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Department of Foreign Affairs
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SFA-DDA-426-04                                                                                                                                14 July  2004
 


STATEMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER DELIA DOMINGO ALBERT
(8:00 am, 14 July 2004, Manila)

The Foreign Affairs Ministry is coordinating the pullout of the humanitarian contingent with the Ministry of National Defense.

As of today, the headcount is down from 51 to 43.

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