PRESS ALERT

 

Nº 10/07

 

INVITATION TO MEDIA TO THE PRESS CONFERENCE
ON THE IACHR’S 127th PERIOD OF SESSIONS

 

Washington, March 5, 2007 – The President of the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (IACHR) of the Organization of American States (OAS), Florentín Meléndez, and the Executive Secretary, Santiago A. Canton, will offer a press conference on Friday, March 9, at 11:00 a.m., in the OAS General Secretariat Building. President Meléndez will make remarks on the 127th regular period of sessions, which started February 26 and will end March 9, 2007.

 

The video and the audio of the press conference will be available through the Internet immediately after it ends. The video will be accessible through the OAS webpage, www.oas.org, and the audio through the IACHR webpage, www.cidh.org. Television stations that require a DVD copy of the video in high definition may request it for free through the IACHR Press Office: cidh-prensa@oas.org.

 

 

What:          Press conference regarding the 127th regular period of sessions of
                  the IACHR

 

Who:           President of the IACHR, Florentín Meléndez Executive Secretary of the
                  IACHR, Santiago A. Canton

 

When:          Friday, March 9, 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time (16:00 GMT)

 

Where:         OAS General Secretariat Building

Ruben Dario Room, 8th Floor

1889 F St., NW, Washington, DC. 

 

Please confirm assistance and direct questions to the IACHR Press Office: telephone (202) 458-3796, e-mail cidh-prensa@oas.org