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President Nasheed has hailed the Burmese authorities´ decision to release Aung San Suu Kyi from house arrest.1 The Maldives has been elected as Co-Chair of the World Bank´s Strategic Climate Fund Committee (SCF), at the joint SCF Trust Fund Committee meeting held in World Bank Headquarters in Washington DC on November 11. Maldives was also Co-Chair of Pilot Programs for Climate Resilience (PPCR) sub-committee in the 2nd session of 2009/2010, along with the United Kingdom, representing the recipient and donor countries respectively.2
In other developments, Maldives Vice President Dr Mohamed Waheed met with Mr. Thomas Litscher, the Ambassador of Switzerland to the Maldives and Mr. Vladimir P. Mikhaylov, the Ambassador of Russia to the Maldives.3
- 1. President Welcomes Aung San Suu Kyi´s Release, The President’s Office, Republic of Maldives, November 13, 2010 at http://www.presidencymaldives.gov.mv/4/?ref=1,5,5702
- 2. Maldives Elected Co-Chair of World Bank´s Strategic Climate Fund Governing Committee”, The President’s Office, Republic of Maldives, November 13 2010 |at http://www.presidencymaldives.gov.mv/4/?ref=1,5,5701
- 3. “Vice President meets with the Swiss and Russian Ambassadors”, The President’s Office, Republic of Maldives, November 10, 2010 at http://www.presidencymaldives.gov.mv/4/?ref=1,5,5682