1st reconciliation conf. in Sulaimaniya

SULAIMANIYA / IraqiNews.com: The Civil Development Organization in Sulaimaniya on Saturday held the first conference on reconciliation and peaceful coexistence at the Ducan resort. “The first regional conference on reconciliation and peaceful coexistence in the provinces of Kirkuk, Diala, Salah al-Din and Ninewa will last two days,” the general director of the organization, Ata Mohammed, told IraqiNews.com news agency. The Civil Development Organization (CDO) was established on March 16, 1999 in Sulaimaniya. The conference will be attended by the regional minister for civil society affairs, George Mansour, and representatives of political parties and the regional government. Sulaimaniya lies 362 km northeast of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. SS (P) 1