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<p><font face="Arial"></font><font face="Arial" size="+1"></font><font face="Arial" size="+1"><strong></strong></font><font face="Arial" size="+1"><strong>May 3, 2001 <em>(9:50 a.m. EDT)</em> No. 54</strong></font></p>
<p align="CENTER"><font face="Arial" size="+1"><strong>MANLEY WELCOMES GOVERNMENT-NGO PEACEBUILDING CONSULTATIONS</strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">John Manley, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today welcomed participants to the Fifth Annual Government-NGO
Peacebuilding Consultations taking place on May 3 and 4 in Ottawa.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">"These Peacebuilding Consultations provide an ideal opportunity to exchange views with Canadian civil society
on the critical elements of human security and peacebuilding, themes that I consider inseparable from
Canada's role in global affairs," said Minister Manley. "The depth and scope of the organizations participating
clearly demonstrate government and civil society's shared commitment to a coherent, co-ordinated
peacebuilding program."</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">The Consultations, hosted by the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade at the Lester B.
Pearson Building, 125 Sussex Drive, will provide an opportunity for a joint review of government and non-governmental organizations' peacebuilding initiatives, with a view to increasing co-ordination and coherence in
peacebuilding approaches.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Minister Manley will speak at the closing plenary session on May 4 at 3:45 p.m., at the Cadieux Auditorium in
the Pearson Building. </font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial">A list of participating organizations is attached.</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">For further information, media representatives may contact:</font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial">Sanjeev Chowdhury </font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Press Secretary</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">(613) 995-1851</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Media Relations Office</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Department of Foreign Affairs and International
Trade</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">(613) 995-1874</font></p>
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<p><font face="Arial" size="+1"><strong>PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS</strong></font></p>
<p><font face="Arial"></font><font face="Arial">African Students Association, Carleton University</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Aide médicale pour la Palestine</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Alternatives</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Amnesty International Canada</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Arias Foundation</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Association of Eritrean Professionals and Academics for Development</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Baha'i Community of Canada</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Black Youth International In Communication</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Cameo Landmine Clearance</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">CANADEM</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Canadian Palestinian Centre</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Canadian Foundation for the Americas</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Canadian Organization Related to the Americas (CORAL)</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Canadian Friends of Sudan</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Canadian Council for International Co-operation</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Canadian Peace Alliance</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Canadian Friends of Burma</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Canadian Red Cross</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Canadian Institute for Conflict Resolution</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Canadian Bar Association</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Canadian Society for International Health</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Canadian Palestinian Educational Exchange</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Canadian Friends of Peace Now</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Canadian Journalists for Free Expression</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Canadian Voice of Women for Peace</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Canadian Labour Congress</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Canadian Association of Prosthetists and Orthotists</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Canadian Friends Service Committee</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Canadian International Institute of Applied Negotiation</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Canadian Federation of University Women</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Canadian Peacebuilding Co-ordinating Committee</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Canadian International Demining Corps</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Canadian Bureau for International Education</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Canadians for Peace and Development in Eritrea</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">CARE Canada</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Carleton University</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Catholic Relief Services, USA</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">CCFP</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">CECI</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Centre for Peace Studies, McMaster University</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Centre canadien d'études et de co-operation internationale</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Chaire Téléglobe Raoul-Dandurand en études stratégiques et diplomatiques, UQAM</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Children as Peacebuilders Project</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">CIFP Project, NPSIA</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Comité de solidarité tiers-monde/Trois-Rivières</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Conference of Defence Associations</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Conflict Resolution Network Canada</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Conrad Grebel College </font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">CoSumma International Consultants</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">CUSO</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Dalhousie University</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Development Workshop</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Development and Peace</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Evangelical Fellowship of Canada</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Fraternité Vietnam</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Freedom Quest International</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Global Nonviolent Peace Force</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Human Rights Internet</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Human Concern International</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">ICCAF</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Institute for Media, Policy and Civil Society</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Institute of Political Economy, Carleton University</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Inter-Church Committee on Human Rights in Latin America</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Inter-Church Action for Development, Relief and Justice</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">International Bureau for Children's Rights/Bureau International des Droits des Enfants</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">International Development Research Centre</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">International Commission of Jurists, Canadian Section</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">International Women's Human Rights Law Clinic</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">International Holistic Tourism Education Centre/International School Peace Gardens</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Jesuit Centre for Social Faith and Justice</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Justice - Human Rights and Social Justice International</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Laywatch</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">McGill University</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">McGill International Law Society</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Médecins Sans Frontières Canada</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Mennonite Central Committee</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Middle East Working Group</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Mines Action Canada</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">National Council on Canada-Arab Relations</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">National Democratic Alliance</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Nepean Outreach to the World</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">North-South Institute</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">NSRRA</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">OIM Overseas Investment Management (Canada) Ltd., P&B Ships, Ltd. </font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Ottawa Serbian Heritage Society</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Oxfam Canada</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">PAC Sierra Leone Working Group</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Parliamentary Centre</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">PARTNERS in Rural Development</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Partnership Africa Canada</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Peace Brigades International/Indonesia East Timor Project</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Peace on the Planet Inc., Canada</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Peace Media</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Peace Bridges Community Services</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Peace Research Institute - Dundas</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Peace Brigades International Columbia Project</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Peace Brigades International - Canada</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Peacefund Canada</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">PeaceWaves</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Pearson Peacekeeping Centre</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Philippine Development Assistance Program - Canada</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Police Executive Research Forum</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Presbyterian Church in Canada</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Primate's World Relief and Development Fund</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Project Ploughshares</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Queen's University</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">REFWID, RAWA, Afghan Info, Radio Afghanistan</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Relief Association for Southern Sudan in Canada</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Rights and Democracy</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Royal Military College of Canada</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Royal Roads University</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Science for Peace</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Sierra Leone Canada Watch</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Sierra Leone Immigrant and Resettlement Centre</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Som-Can Institute for Research & Development</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Somaliland Concern International</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Southern Sudanese Community Association of Ottawa-Carleton</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Sri Chinmoy Centre</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Sudan Civil Society Peacebuilding Initiative</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Sudanese Volunteers for Peace Movement</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Sudanese Canadian Women's Association for Development and Peace</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Sudanese Women's Research and Training Center of Canada</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Table de concertation sur les droits humains au Congo/Kinshasa</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Task force on the Churches and Corporate Responsibility</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">The Simons Foundation</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">The Strategy Group</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">UNIFEM Canada</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">United Nations Association in Canada</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET)</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">University of Ottawa</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">USC Canada</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">War Child Canada</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">WETV Television Foundation</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Wilfrid Laurier University</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Women's International League for Peace and Freedom</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Working Group on Nigeria</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">World Vision Canada</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">World University Service of Canada</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">World Federalists of Canada</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">World Bank</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">Xefina Consulting</font></p>
<p><font face="Arial">York University, Centre for International and Security Studies</font></p>
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