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Article: JdV addresses NAM summit; Calls for interfaith dialogues to settle conflicts 118 leaders of Non-Aligned Movement in Cuba.(Main News)
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- September 20, 2006
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HAVANA, Cuba -- Philippine House Speaker Jose de Venecia addressed the 14th summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in this city yesterday, calling for interfaith dialogues to settle conflicts and "isolate those who advocate terrorism in the name of religion."
De Venecia assumed leadership of the Philippine delegation following President Arroyo's departure after a brief stop here.
The President and Speaker de Venecia proposed the holding of a special NAM-sponsored interfaith dialogue in Davao City in 2009, following the success of dialogues between religious leaders of Mindanao and the Philippine Catholic and Christian bishops.
"My government ...