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Nepal In Others Eye - Beyond symbols in Himalayan setting

Belinda Olivares-CunananPhilippine Daily InquirerMY HUSBAND AND I JOURNEYED TO MYSTICAL Kathmandu, Nepal, in the foothills of the Himalayas over the weekend to join former Speaker Jose de Venecia at the 12th meeting of the Standing Committee of the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP). JDV founded ICAPP in September 2000 in Manila two years after losing the presidential election to Joseph Estrada, and since we were in full support of that Manila conference, he considers us “co-founders.” He invited as well UE College of Law dean Amado D. Valdez and his wife Nelly.JDV and co-chair Chung Eui-yong, former head of the South Korean Senate foreign relations committee, had envisioned ICAPP as a vehicle for Asia’s political parties to be “honest brokers” in the global peace process, by sharing with conflict-ridden nations their countries’ experiences with peaceful and non-violent resolution of conflict, and to work for the political and economic integration and stability

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