Ms. Coni Ledesma and I have a scheduled a trip to the Philippines this month in connection with our work as members of the NDFP component in the Joint Monitoring Committee under the Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (CARHRIHL).

We will be accompanied by Mr. Luis Jalandoni as Senior Adviser to the NDFP Negotiating Panel.

We have also been invited to meet with the new Norwegian Ambassador to the Philippines.

In this regard, we welcome the the opportunity to meet with the President unless he does not want to or his military is against it.###