Summer Congress Of Interallied Confederation Of Reserve Officers Begins In Istanbul

ISTANBUL - Interallied Confederation of Reserve Officers (CIOR) 2008 Summer Congress has begun in Istanbul.
Nearly a thousand people from 34 countries will attend the congress between July 8th and 12th.
After attending the summer congress, participants will visit Gelibolu Peninsula, Cappadocia and Ankara.
CIOR represents the interests of more than 1.3 million reservists across 34 participating nations within and beyond NATO, making it the world's largest military reserve officer organization.
Founded in 1948, CIOR is a NATO-affiliated, non-political and non-profit umbrella organization of member nations' national reserve officer associations. CIOR has two main roles: to provide support and advice on reserve issues to the NATO Alliance, and to foster the professional development of reserve officers.
CIOR's Istanbul Congress will feature a symposium on employer support to reservists throughout the Alliance, focusing on best practices and lessons learned. The Congress will also feature an arduous international military skills competition, a Young Reserve Officers' Workshop aimed at developing and challenging junior officers, a language academy teaching English and French to reserve officers from eastern and central Europe, and a medical conference.
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