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Contact: In Washington -- Deborah DeYoung, 202-276-8670, deyoung@un.org; In New York -- Andre Michel Essoungou, 917-367-9995, essoungou@un.org
MEDIA ADVISORY, Feb. 4, 2015 /Standard Newswire/ -- Press Conference Friday, 6 February at 10 am.
Press Conference Details:
Who:
Zeid Ra'ad Al-Hussein, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
When:
10 a.m. Friday, 6 February
Where:
Georgetown University Law Center
McDonough Room 200
Washington, DC
RSVP:
UN Information Center, 202-331-8670 or deyoung@un.org
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein on 3 February began the first official visit by a UN Human Rights Chief to Washington to meet senior U.S. administration officials and Members of Congress since 2007, when former UN High Commissioner Louise Arbour made a similar visit.
High Commissioner Zeid, who took up his position as the fifth UN High Commissioner for Human Rights last September, is meeting with State Department and other U.S. Government officials, including National Security Adviser Susan Rice, to discuss a wide range of overseas and domestic issues. He also is meeting with several senior members of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
On Thursday at 10:00 am, Zeid will deliver an address entitled "Can Atrocities be Prevented? Living in the Shadow of the Holocaust" at a public event at the U.S. Holocaust Museum in Washington. He will also attend two round-table events with Civil Society organizations.
The High Commissioner will give a press conference at 10:00 a.m. on Friday 6 February at the Georgetown Law Center, located at 600 New Jersey Ave NW, McDonough Room 200, Washington, DC.
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