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NEST’s 2nd National Conference
StreetNet affiliate in Nepal, NEST held its 2nd National Conference on January 9-10, 2008. With the theme “Our campaign for decent employment, safe work, peace and stability” the conference was started with a rally from Sundhara and then proceeded to the inauguration function at National Assembly Hall in Kathmandu. Around 150 representatives participated in the Conference - 115 from 25 districts of the country and the remainder were from capital city - Kathmandu. The 2nd National Conference elected a 23-member central committee where Narayan Neupane is president and Janardan Parajuli, Kumar Sapkota, Maiya Gurung and Anamika Shrestha were elected as Vice-President, General Secretary, Deputy General Secretary respectively.
CTCP-FNT Nicaragua, holds congress
CTCP - FNT, Nicaragua, held its 6 annual congress on 16 December 2007 in Managua. CTCP has 33 000 affiliates, 87 trade unions, five trade union federations and a Women’s Committee for building and strengthening the participation of women, and a Youth Comm-ittee. The Congress elected the following office bearers: Adrian Martinez Rodriguez, Secretary General, Orlando Jose Mercado Secretary of Organisation, Ernesto Ortiz Aguirre, Treasurer and Flor de Maria Avellán, Secretary of the Women and Children Committee.