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<p><font face="Courier"></font><font face="Univers" size="+2"></font><font face="Univers" size="+2">September 4, 1998 No. 204</font></p>
<p align="CENTER"><font face="Univers" size="+2">AXWORTHY TO VISIT CHICAGO</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy today announced that he will visit Chicago
on September 8 and 9, 1998, to address the Mid-America Committee and meet with
senior business and political representatives of the region to discuss Canadian
foreign policy. </font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">Mr. Axworthy will attend the opening of <em>Landmines</em>, an exhibition by Canadian
photographer Robert Semeniuk. He will also meet with Physicians Against Landmines,
take part in the board meeting of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur
Foundation and inaugurate a Canada-U.S. Internet Treaties Project involving the
Library of International Relations at the Chicago-Kent College of Law and the
University of Montreal.</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">"Canada and the United States share interests in a whole range of global and
hemispheric issues," said Minister Axworthy. "Our countries are co-operating and
developing new tools, new ideas and new institutions to meet the challenges of our
changing world." </font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">During his visit, Minister Axworthy will address humanitarian concerns such as
landmines, small arms, child soldiers and the International Criminal Court.
Mr. Axworthy will also focus on new approaches to foreign policy making that
embrace the concepts of human security and the North American community.</font></p>
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<p><font face="Courier">For further information, media representatives may contact:</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">Debora Brown</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">(613) 995-1851</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">Media Relations Office</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">(613) 995-1874</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">This document is also available on the Department's Internet site:
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca</font><font face="Univers" size="+2"></font></p>
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