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Mon, 10/06/2008 - 20:33
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MALAYSIAN TEAM GETS DOWN TO SERIOUS WORK From Leslean Arshad
PARIS, Oct 6 (Bernama) -- The office of the Malaysian Permanent
Delegation to Unesco at Rue Miollis here became a "bee-hive" of activities
Sunday amid a lull surrounding as the other offices in the building it is in
were closed for the weekend.
While the Paris office staff are "burning the midnight oil" in preparation
for the Unesco's executive board meeting, which begins Monday, Malaysia's
Permanent Delegate to Unesco,Kenneth J. Luis, is seen intently flipping through
pages of a thick compilation of working documents in his office.
The over 1,000 pages containing 59 working documents of various draft
decisions were prepared by Unesco's secretariat.
"You have to go through these documents meticulously a least twice. Then
you have to identify key issues," Luis said.
Luis said these working documents would be discussed by the Unesco's
58-member executive board when they meet here the next few days for the adoption
of the draft decisions.
Education Minister Hishammuddin Tun Hussein is representing
Malaysia to the meeting and is also scheduled to deliver his speech.
Hishammuddin was elected to Unesco's executive board after receiving 147
votes in the Asia-Pacific group at the organisation's 34th general conference
in October last year.
Hishammuddin, who is also Southeast Asian Ministers of Education
Organisation (Seameo) president, too has been mandated with an extra "two
minutes" by the board members of Thailand and the Philippines to deliver a
message pertaining to regional interests.
Luis said he was "relieved" as Hishammuddin had arrived here early as he
could get more constructive inputs and views from the minister on the draft
decisions directly.
"I have been in constant contact with the minister (Hishammuddin) when he
was in Malaysia to brief him on the documents. But when he is around it is so
much different, I find it so much easier that we can get his views and
perspective and discuss on our stand with the all the issues personally," he
said, adding that Hishammuddin too had gone through all the documents.
Delegation to Unesco at Rue Miollis here became a "bee-hive" of activities
Sunday amid a lull surrounding as the other offices in the building it is in
were closed for the weekend.
While the Paris office staff are "burning the midnight oil" in preparation
for the Unesco's executive board meeting, which begins Monday, Malaysia's
Permanent Delegate to Unesco,Kenneth J. Luis, is seen intently flipping through
pages of a thick compilation of working documents in his office.
The over 1,000 pages containing 59 working documents of various draft
decisions were prepared by Unesco's secretariat.
"You have to go through these documents meticulously a least twice. Then
you have to identify key issues," Luis said.
Luis said these working documents would be discussed by the Unesco's
58-member executive board when they meet here the next few days for the adoption
of the draft decisions.
Education Minister Hishammuddin Tun Hussein is representing
Malaysia to the meeting and is also scheduled to deliver his speech.
Hishammuddin was elected to Unesco's executive board after receiving 147
votes in the Asia-Pacific group at the organisation's 34th general conference
in October last year.
Hishammuddin, who is also Southeast Asian Ministers of Education
Organisation (Seameo) president, too has been mandated with an extra "two
minutes" by the board members of Thailand and the Philippines to deliver a
message pertaining to regional interests.
Luis said he was "relieved" as Hishammuddin had arrived here early as he
could get more constructive inputs and views from the minister on the draft
decisions directly.
"I have been in constant contact with the minister (Hishammuddin) when he
was in Malaysia to brief him on the documents. But when he is around it is so
much different, I find it so much easier that we can get his views and
perspective and discuss on our stand with the all the issues personally," he
said, adding that Hishammuddin too had gone through all the documents.
