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Source: France Reuters

Source: Radio Free Asia (RFA)

Cambodia King Norodom Sihamoni ignited the torch inside the Independence Monument to symbolize the country’s liberation from 90 years’ colonial rule by France, while hosting the national ceremony to mark the 54th Independence Day here on Friday.”The victorious torch stands for our freedom and the soul of our nation,” said Min Khin, secretary general of the National Committee for Organizing National and International Festivals, adding that the torch fire will remain burning for three days. Prime Minister Hun Sen, Senate President Chea Sim, National Assembly President Heng Samrin and other senior country leaders, together with more than 20,000 students, civil servants, armed forces, government officials and foreign diplomats, also attended the ceremony.“Today we celebrate our Independence Day. We now have freedom and we manage the country by ourselves,” said Min Khin.“We have always remembered the achievements of retired king Norodom Sihanouk, who did his crusade to win independence from France in 1953. Our people can sacrifice their lives for the independence of the country,” he added.At the ceremony, a number of large size file photos of Sihanouk and Sihamoni could be seen at the hands of the audience.Meanwhile, Cambodian-language newspaper the Rasmey Kampuchea on Friday printed a lengthy editorial, praising the kingdom for its economic prosperity and politic stability and reviewing its history after the independence was won.“Now, Cambodia is led by Prime Minister Hun Sen. We have political stability for nearly ten years. We are walking on the right track of development and multi-party system in the process of democracy,” it said.

Source: Xinhua

U.S. and Cambodian flags.

The President of the United States of America, George W. Bush, sent the following message to His Majesty King Sihamoni on the Occasion of the 54th Anniversary of the Independence of the Kingdom of Cambodia:

Your Majesty:

On behalf of the American people, I wish to congratulate you and the people of the Kingdom of Cambodia on the occasion of your Independence Day on November 9. I look forward to the year ahead as our two nations continue to identify opportunities to strengthen our bilateral ties, as well as to work together on mutual areas of interest. This past year has been marked by significant progress in our relations, with the arrival of the first U.S. Peace Corps Volunteers and a warmly welcomed U.S. Navy humanitarian ship visit. We value your commitment to further democratic development.

I wish you and the Cambodian people peace, prosperity, and good wishes.

Sincerely,
George W. Bush

 In addition to the in dept interview with the villagers and officers there related to the research, what is more interesting is the time we spent there for 3 days having chance to share our joy with homestay family at night, gathering breakfast, lunch and dinner with the research teams, taking stroll in the village seeing the nice various color of the leaves, even those leaves are soon to show full autum color in the next 2 weeks.

It was a very memorable expereince and to be proud of with this such of opportunity.

Here is the link to some of the pictures I took during the fieldwork.

http://www.flickr. com/photos/ 7357750@N06/ sets/72157602772 531734/show/

名古屋大学キャリアフォーラムと世銀情報コーナー

50名を超える大学院生が参加したキャリアフォーラム

2007年7月26日、名古屋　-　世界銀行情報センター（PIC東京）は本日、名古屋大学大学院国際開発研究科と同院生部会が開催したフォーラム「国際開発・協力の仕事を目指す人のためのキャリアガイダンス」に参加しました。

同研究科の大学院生を中心に約50名が参加したフォーラムでは冒頭、西村美彦・同研究科長・教授の歓迎挨拶の後、大森功一・世界銀行東京事務所広報担当官、森真一・有限会社アイエムジー代表取締役社長、松本悟メコン・ウォッチ事務局長がそれぞれのキャリアパス、業務内容、やりがいや困難な点、参加者へのアドバイスなどを話しました。後半は、3つのグループにわかれ、各スピーカーを囲んでの質疑応答や意見交換を行いました。

同研究科の国際開発図書室には、世界銀行情報コーナー（PICキオスク）が設置されています。PICキオスク校には、PIC東京から定期的に世銀出版物・書籍などを提供するとともに、世界銀行職員によるテレビ会議セミナーやレクチャーなども頻繁に実施しています。日本国内には、広島大学大学院国際協力研究科、神戸大学大学院国際協力研究科、北海道大学大学院国際広報メディア・観光学院にPICキオスクを設置しています。

国際開発図書室担当の夏目弥生子さんと岡美江さんによれば、資料室では世界銀行の出版物をすべて収集し研究者・大学院生がいつでも閲覧できるよう取り組んでおり、世界開発指標や世界開発金融などデータ資料の年次刊行物などへの需要が高く、とくにCD-ROM版を積極的に活用する院生が増えているとのことです。

名古屋大学大学院国際開発研究科
世界銀行情報コーナー（PICキオスク）

PICキオスク担当の夏目弥生子さん（写真、左から3人目）、岡美江さん（左から、2人目）と開発図書室を活用する大学院生の皆さん	世界銀行の出版物は全件収集している