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

Date 14 June 2005
Press Release No: N/28/2005

UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR
ON THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN MYANMAR
TO HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE

FRIDAY, 17TH JUNE AT 11 AM

Bangkok (UN Information Services) -- The United Nations Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the situation in Myanmar Prof. Paulo Sergio Pinheiro will host a press conference on Friday, 17 June, at 11.00 am, in the Theatre of the United Nations Conference Centre at ESCAP.

The position of UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar was established under Resolution 1992/58 in 1992, and recently extended in 2004.

Professor Pinheiro is in Bangkok, 13-18 June for the South-east Asia Regional Consultation on the UN Study on Violence Against Children.

While in Bangkok, he will take the opportunity to meet with key regional and local actors in the governmental and non-governmental sectors, in fulfillment of his mandate on Myanmar.

He will be available to the media to discuss questions relating to his mandate as Special Rapporteur on the situation in Myanmar.

NOTE TO EDITORS

You or your representatives are cordially invited to the Press Conference by UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar on Friday, 17 June 2005 at 11 a.m., at Theatre, ground floor, United Nations Conference Centre, Rajadamnern Nok Avenue, Bangkok.

For further information please contact:

Ms. Audrey Ryan
Associate Human Rights Officer
Asia-Pacific Unit, Capacity Building and Field Operations Branch
Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
c/o Office of the Regional Representative for Asia-Pacific
Tel: 02-288-1175; Fax: 02-288-3009
Cell: 41-79-4444893
Emai: aryan@ohchr.org

or

Ms. Penelope Rose Lake
Associate Public Information Officer
United Nations Information Services, UNESCAP
Tel: (662) 2881869; Fax: (662) 2881052
Email: lakep@un.org
E-mail: unisbkk.unescap@un.org
Ends

* *** *