| Notice to the Press Office of the Spokesman Washington, DC April 12, 2007 Meeting of the Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Democracy PromotionThe Secretary's Advisory Committee on Democracy Promotion (ACDP) will meet on Monday, April 16, 2007 in Washington, D.C. to discuss strategies to promote democratic governance. Secretary Condoleezza Rice, Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky, and Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Barry F. Lowenkron will participate in the meeting, which will begin at 9:30 a.m. and is expected to conclude at 1:00 p.m. Secretary Rice established the Advisory Committee on Democracy Promotion to convene external experts to provide her and the Administrator of the Agency for International Development with advice on issues related to democracy promotion in the formulation and implementation of U.S. foreign policy and foreign assistance. Under Secretary Dobriansky serves as the Executive Director. Anne-Marie Slaughter, Dean of Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, is the Committee Chair. The meeting, which will be held at the U.S. Department of State in Room 1107, will be open to the public. Secretary Rice will participate from 10:00-10:45 a.m. Space is limited and available on a first come, first serve basis. The meeting will have pool press coverage for cameras and be open for writers and still photographers. Pick up for cameras: 9:00 a.m. from the 23rd Street entrance. Media representatives may attend this briefing upon presentation of one of the following: (1) a U.S. Government-issued identification card (Department of State, White House, Congress, Department of Defense, or Foreign Press Center), (2) a media-issued photo identification card, or (3) a letter from their employer on letterhead verifying their employment as a journalist, accompanied by an official photo identification (driver's license or passport). For additional information on the Advisory Committee on Democracy Promotion and this meeting, please contact Paul Lettow, Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs, at (202) 647-1189. |
