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Ambassadors of 6 Nations Visit Zamboanga and Basilan; Focus on Programs for Peace and Prosperity

In a unique event demonstrating international support for peace and prosperity in Mindanao, six Ambassadors visited Zamboanga and Basilan on November 13: Ambassador Tony Hely of Australia, Ambassador Peter Sutherland of Canada, Ambassador Ryuichiro Yamazaki of Japan, Ambassador David Pine of New Zealand, Ambassador Peter Beckingham of the United Kingdom, and Ambassador Kristie A. Kenney of the United States of America. Also traveling with the party was Undersecretary Nabil Tan of the Philippine's Office of the Presidential Advisor on the Peace Process. The group met with members of the Basilan Chamber of Commerce about improving economic prospects on the island during a luncheon meeting at Isabela City's Jollibee Restaurant. Meeting the group were Mayor Rodolfo Tan and Governer Abdulwahab Akbar.
The visit of six Ambassadors to Mindanao on November 13 included a meeting with Zamboanga City Mayor Celso Lobregat to talk about partnership programs in development. Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States all support myriad development projects in Mindanao, focusing on education and job skills training, small business development, local governance, improved healthcare, agricultural sustainability, poverty alleviation, peace building, and counter-terrorism. During their visit, the Ambassadors discussed greater coordination and synergy among their various programs, which will help them more effectively benefit citizens of Mindanao and the Philippines.
U.S. Ambassador Kristie A. Kenney is thrilled to greet students at the Islamic Institute of the Philippines in Zamboanga City during a visit on November 13, where she led the official turnover ceremony of computers and Internet connections under USAID's Computer Literacy and Internet Connection (CLIC) program. This program is one of many education programs that the American people support in the Philippines.
U.S. Ambassador Kristie A. Kenney talks with schoolchildren at the Islamic Institute of the Philippines in Zamboanga City during her November 13 visit to the school. Ambassador Kenney was in Mindanao on a day-long visit with five other Ambassadors to demonstrate international support for peace and prosperity in Mindanao.
A student at the Islamic Institute of the Philippines shows off his computer skills on one of the new computers donated by the American people to the school. The school is one of nearly 400 in Mindanao that have benefited from the U.S. Agency for International Development's Computer Literacy and Internet Connection (CLIC) program, which provides computers, printers, software, and equipment to connect schools in remote areas to the Internet.
In a unique event demonstrating international support for peace and prosperity in Mindanao, six Ambassadors visited Zamboanga and Basilan on November 13: Ambassador Tony Hely of Australia (second from left), Ambassador Peter Sutherland of Canada (third from left), Ambassador Ryuichiro Yamazaki of Japan, Ambassador David Pine of New Zealand, Ambassador Peter Beckingham of the United Kingdom (fourth from left), and Ambassador Kristie A. Kenney of the United States of America (far right). Pictured above, the group arrives at WESTMINCOM for a briefing from Armed Forces of the Philippines WESTMINCOM Commander Major General Cedo.
In Lamitan, Basilan, the group of six Ambassadors attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a community learning center donated by the Australian Government under AUSAID's Basic Education Assistance for Mindanao (BEAM) program and celebrated a Canadian Government computer equipment handover under CIDA's Local Governance Support Program for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (LGSPA).
U.S. Ambassador Kristie A. Kenney hugs a woman from Lamitan, Basilan whom she met during a visit to Mindanao on November 13. Ambassador Kenney was in Mindanao on a day-long visit with five other Ambassadors to demonstrate international support for peace and prosperity in Mindanao.

Last Update :: 11/14/2006

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