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30 September 2003

U.S. Delegation to OSCE Human Dimension Meeting in Warsaw

Delegation to Oct. 6-17 meeting to be led by Amb. Pamela Hyde Smith

Ambassador Pamela Hyde Smith will lead the U.S. delegation to the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting hosted by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) October 6-17 in Warsaw.

The annual meeting evaluates implementation by member states of their OSCE commitments and makes recommendations on improving the human rights situation in the region.

Following is a State Department announcement listing the U.S. Delegation:

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U.S. Department of State
Office of the Spokesman
September 30, 2003

MEDIA NOTE

U.S. DELEGATION TO ORGANIZATION FOR SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE
HUMAN DIMENSION IMPLEMENTATION MEETING

Ambassador Pamela Hyde Smith will lead the U.S. delegation to the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting hosted by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Warsaw, Poland, October 6-17.

The annual Human Dimension Implementation Meeting evaluates implementation by member states of their Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe human dimension commitments, and makes recommendations on improving the human rights situation in the region. It brings together hundreds of government representatives, human rights activists, and international experts.

Ambassador Smith, a career member of the Foreign Service, served until recently as U.S. Ambassador to Moldova, where she was very active on a number of human dimension issues, including efforts to combat trafficking in persons.

In addition to Ambassador Smith, the U.S. delegation will include U.S. Ambassador to the OSCE Stephan M. Minikes; Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Lorne Craner; and the following public members: Dr. Roberta Cohen, Co-Director of the Brookings-Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies Project on Internal Displacement; Rabbi Andrew Baker, Director of International Jewish Affairs at the American Jewish Committee; and Dr. Ruth Wedgwood, Council on Foreign Relations Fellow. Representatives of the U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe and the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom will also attend the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting and support the U.S. delegation.

OSCE Chairman-in-Office and Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer; Polish Foreign Minister Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz; acting UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Bertram Ramcharan; and OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights Director Ambassador Christian Strohal will speak at the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting's opening session.

MEMBERS OF THE U.S. DELEGATION TO THE
OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION IMPLEMENTATION MEETING
OCTOBER 6-17 IN WARSAW

Ambassador Pamela Hyde Smith (Delegation Head)

Public Members:

Dr. Roberta Cohen, Co-Director, Brookings Institute-Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies Project on Internal Displacement

Dr. Ruth Wedgwood, Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations

Rabbi Andrew Baker, Director of International Jewish Affairs, American Jewish Committee.

Department of State:

Ambassador Stephan Minikes, U.S. Mission to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe

Lorne Craner, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor

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(Distributed by the Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State. Web site: http://usinfo.state.gov)