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LAUNCH OF CANADA'S FIRST UNITED NATIONS HUMANITARIAN APPEAL

November 18, 2003 No. 111

LAUNCH OF CANADA'S FIRST UNITED NATIONS HUMANITARIAN APPEAL

Media representatives are advised that Foreign Affairs Minister Bill Graham and International Cooperation Minister Susan Whelan will host Canada's first launch of a United Nations Humanitarian Appeal on Wednesday, November 19, 2003. The Ottawa event follows the global Humanitarian Appeal to be issued in New York today by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Ottawa was selected, along with Brussels, Copenhagen, Dublin, Geneva and Washington, for satellite events in support of the 2004 Consolidated Appeals Process. The Canadian launch will focus on West Africa.

Event: Statements

Date: Wednesday, November 19, 2003

Time: 9 to 10:15 a.m.

Location: Old City Hall

Victoria Hall

111 Sussex Drive

Ottawa, Ontario

For more information, please contact:

Isabelle Savard

Director of Communications

Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs

(613) 995-1851