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World Peace Council’s 22nd Assembly elect new Executive Committee

The 22nd Assembly of the World Peace Council (WPC), which is underway in Hanoi, elected a new executive committee with 40 members on November 24.
World Peace Council’s 22nd Assembly elect new Executive Committee ảnh 1The 22nd Assembly of the World Peace Council (WPC) elected a new executive committee with 40 members on November 24. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The 22nd Assembly of the WorldPeace Council (WPC), which is underway in Hanoi, elected a new executive committee with 40 memberson November 24.

The new executive committee elected Pallab Sengupta, GeneralSecretary of the AllIndia Peace and Solidarity Organisation, as President of the WPC with absolute consensus.

AthanasiosPafilis was re-elected General Secretary of the council, and IraklisTsavdaridis was elected executive secretary.

The committee also elected five Vice Presidents representing theAmericas, Asia-Pacific, Middle East, Africa, and Europe, and 11 members of thecouncil’s secretariat.
World Peace Council’s 22nd Assembly elect new Executive Committee ảnh 2President of the VFF Central Committee Do Van Chien (second left) receives WPC leaders (Photo: VNA)

The same day, the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee helda meeting with the WPC delegation.

President of the VFF Central Committee Do Van Chien emphasized thatVietnam has suffered great pains and losses during wars so the Vietnamese aredeeply aware of the value of peace.  

He expressed a wish that the agenda of the WPC’s 22nd assembly will be realized so that people in the world and the Vietnamese inparticular can live and cooperate for common development in a peaceful world.

Leaders of the WPC and foreign delegates expressed their respect for PresidentHo Chi Minh and admiration of Vietnam’s traditions and achievements. They saidthey want to work together with Vietnam to maintain world peace and strive for afair and just world order./.
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