Wednesday, 08 September 2010
| RP resets Special NAM meet on Interfaith Dialogue |
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| by MindaNews | |
| Saturday, 24 October 2009 00:52 | |
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DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/23 October) – The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has, after consulting friends and partners in the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), postponed the hosting of the Special NAM Ministerial Meeting on Interfaith Dialogue and Cooperation for Peace and Development from December this year to “an appropriate date next year” in deference to the flood and typhoon victims.
“We believe all hands must be on deck in the relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction of the lives and communities of our countrymen. Therefore, all must focus their efforts and resources on this major and substantial task," the press statement read. “Providing relief and assistance to the thousands of victims is the priority in the short term. In the long term, more needs to be done to rebuild the lives and bring reconstruction and rehabilitation to the communities ravaged by Ketsana (Ondoy) and Parma (Pepeng). “While we remain committed to the cause of peace through interfaith dialogue, our priority now should be the immediate and long term needs of our people,” its press statement read. “We are confident our partners and friends, who have been helping us in our hour of distress brought about by the calamities, will understand our decision to move the holding of the SNAMMM to an appropriate date next year,” it said. (MindaNews) Share this story through the following Social Media sites:            |
