Press Release.............................. UNESCAP News Services

4 November 2003
Information Note No: N/27/2003

Press briefing by Professor Paulo Pinheiro, the UN Commission on Human Rights Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar, 10 November 2003

Bangkok (UN Information Services) -- We would like to invite you or your representatives to meet with Professor Paulo Pinheiro, the UN Commission on Human Rights Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Myanmar at a press briefing for the media on the outcome of his six-day visit to Myanmar. The press briefing will be on:

Date: Monday, 10 November 2003
Time: 09.30 to 11.15 a.m.
Venue: FCCT Club House

Address: Penthouse Floor, Maneeya Center Building, 518/5 Pleonchit Road, Phatumwan, Bangkok 10330, Tel. 02-6520580-1, Fax. 02-6520582, Email: fccthai@loxinfo.co.th
We would appreciate it if you would confirm your attendance on or before 7 November 2003 to Ms. Malinee Muangsiri at 0-2288-1235 or email: muangsiri.unescap@un.org.

For further information, please contact:

Nicholas Howen, Regional Representative for Asia-Pacific
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Email: howen@un.org
Tel: 66-2-288-1496/1235; Fax: 66-2-288-3009; www.unhchr.ch
UNESCAP, United Nations Building, Room A601, Rajdamnern Nok Avenue, Bangkok, 10200, Thailand

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