31st India, South East Asia, Africa and Middle East
International Lions Forum
Bangladesh 2003
DHAKA
(03 to 06 December 2003)

Inaugural Session
We, more than one thousand Lions  India, South East Asia, Africa and Middle East of 54 Countries, were assembled at the Dhaka's one of the best hotel - Pan Pacific Sonargaun Hotel -  early morning on  December 04, 2003.

At first we were welcomed by PID Lion Moslim Ali Khan, Forum Chairman, the Chief Guest, Honorable President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh Professor  Dr. Isjuddin Ahmed was escorted  to a well-decorated dash.

The Assembly was addressed by International President Dr. Tae-Sup Lee, PDG Lion A.K.M. Mosharraf Hosain, Honourable State Minister, Government of Bangladesh and Chief Advisor of the Lions International Forum Committee, presiding officer ID K.M.Goyal and Vote of thanks was given by Council Chairperson Lion Mohammad Faruque.

Speeches of International Lion Leaders
In this Area Forum, Lion Leaders such as International President Dr. Tae-Sup Lee, Immediate Past International President Lion Kay K, Fukusima, International 1st Voice-President Clement F. Kusiak, International 2nd Voice President  Ashok Mehata and Past  International President Rohit C. Mehta's delivered their speeches, which were very very informative, educative, corrigible, short and fully covered of their respective subjects.

Suggestions to probable Vice District Governor Candidates  of International 2nd Vice President Lion Ashok Mehata were not only useful to probable Vice District Governor Candidates only but also very useful to all Lion Offices in the world. His suggestions were reflections of his long  experience and knowledge.

Discussion Session
Discussion session on Seminar was opened to all participants with LCIF-IPIP Kay K. Fukushima, Sight First- PID G.Ramaswamy, Lion Quest-PCC Bharat Bhagat and MERL-PCC K.G.R. were very educative and useful to every one in the Lionistic world.

Closing Ceremony
Closing Ceremony was presided by PID Lion Pravin Chhajed. In this session, Members of Forum Organizing Committee were anxiously waiting to get their various rewards from the International President.

Cultural Show
In the night Japanese, Korian, Hindi, Urdu and Bengali songs were sang by a single lady singer, which was really memorable. 

 Lions First Object
Lions First Object is to Create and Foster a sprit of Understanding  among the people of the world. 
To follow this object we, Lions assembled in this forum from different 54 countries. We  met and talked with each other.We were  breaking  breads together, ate food together on one table, enjoyed watching cultural show performed by Bangladeshi sisters and brothers sitting together. We  introduced ourselves to each other without any hesitation, exchanged greetings and  gifts. We 0captured each other in our cameras and snapped photographs and ordered to professional photographers to snap friends. We kept photographs of each other.

  We recieved lots of love affection as  brothers and  sisters.  We also established a keen  relationship  as  fathers and   daughters too,. Our feet were moving forwards   to our respective destination with sweet memories  promising  to meet again in 32nd India, South Asia, Africa and Middle East Forum next year at Ahmadabad-India on 16th to 19th   December, 2004.

   Gratefulness
I, Zone Chairperson Lion Padma Raj Kaphle, District 325-A, Nepal, am proud to be a friend of brothers and sisters of different countries specially friends from Argentina, Bangladdesh, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Uganda  to whom I had spend  almost all the  leisure time in Dhaka. I am also grateful to PATTI A. REPENN, Division Manager, Oak Brook for her memorable compliments for my activities to foster a spirit of understanding among fellow lions.
I will never forget Bangladeshi friends in my life for their hospitality extended to me like a relative of their own family. They invited me to stay their houses. and sight seeing in their cars. I am grateful to all of them

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Zone Chairperson Lion Padma Raj Kaphle, District 325-A, Nepal
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