ICMP Board of Commissioners to Meet in Washington, DC


WASHINGTON, Oct. 4, 2002 (PRIMEZONE) -- MEDIA ADVISORY --


 WHAT:  The International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) annual
        board meeting.

 WHO:   ICMP Chairman James V. Kimsey, Chairman Emeritus of AOL, and
        Commissioners: Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan; Former
        Minister of Defence of Great Britain Rt. Hon. Michael
        Portillo; Former Foreign Minister of Denmark Uffe Ellemann-
        Jensen; Former Prime Minister of the Netherlands Willem Kok;
        and The Directors of ICMP will meet with officials from the
        State Department of the United States

 WHEN:  Monday, October 7 

 WHERE: Interviews:                       Reception:
        12:30pm-2pm                       6pm-7pm
        The Kimsey Foundation             Cafe Milano Restaurant
        1700 Pennsylvania Ave., NW        3251 Prospect Street, NW
        Suite 900                         Washington, DC
        Washington, DC

 Why:   The ICMP Board will discuss the status of current ICMP
        programs, its future role, and the establishment of the
        Missing Persons Institute, the arm of ICMP focusing on civil
        society initiatives.  

        The United States government has been one of the primary
        supporters -- through both financial contributions and
        diplomatic support -- of ICMP since its inception in 1996.
        The governments of the Netherlands, Great Britain,
        Switzerland, Norway, Germany, Denmark, Iceland, Holy See (the
        Vatican), Sweden and Finland, as well as the United Nations,
        have also contributed to ICMP.  

Media representatives are cordially invited to attend. Please contact Andrea Fisher to RSVP and to arrange interviews with the Chairman and Commissioners. Tel: 703-522-0703/Fax: 703-522-0093/E-mail: andrea@lindarothpr.com

ICMP was created in 1996 at the G-7 Summit, in Lyon, France. Its primary objectives include: to intensify government efforts to release information on the missing; to assist in building a regional capacity to accelerate the process of recovery and identification of mortal remains that incorporates the use of state-of-the-art DNA technology; and to strengthen the capability of associations of families of missing persons to address the issue. The current chairman of ICMP is Mr. James V. Kimsey. Mr. Kimsey is the Founding CEO and Chairman Emeritus of America Online Inc (AOL), as well as a Philanthropist and Vietnam war veteran.



            

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