West Philippine Sea forum scheduled | The Manila Bulletin Newspaper Online: "The Carlos P. Romulo Foundation for Peace and Development (CPR), in collaboration with the Institute of South East Asian Studies, Singapore (ISEAS) will host a "by invitation only" forum on West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) on October 17 in Manila.
At least 23 notable former officials and authorities from the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) member-countries, China, Australia, India, Canada, the United States, and Europe are expected to attend.
In a statement, CPR Foundation chair Roberto R. Romulo noted that tensions between claimants to the potentially oil-rich waters and land features of the South China Sea, where also a quarter of the world's shipping passes, has risen to potentially dangerous levels with incidents involving China, the Philippines and Vietnam in recent months.
“All claimants agree that the disputes should be resolved through peaceful means, including dialogue, although progress has been slow,” said Romulo."
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Sept 21, 2015 International Day of Peace Celebration at Lyceum University Cavite, Philippines
Ambassador Zara Bayla Juan, Sailing for Peace #PeaceDay
Thursday, September 29, 2011
UN / Communiqué on Somalia mini-summit, news, StarAfrica.com
UN / Communiqué on Somalia mini-summit, news, StarAfrica.com: (pls click link for complete article) " Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, convened a high-level meeting on Somalia in New York on 23 September 2011. Participants included representatives of Burundi, China, Denmark, Djibouti, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Norway, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Uganda, African Union, European Union, League of Arab States and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. Abdiweli Mohamed Ali, Prime Minister of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia, and Jean Ping, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, gave an update on recent political and security developments in Somalia, as well as the humanitarian situation.
Participants reaffirmed respect for the sovereignty, territorial integrity, political independence and unity of Somalia. They noted that recent political and security developments created an opportunity to further peace and reconciliation in Somalia, and stressed the importance of establishing broad-based and representative institutions through an inclusive political process."
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Participants reaffirmed respect for the sovereignty, territorial integrity, political independence and unity of Somalia. They noted that recent political and security developments created an opportunity to further peace and reconciliation in Somalia, and stressed the importance of establishing broad-based and representative institutions through an inclusive political process."
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Arab Spring, focus of speculation for 2011 Nobel Peace Prize
A Nobel Peace Prize for the Arab Spring? - CBS News: ""It's particularly hard in the context of these protests where there hasn't always been an identifiable leadership," said Kristian Berg Harpviken, the director of the Peace Research Institute Oslo, and a prominent voice in the Nobel guessing game.
His top picks are Egyptian activists Israa Abdel Fattah, Ahmed Maher and the April 6 Youth Movement, a pro-democracy Facebook group they co-founded in 2008. They "played an instrumental role in the mobilization of protests on both the Internet and on the street," Harpviken said.
His second choice is Wael Ghonim, a marketing executive for Google, for re-energizing the protests on Cairo's Tahrir Square after the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak."
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His top picks are Egyptian activists Israa Abdel Fattah, Ahmed Maher and the April 6 Youth Movement, a pro-democracy Facebook group they co-founded in 2008. They "played an instrumental role in the mobilization of protests on both the Internet and on the street," Harpviken said.
His second choice is Wael Ghonim, a marketing executive for Google, for re-energizing the protests on Cairo's Tahrir Square after the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak."
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