The IUSY FESTIVAL 2000 ended with cyber conference, speeches and
fireworks.

The IUSY (the International Union of Young Socialists) FESTIVAL 2000 in
Sweden ended tonight. The participants bade each other farewell with
speeches from Swedish prime minister Göran Persson and an internet
conference including ANC-leader Thabo Mbeki and president of Chile
Rickardo Lagos.

Göran Persson held an internet conference which could be seen by the
festival attendees and was broadcasted live via the "net". Social
Democratic leaders from three different continents - Persson, Mbeki and
Lagos - discussed IT and human rights as a key for development in the
underdeveloped countries and global solidarity.

-The new technology is a possibility but also a risk. The new technology
can be a new tool to widen the gaps between rich and poor if we do not
fight it, said Göran Persson.

After that, Göran Persson asked...