MEDIA ADVISORIES
MANLEY - NIGHT OF A THOUSAND DINNERS LANDMINE INITIATIVE
November 29, 2001 No. 88
On Friday, November 30, in Ottawa, John Manley, Minister of Foreign Affairs, will host a dinner in support of the Night of
a Thousand Dinners initiative, to mark the fourth anniversary of the signing of the Ottawa Convention banning anti-personnel mines.
Over the past year, the Canadian Landmines Foundation (CLF) and the United Nations Association of the United States
(UNAUS) have been working toward the goal of having 1000 dinners organized around the world on November 30. The
purpose of the dinners is to raise awareness about the global landmine crisis and to collect funds for various landmine-related organizations.
Government officials, corporations, NGOs and private citizens have been encouraged to organize a dinner in support of this
initiative.
Media representatives are invited to join Minister Manley at numerous locations throughout the evening as he visits private
citizens who have taken up the challenge of the CLF and the UNAUS, hosts his own dinner with his wife Judith at the
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, and attends an after-dinner function at the Governor General's
residence to end the day.
On December 3, the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade will further celebrate the anniversary by hosting
a reception to officially launch "Surviving Landmines: The Legacy of the Perfect Soldier," a photo exhibit by Italian
photographer Giovanni Diffidenti. Senator Sheila Finestone will open the exhibit, and Jerry White, founder of the
Landmine Survivors' Network, and Porfirio Gomez Zamora, a landmine survivor from Nicaragua and a participant in the
"Raising the Voices of Landmine Survivors" initiative, will address the reception.
Media opportunities are scheduled as follows:
All events are scheduled to take place in Ottawa, Ontario.
Friday, November 30
Minister Manley at the Cuhaci/McCorriston dinner
Date: Friday, November 30
Time: 6:45 - 6:55 p.m.
Location: 2294 Bowman Road
Minister Manley at the McMahon dinner
Date: Friday, November 30
Time: 7:05 - 7:25 p.m.
Location: 2947 Sable Ridge Drive (off Hunt Club Road)
Minister Manley at the Elmwood School dinner
Date: Friday, November 30
Time: 7:45 - 8:00 p.m.
Location: 261 Buena Vista Road (corner of Springfield Road and Buena Vista Road)
Address at dinner hosted by Minister and Mrs. Manley
Date: Friday, November 30
Time: 8:15 p.m.
Location: Skelton Lobby
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
125 Sussex Drive
Minister Manley address at post-dinner reception hosted by the Governor General
Date: Friday, November 30
Time: 10:10 - 10:45 p.m.
Location: Rideau Hall
1 Sussex Drive
Monday, December 3
DFAIT reception and launch of the photo exhibit "Surviving Landmines: The Legacy of the Perfect Soldier"
Date: Monday, December 3
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Location: Karsh-Masson Gallery
111 Sussex Drive (former Ottawa City Hall)
For more information, please contact:
| Sanjeev Chowdhury
Press Secretary
Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs
(613) 995-1851 |
Media Relations Office
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
(613) 995-1874
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca |
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