During the session, Bryson awarded the China Council For The Promotion of International Trade with the Peace through Commerce Medal for its efforts to promote bilateral trade relations, the news wire reported.

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During a strategy session with exiled members of his royalist party in Bangkok, Thailand, participants said, the prince agreed to peace proposals endorsed by his father, King Norodom Sihanouk, and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

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The session also coincides with the World Science Day for Peace and Development (10 November 2011) and celebrations of the 40th anniversary of the Man and the Biosphere Programme (3 November 2011).

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