Reindeer herders of the world will get acquainted to Yamal colleagues and will define their policy

The sitting of the Council of the Association of the World Reindeer Herders will take place on the 25th of March in Salekhard. It will be the first meeting of the collegial body in the new staff. This information was given to a correspondent of the news agency “Sever-Press” by the president of the world public organization Sergey Kharyuchi. 

According to him, the participants of the sitting will discuss activities on fulfillment of regulations of the declaration adopted in Jokkmokk, Sweden on the Congress of reindeer herders in August of last year. This document defines general political aims of work of the world reindeer herders and formulates the basis to solve problems, on which the organization will work during the coming 4 years.
After approval of the plan of activities the participants will listen to information on state of affairs in reindeer-herding regions: in what state the branch is now, what problems appear and what serious activities are conducted in reindeer husbandry. The Association of the World Reindeer Herders is a professional organization, the task of which is to provide economic, social, informational, cultural relations between reindeer-herding regions, as the president of the Association explains.
As Sergey Kharyuchi notes, according to the charter of the organization, two experts from each reindeer-herding region are being expected: there are 29 such regions, 20 of them are Russian – from Chukotka and Kamchatka to Yakutia and Yugra. Also the participants of the council from Finland, Sweden, Norway, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Alaska, China and Mongolia are planning to arrive.
Before the sitting on the 24th of March the guests of the regional capital will participate in the celebration of the Reindeer Herder’s Day.