‘Wetional Summit on International Humanitarian Lawin the Philipppines | 9 Opening Ceremony The National Summit started at exactly 9:00 andabroad. She received her degree in Bachelor clock in the morning. Ms. Karen Tafada, from of Laws and BA in Political Science from the the CSI-IHL was the Emcee of the hour. As an University of the Philippines. As a Fulbright pening statement, she welcomed all the scholar, she earned her Mastersin International participants to this important day of celebrating Affairsfrom Columbia University. She also holds the 60" Anniversary of the 1949 Geneva a Masters Degree in Business Administration Conventions, particularly the relevance of IHL. from Golden Gate University in San Francisco.” She mentioned that she was co-facilitating with Dir. Ana Elzy E. Ofreneo of CHR. “Prior to her appointment to the Commission on HumanRights, she was the Executive Director of Before the Opening Remarks, Comm. Quisumbing the Presidential Human Rights Committee with was briefly introduced by Ms. Tafiada,in this wise: the rank of Undersecretary at the Office of the President ofthe Philippines. And before that she “Overthe pastfew decades, CommissionerCecilia was the Presidential Adviser to the UN in New Rachel V. Quisumbing has worked injournalism, York. development, law andinternationalaffairs here Commissioner Cecilia Rachel V. Quisumbing.” Let us listen to the Opening Remarks of NATIONAL SUMMIT 3 L. fe neence an