[ingodirectors] UPDATE: Joint INGO Statement regarding confrontation in the East Sea / South China Sea

[Marko Lovrekovic]

Dear colleagues and friends,

Many of you responded to our request for your endorsement of a joint 
INGO statement, following tensions in the East Sea / South China Sea. I 
would like to thank INGO directors who provided comments, which have 
been incorporated into the final document. Some of you needed time to 
consult regional offices or headquarters, which was the main reason for 
the delay before we could provide an update.

Please find enclosed the final document, including the list of member 
INGOs who officially endorsed the Joint INGO Statement. Kindly check the 
list of INGOs who endorse the statement on the second page and let me 
know if you have received consent from your headquarters in the 
meantime. I will add additional organisations' names to the list until 
Monday 26 May 2014, after which we will publish the Joint INGO Statement 
on our website and make it available for public distribution.

Kindly note that the attached document is a JOINT statement, endorsed by 
authorised representatives of a group of foreign NGOs operating in 
Vietnam. There is a similar document -Individual Statement- which many 
participants signed during the meeting organised by PACCOM last week. We 
can only facilitate distribution of the Joint INGO Statement endorsed by 
organisations registered to operate in Vietnam.

I would be very happy to include the names of other non-member 
organisations who expressed their interest as well, but I will need 
their email confirmations. If you know any of the following INGOs, 
kindly forward this email and ask them to confirm their endorsement to 
<director at ngocentre.org.vn> Here is the list:

1. Hannah’s Promise International Aid
2. Happel Foundation Project Office
3. Norwegian Church Aid in Vietnam
4. Peaceworkers (San Francisco)
5. The College at Brockport Vietnam
6. The Danang / Quang Nam Fund, Inc.
7. Madison Quakers, Inc.

Warm regards,

Marko

Marko Lovrekovic, Managing Co-Director
VUFO-NGO Resource Centre
Trung Tu Diplomatic Compound, Building E3
6 Dang Van Ngu, Dong Da, Hanoi, Vietnam
Phone: +84 4 3832 8570
Mobile: +84 904 191 871
Email: director at ngocentre.org.vn
Web: http://www.ngocentre.org.vn

On 05/12/2014 03:20 PM, Marko Lovrekovic wrote:
> Dear colleagues and friends,
>
> In consultations with the VUFO-NGO Resource Centre Steering Committee, we
> have prepared a statement on behalf of foreign NGOs in Vietnam. The
> Statement has been drafted in response to recent escalation of conflicts in
> the East Sea / South China Sea that raised concerns among development
> organisations in Vietnam. A number of INGOs have already endorsed the
> Statement, while some others are consulting their regional offices and
> headquarters before confirming their endorsements. The Steering Committee
> has shared the Statement with our partners at PACCOM and they kindly asked
> that we finalise it before the information sharing session, which is
> organised by VUFO tomorrow, Tuesday 13 May 2014, at 8:30 AM, at the
> Friendship House, Floor 2A, 105A Quan Thanh in Hanoi.
>
> Please see the attached Statement and confirm if your organisation would
> like to endorse it. Kindly respond to Ms. Hoang Phuong Thao, Country
> Director at ActionAid Vietnam, also member of the VUFO-NGO Resource Centre
> Steering Committee. Please email Thao at <thao.hoangphuong at actionaid.org>
> before the end of today, Monday 12 May 2014. We need to finalise the
> Statement and it will be circulated tomorrow for public support. Thao has
> been assigned as the focal point for consolidating your endorsements, as I
> am currently travelling in Europe.
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Warm regards,
>
> Marko
> ---------
> Marko Lovrekovic, Managing Co-Director
> VUFO-NGO Resource Centre
> Trung Tu Diplomatic Compound
> 6 Dang Van Ngu, Dong Da, Hanoi
> Building E3, Room 201, 2nd floor
> Mobile: +84 904 191 871
> Phone: +84 4 3832 8570
> Email: director at ngocentre.org.vn
> Web: http://www.ngocentre.org.vn
>

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