MEDIA ADVISORIES
MANLEY VISIT TO EGYPT, GAZA CITY, JORDAN AND ISRAEL
John Manley, Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, will visit Egypt, Gaza City, Jordan and Israel from May 6 to 13,
2001. In meetings with regional leaders, the Minister will focus on the situation in the Middle East and bilateral
relations. In Jordan, Mr. Manley will be officially inaugurating the Canadian-funded Regional Human Security
Centre in Amman prior to participating in the Human Security Network Ministerial Meeting in Petra, hosted by the
Jordanian government, with representatives from Austria, Chile, Greece, Ireland, Mali, the Netherlands, Norway,
Slovenia, South Africa, Switzerland and Thailand.
Mr. Manley will visit Egypt on May 7 and 8, where he will meet with Foreign Minister Amre Moussa, President
Hosni Mubarak and Prime Minister Atef Ebeid.
On May 9, he will meet with Palestinian Minister for International Co-operation Nabil Shaath and Chairman Yasser
Arafat in Gaza City and tour the Al Wafa Medical Rehabilitation Hospital, an institution which has received funding
from the Canadian International Development Agency.
On May 10, in Amman, Jordan, Minister Manley will meet with Foreign Minister Abdul Ilah Khatib. The two will
then participate in a plaque-unveiling ceremony marking the official inauguration of the Regional Human Security
Centre, which has received Canadian support. Minister Manley will also tour the facility, present the Centre with a
gift of Canadian art and sign a letter of intent to provide continued Canadian funding for this initiative.
On May 11 and 12, Minister Manley will participate in the Ministerial Meeting of the Human Security Network
(HSN) in Petra, Jordan. The themes of the meeting will be peace support operations, the link between human
security and human development, and children and human security. On the first day of the meeting, the Minister will
officially launch the HSN Web site. On the second day, Mr. Manley will participate in the closing news conference.
On May 13, Minister Manley will be in Jerusalem, where he will meet with Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres
and Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. He will also participate in a wreath-laying ceremony at Yad Vashem, visit former
Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin's grave and tour the new Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES*
EGYPT:
Photo Opportunity: Minister Manley and Egyptian Foreign Minister Amre Moussa
Date: Monday, May 7, 2001
Time: 7:00 p.m. (tbc)
Place: Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Corniche El-Nil, Boulaq
Media Availability: Minister Manley and Egyptian Foreign Minister Amre Moussa
Date: Monday, May 7, 2001
Time: 7:30 p.m.(tbc)
Place: Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Corniche El-Nil, Boulaq
May 2, 2001 No. 28/Nº 28 Le 2 mai 2001
Photo Opportunity: Minister Manley and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak
Date: Tuesday, May 8, 2001
Time: TBC
Place: Presidential Palace
Heliopolis
Photo Opportunity: Minister Manley and Egyptian Prime Minister Atef Ebeid
Date: Tuesday, May 8, 2001
Time: TBC
Place: TBC
GAZA CITY:
Photo Opportunity: Minister Manley and
Chairman Yasser Arafat and Palestinian Minister for International Co-operation Nabil Shaath
Date: Wednesday, May 9, 2001
Time: 12:30 p.m. (tbc)
Place: Presidential Palace
Al-Muntada, Gaza City
Media Availability: Minister Manley
and Chairman Yasser Arafat and Palestinian Minister for International Co-operation Nabil Shaath
Date: Wednesday, May 9, 2001
Time: 3:30 p.m.(tbc)
Place: Presidential Palace
Al-Muntada, Gaza City
Media Availability/Tour of CIDA-Funded Project: Minister Manley
Date: Wednesday, May 9, 2001
Time: 4:30 p.m. (tbc)
Place: Al Wafa Medical Rehabilitation Hospital
Gaza City
JORDAN
Photo Opportunity: Minister Manley and Jordanian Foreign Minister Abdul Ilah Khatib
Date: Thursday, May 10, 2001
Time: 10:00 a.m. (tbc)
Place: Ministry of Foreign Affairs
3rd Circle, Amman
Photo Opportunity/Media Availability: Plaque-Unveiling Ceremony at Official Inauguration of Regional
Human Security Centre/Tour of Premises/Signing Ceremony Related to Centre Funding/Presentation of
Canadian Gift to the Centre
In Attendance: Minister Manley and [His Royal Highness Prince Hassan tbc]; His Excellency Abdul Ilah
Khatib, Foreign Minister of Jordan; His Excellency Dr. Kamel Abu Jaber, Director, Jordan Institute of
Diplomacy and former Foreign Minister; and Dr. Atif Odibat, Director, Regional Human Security Centre
Date: Thursday, May 10, 2001
Time: 3:00 p.m. (tbc)
Place: Jordanian Institute of Diplomacy
Off of 6th Circle, Amman
Photo Opportunity and/or Media Availability during Minister Manley's Tour of Petra Ruins with Other
Ministers Participating in the HSN Ministerial Meeting
Date: Friday, May 11, 2001
Time: 8:00 a.m.(tbc)
Place: Petra ruins
Photo Opportunity: Minister Manley and
Other Foreign Ministers Participating in HSN Ministerial Meeting
Date: Friday, May 11, 2001
Time: 2:00 p.m.(tbc)
Place: Movenpick Nabatean Castle Hotel, Petra
Wadi Mousa (tel: 962 3 215 7201)
Photo Opportunity: Minister Manley Launching HSN Web Site
Date: Saturday, May 12, 2001
Time: 11:00 a.m. (tbc)
Place: Movenpick Nabatean Castle Hotel, Petra
Wadi Mousa (tel: 962 3 215 7201)
Wrap-Up HSN Ministerial News Conference (TBC)
Date: Saturday, May 12, 2001
Time: 11:45 a.m. (tbc)
Place: Moevenpick Nabatean Castle Hotel, Petra
Wadi Mousa (tel: 962 3 215 7201)
ISRAEL:
Photo Opportunity: Minister Manley at Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial
Tour of Museum/Wreath-Laying Ceremony/Signing of Visitors Book
Date: Sunday, May 13, 2001
Time: 10:00 a.m. (tbc)
Place: Hall of Remembrance,
Yad Vashem, Jerusalem
Photo Opportunity: Minister Manley Participating in a Wreath-Laying Ceremony at Mount Herzl
Date: Sunday, May 13, 2001
Time: 11:30 a.m. (tbc)
Place: Tomb of Yitzhak Rabin
Mount Herzl, Jerusalem
Photo Opportunity: Minister Manley and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres
Date: Sunday, May 13, 2001
Time: 12:00 p.m.(tbc)
Place: Jerusalem Hotel (tbc)
Media Availability: Minister Manley and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres
Date: Sunday, May 13, 2001
Time: 2:00 p.m.(tbc)
Place: Jerusalem Hotel (tbc)
Photo Opportunity and Media Availability: Minister Manley and Israeli Foreign Minister
Shimon Peres Touring New Ministry of Foreign Affairs Building Built by a Canadian Company
Date: Sunday, May 13, 2001
Time: TBC
Place: Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Kiryat Hamemshala (Government Quarters), Jerusalem
Photo Opportunity: Minister Manley and Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
Date: Sunday, May 13, 2001
Time: 5:00 p.m.(tbc)
Place: Prime Minister's Office
3 Kaplan, Jerusalem
*All events subject to scheduling changes.
For more information, please contact:
Sanjeev Chowdhury Media Relations Office
Press Secretary Department of Foreign Affairs
Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
(613) 995-1851 (613) 995-1874
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