PH Participates in 6th Istanbul Mediation Conference
Philippine Ambassador to Turkey Raul S. Hernandez (fourth from left) led the country participation to the sixth Istanbul Mediation Conference. In the event, Ambassador Hernandez joined by Turkish Ambassador and Chair of the International Decommissioning Body (IDB) Fatih Ulusoy (second from left) and based in Cotabato and Deputy Head of the Istanbul-based Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) and one of the members of the International Monitoring Team in the Mindanao peace process Huseyin Oruc (leftmost). (Ankara PE photo)
TURKEY 03 December 2019 – Philippine Ambassador to Turkey Raul S. Hernandez led the country participation to the 6th Istanbul Mediation Conference, with the theme “International Peace Mediation: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead,” organized by the Ministry of Foreign Turkey on 31 October 2019.
Other participants from the Philippines included Bangsamoro Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Agriculture, Fisheries, and Agrarian Reform Minister Mohammad Shuaib Yacob, Professor Miriam Coronel-Ferrer from the United Nations (UN) Standby Team of Senior Mediation Advisers, and the Embassy Minister Enrique Voltaire Pingol.
The event brought together close to 400 policy-makers, diplomats, international organizations and Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Istanbul with the participation of Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, and the members of the UN Secretary General’s High-Level Advisory Board on Mediation (HLAB).
Sessions discussed the various main aspects of the practice of mediation: the role of regional and international organizations in the field of mediation, strengthening cooperation, various main aspects of the practice of mediation, and the impact of emerging technologies on peace efforts. References were also made to the Philippines’ success and progress in the peace process in Muslim Mindanao. END
Turkey Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (standing in the podium) and the UN Secretary General António Guterres (on screen, leftmost) and the delegates at the opening of the to the sixth Istanbul Mediation Conference. (Ankara PE photo)
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