via CAAI
December 02, 2010
Cambodia will hold its first state function on Thursday evening at Diamond Island where 351 people died of stampede on November 22.
Dim Sovanarom, spokesman for the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP), which is being held in Cambodia, said a gala dinner will be held on the Island for all delegations who are attending a series of meetings in Phnom Penh that began on Wednesday.
Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen and vice chairman of the Cambodian People's Party will host the gala dinner for several hundreds of participants who are attending the 6th General Assembly of ICAPP.
He will also address special remarks at the Gala Dinner Celebrating the 6th General Assembly and the 10th Anniversary of ICAPP.
Participants attending the 6th General Assembly are heads of state, former heads of state, heads of governments, former heads of governments, 89 Asian political parties from some 36 countries, observers, environmental experts from international institutions and the United Nations, members of the Centrist Democratic International-Asia Pacific (CDI-AP) as well as delegates from the Permanent Conference of Political Parties of Latin America and the Caribbean (COPPAL).
On Nov. 22 night, 351 people died and 395 others were injured by the stampede that occurred at the Diamond Island Bridge in Phnom Penh on the last day of a three-day water festival in the country.
The accident was caused by the panic which soon after caused the stampede.
Source: Xinhua
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