Third Annual Dinner in Celebration

of

US Cooperation with

Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam

 

 

HE Hor Namhong

Senior Minister & Minister of Foreign Affairs

and International Cooperation

Kingdom of Cambodia

 

HE Somsavat Lengsavad
Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of Foreign Affairs
Lao PDR

HE Nguyen Dy Nien
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Socialist Republic of Vietnam

 

Hosted by
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom

New York City

September 17, 2002

Special Guests:

HE Abelardo Moreno, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Cuba

HE Sun Saphoeun, Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Kingdom of Cambodia

HE Chem Widhya, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and 33International Cooperation, Kingdom of Cambodia

 

Permanent Representatives to the UN

HE Ouch Borith, Cambodia

HE Alounkeo Kittikhoun, Lao PDR

HE Nguyen Thanh Chau, Vietnam

 

Ambassadors to the US

HE Eng Roland, Cambodia

HE Phanthong Phommahaxay, Lao PDR

HE Nguyen Tam Chien, Vietnam

Organized by

Fund for Reconciliation and Development

In cooperation with

Institute of International Education                              Oxfam America

US-Vietnam Trade Council                          Vietnam Veterans of America

Special Thanks to

Aid to Southeast Asia

Angkor Trading

Asia Society

Carter Hotel

Citigroup

DBM Import-Export, Inc.

Highlands Coffee

Hunter + Partners, Inc.

Institute of International Education

Persimmon Asian Literature, Arts and Culture

Social Science Research Council

Vietnam Veterans of America

Young Graduate Capacity Building Center

 

Attending in Spirit

Catharin Dalpino

DeMatteis Vietnam

Indochina Surgical Educational Exchange

Mennonite Central Committee

PeaceTrees Vietnam

 

Minister Hor Namhong has been a Senior Minister and a member of the Cambodian National Assembly since 1998, and was named Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation that same year.  From 1993 to 1998, he served as Ambassador to France.  Between 1991 and 1993, Minister Hor Namhong was a member of the Supreme National Council of Cambodia and a Senior Minister of the Provisional National Government of Cambodia.  He was Minister of Foreign Affairs between 1990 and 1993.  Minister Hor Namhong has also served as Cambodia’s Ambassador to the former Soviet Union and Cuba.  He holds a Master of Law from the Faculty of Law in Paris.

 

Minister Somsavat Lengsavad has been Minister of Foreign Affairs since February of 1993, and a Deputy Prime Minister since February of 1998.  He is also the Chairman of the Commission for External Relations of the Party Central Committee and President of the National Commission for Mothers and Children.  Previously, Minister Somsavat Lengsavad served as Chief of the Cabinet of the Council of Ministers and of the Cabinet of the Party Central Committee, and Minister attached to the President’s Office.  He was elected to the Party Central Committee at the 5th Party Congress in 1991.  From 1989 to 1991, Minister Somsavat Lengsavad was Ambassador to Bulgaria.  He joined the Lao government in 1964, after serving with the Lao People’s Revolutionary Movement in Northern Laos.

 

Minister Nguyen Dy Nien was named Minister for Foreign Affairs in January 2000.  He was elected as a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam for the first time in 1991, and re-elected in 1996 and 2001.  Since 1987, Minister Nguyen Dy Nien has been President of the Vietnam National Commission of UNESCO.  Before becoming Minister, he served as Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1987 to 2000 and Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1984 to 1986.  Minister Nguyen Dy Nien joined the Foreign Ministry in 1954, after participating in the National Liberation Movement.  He holds a degree from Banaras Hindu University in India.

SCHEDULE

5:30 – 6:30        Reception

6:45                 Introductions & Welcoming Remarks

                        Tom Schwarz, Skadden Arps

                        John McAuliff, FRD

7:00                  Remarks from the Foreign Ministers

HE Hor Namhong, introduced by

  Amb. Kenneth Quinn, World Food Prize

HE Somsevat Lengsavad, introduced by

  Dr. Gordan Conway, Rockefeller Foundation

HE Nguyen Dy Nien, introduced by Dr. Allan

  Goodman, Institute of International Education

7:40                  Questions & Answers, moderated by Richard 

  Weidman, Vietnam Veterans of America

8:00                  Entrees Served

8:45                  Self-service coffee & dessert buffet

(option to change tables)

                                                Farewell remarks

 

Food prepared by

Cambodia Cuisine

87 South Elliot Place, Brooklyn, NY

Tel: 718-858-3262

Saigon Catering

Tel: 347-528-8913

Families of the Lao Mission to the UN

 

MENU

Appetizers

Cha Gio – Crispy Vietnamese Spring Rolls

Cha Gio Chay – Vegetarian Spring Rolls

Banh Cuon – Meat and vegetarian Vietnamese rice pancakes

Naem Chao – Cambodian Fresh Spring Rolls with shrimp

Sen Savan – Lao Dried Beef

Oua Lao – Lao Sausage

 

Salads

Gio Du Du – Vietnamese Green Papaya Salad with shrimp

Laab Kai – Lao Chicken Salad with mint

Lao Sticky Rice

 

Entrees

Chhar Kroerng – Cambodian Stir-fried vegetables with tofu

Mok Pa Fork – Luang Prabang fish steamed in banana leaf

Tom Xa Toi – Vietnamese jumbo shrimp sautéed with lemon grass

Steamed Jasmine Rice

 

Desserts (served from buffet table in reception area)

Che Chuoi – Banana Rice Pudding with coconut milk

Fresh Fruit

Pastries

Vietnamese Tea and Coffee (Trung Nguyen Coffee, Buon Ma Thuot)

There are bags of Vietnamese coffee on the literature table,

 provided by Highlands Coffee (one per guest).

 

Gift bags were designed by Craft Link, Hanoi.

Khmer handicrafts are from Tabitha, Phnom Penh.

Table clothes are from Lao Cotton, Vientiane.

 

 

 

 

FRD has worked for seventeen years on behalf of normalization of diplomatic, cultural and economic relations through public education, government advocacy, humanitarian aid and catalytic programs of people-to-people exchange and training. Current projects include support for Normal Trade Relations with Laos, recruitment of observers for Cambodia’s 2003 election and mobilization of private and public assistance to address the long term impact of Agent Orange in Vietnam.

FRD offers a unique networking opportunity for the broad range of American institutions active in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam: non-governmental organizations (NGOs), educational institutions, foundations, government agencies, and corporations.

In 1999 FRD initiated similar work for normalization with Cuba. Programs focus on the end of travel restrictions and greater cooperation between US and Cuban not-for-profit groups.

 

Fund for Reconciliation and Development

355 West 39th Street, Ground Floor

New York, NY 10018

Tel: 212-760-9903

Fax: 212-760-9906

Email: info@ffrd.org

Web: www.ffrd.org

 

FRD Staff

John McAuliff, Executive Director

Susan Hammond, Assistant Director

Andrew Wells-Dang, Regional Representative

(based in Hanoi)

Zachary Berman, Managing Editor, Interchange

Tara McAuliff, Corporate Liaison