Media Advisory=USA: Visit by Amnest

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 USA: Visit by Amnesty International's Secretary General to the United Nations

* News Release Issued by the International Secretariat of Amnesty
International *
News Service 203/98
AI INDEX: AMR 51/81/98
19 October 1998

MEDIA ADVISORY

USA

Visit by Amnesty International's Secretary General to the United Nations

Amnesty International's Secretary General, Mr Pierre Sané, will be
meeting with various UN officials in New York City to discuss ongoing
work on human rights issues. The meetings will take place on 20-22
October.

While in New York, Secretary General Pierre Sané will take the
opportunity to meet with the Permanent Mission of the United States to
the UN to discuss the recently launched campaign USA: Rights for All.

Other activities related to the USA Campaign include:

20 October, 6:30 - 8 pm: Panel discussion on Amnesty International's USA
Campaign: ?Human Rights are not just a Foreign Affair? - Amnesty
International UN Office, Church Center, 6th floor, 777 United Nations
Plaza.

21 October, 5:30 - 7 pm: Address at the Council on Foreign Relations:
"How Human Rights Violations Affect US Foreign Policy" -- 58 East, 68
Street, New York City.

22 October, 11:00 am: Press briefing for the UN Press Corps. UN
Correspondents Association (UNCA), third floor, UN building.

22 October, 1:15 - 3 pm: Briefing for government delegates to the UN
General Assembly, on the human rights situation in the USA. 10 floor, UN
Church Center, 777 United Nations Plaza
ENDS.../
Amnesty International, International Secretariat, 1 Easton Street,
WC1X 8DJ, London, United Kingdom