Europe Day observed in Pakistan
Staff Report

Islamabad—Foundation for the Interaction of East & West (FIEW), a newly-established dynamic non-profit and non-governmental organization with one-point agenda to promote the cooperation and interaction between active people of East and West has congratulated the people of European Union on the Europe Day.
Sabah ud Din Qazi, Secretary General while talking to The Daily Mail said that the FIEW Foundation fully supports the aims and the idea behind to celebrate the year 2008 as European Year of Intercultural Dialogue (EYID) 2008 by the European Union. “Celebration of National Days and Important Events of other countries for emphasizing the philosophy and ideology behind them shows commitment of our NGO to practically follow the UN Charter and Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which ask member countries to strengthen friendly relations and social interaction with each other.” He expressed. He also acknowledged the contribution of the EU for World Peace and Development, specially in Pakistan. “Over these past 50 years the EU has practically demonstrated that peace, cooperation and social interaction can replace conflict, violence and exploitation, with spectacular results for every one of us.” Qazi concluded.
Europe Day marks the anniversary of the day in 1950, when French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman presented his proposal on the creation of an organized Europe, indispensable to the maintenance of peaceful relations. This proposal, known as the “Schuman declaration”, is considered to be the beginning of the creation of what is now the European Union. Today, the 9th of May has become a European symbol (Europe Day) which, along with the Flag, the Anthem, the Motto and the single currency (the Euro), identifies the political entity of the European Union.