In sending delegates for the first time, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Cyprus, Russia, Rwanda, Madagascar, Kyrgyzstan and Serbia to the Amman Camp 2010 it took the total number of countries and territories involved in the camps to 39.

With nearly 500 leaders of youth officially trained by Generations For Peace, and a further 2,500 trained in the Generations For Peace Pioneers' programmes in their home countries, the peace through sport initiative can now make a genuine claim to being a global force for improving the lives of young people affected by conflict, Prince Feisal claimed.

He said: "Jordan has every right to be proud today.

"For Generations For Peace is a Jordanian initiative that has become truly global.

"But with that comes a responsibility to deliver the highest level of excellence.

"Having attended this camp nearly every day, I can safely say that we are delivering that excellence.

"When we were last together 10 days ago, I told you how optimistic I was, how energised I was, about the new developments in our organisation.

"And now, having spent 10 days in the company of these remarkable men and women, I am also supremely confident.

"Confident that we, at Generations For Peace, can realise our vision for helping to bring lasting peace to communities blighted by conflict."

Paul Yathak, who has created a community project bringing together young women from the north and south of war-torn Sudan, called his second Generations For Peace camp a "life-changing" experience.

"It is incredible to see how far Generations For Peace has developed in such a short space of time since 2007 when I last attended," he said.

"It has improved even further, and that is saying something because we all felt that initial pilot camp was excellent too."



Princess Sarah Al-Feisal (pictured with Prince Feisal), the managing director of Generations for Peace, highlighted the importance of the new allegiances between delegates from countries on all sides of the conflict-divide.

She said: "Just a few years ago, people would never have believed that we would be embarking on peace through sport projects aimed at uniting divided communities in countries such as Somalia, Sri Lanka, Rwanda, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Nigeria, Russia and Cyprus.

"But that is exactly what has been achieved over the last 10 days.

"We have empowered these delegates to overcome obstacles people thought were insurmountable... and this is something of which we can all be truly proud."


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