Dia opposes war against Iraq [Archives:2003/628/Local News]

Mr. Frederic Roberts, Dia's Country Representative in Yemen has expressed his concerns and worries over the war launched against Iraq which will have dramatic consequences for the Arab countries in general and for Iraq in particular.
“We are totally opposed to a war that has been declared unilaterally by the United States disregarding worldwide opposition and ignoring the position of the members of United Nations' Security Council,” Mr. Robert declared.
Dia has been working in Yemen since 1999 and respects the culture and traditions of this country.
“We never interfered with Yemen political or religious issues and we commit ourselves to continue to serve the poor and marginalized population in the best way possible and in full cooperation with national and local partners, even if the circumstances will be difficult in a near future,” he further noted.
Dia is also willing to express its concern towards the risk of retaliation acts against American and Western interests in Yemen.
“We consider that violence should not trigger more violence detriment of the global hope for peace,” he further added.
Worth mentioning is that Dia, a French organization working in field of international development, aims to establish different projects that are of use to different sections of the society and in different fields including educational, social, health, local economic, environmental fields.
Dia is also working in different countries, in Portugal, Morocco, Iraq, and Bosnia.
Dia's program in Yemen is quite larger. Its main focus in Yemen is on education, schools, health centers, specially in Taiz governorate.
It is an organization working by the people and for the people. It tries to develop the abilities of people especially youths.
As an organization, Dia is pursuing commendable activities in the country.
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