which included 45 people, and a Control and Audit Commission of 13 people.
Yuriy Pavlenko became the head of the Council of the "Youth Union Our Ukraine," and his two deputies were also elected.
Speaking before the congress participants, Mykola Katerynchuk congratulated them on the start of the activities of the "Youth Union Our Ukraine" and wished them fruitful work. "The result of the elections largely depends on your activity. Destructive communist forces are trying to activate elderly people. Therefore, we must activate young people so that they vote in the elections. The 'Youth Union' must be the vanguard of the elections, and we will do everything to involve you in the election process," emphasized Katerynchuk. At the end of his speech, he quoted Winston Churchill: "If we start thinking about the past, we may lose the future." "With your help, we will not lose it," stated Katerynchuk.
In turn, Yuriy Pavlenko emphasized that the "Youth Union Our Ukraine" must engage in two processes: tactical and strategic. "The tactical one is the elections. We must be ready to propose our representatives to self-government bodies. And we must participate in all election projects. And the strategic one is the implementation of state youth policy, primarily in four main directions: housing, education, healthcare, and employment," said Pavlenko.
Mykhailo Nakhod, deputy head of the executive committee of the Volyn organization of the "People's Union Our Ukraine" party, who was elected to the Council of the "Youth Union Our Ukraine," noted that the need to create a "youth wing" had long been ripe. And it was the initiative from the regions that stimulated the process of "maturing" this idea and bringing it to life. An organizing committee is working in Volyn, which includes youth leaders from various public organizations. The organizing committee has initiated and held several events for young people. At this stage, work is underway to attract people from the youth environment in the districts of the Volyn region. The founding conference of the Volyn regional organization "Youth Union Our Ukraine" will soon take place.