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<p><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-size: 14pt"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">August 30, 2005 <i>(11:30 a.m. EDT)</i><br>
No. 157</span></span></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14pt"><span style="font-weight: bold">APPOINTMENTS TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF INTERNATIONAL
CENTRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">Foreign Affairs Minister Pierre Pettigrew today announced the appointment of Janice
Stein as Chairperson, International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic
Development (Rights and Democracy), and the appointments of Baha Abu-Laban and
Peter Li to the Centre’s Board of Directors.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">Rights and Democracy is a non-partisan organization that was created by the
Parliament of Canada in 1988. Its international mandate is to promote human and
democratic rights as defined in the United Nations International Bill of Human Rights.
In partnership with civil society and governments in Canada and abroad, Rights and
Democracy supports programs that are aimed at reinforcing democratic laws and
institutions, mainly in developing countries. More information can be found at:
</span><a href="https://bac-lac.wayback.archive-it.org/web/20070220185604/http://www.ichrdd.ca/"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="text-decoration: underline">http://www.ichrdd.ca</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000">.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000">Biographical notes on the appointees are attached.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000">For further information, media representatives may contact:</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000">Sébastien Théberge<br>
Director of Communications<br>
Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs<br>
(613) 995-1851</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000">Media Relations Office<br>
Foreign Affairs Canada<br>
(613) 995-1874<br>
</span></span><a href="https://bac-lac.wayback.archive-it.org/web/20070220185604/http://www.international.gc.ca/"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="color: #0000ff"><span style="text-decoration: underline">http://www.international.gc.ca</span></span></span></a><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000"><span> </span></span></span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-size: 14pt"></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-size: 14pt">BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES</span></span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-weight: bold">Janice Stein</span> has substantial knowledge and expertise in political conflicts in unstable
areas of the world, and in Middle East issues. She is currently Director of the Munk
Centre for International Studies and Belzberg Professor of Conflict Management and
Negotiation in the political science department of the University of Toronto. She has
authored many books and articles on the management and resolution of crises and
conflicts, on the cold war, and on questions of international safety and the Middle East.
She is a member of a number of editorial and advisory boards on international issues,
including Foreign Affairs Canada’s Working Group on the Middle East. She is also a
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and an Honorary Foreign Member of the
American Academy of Arts and Science. </span></span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold">Baha Abu-Laban</span> has taught at the University of Washington, Stanford University, the
American University of Beirut, and the University of Alberta, where he is Professor
Emeritus of Sociology. He has made important contributions at the University of Alberta
in his roles as Chair of the Department of Sociology, Dean of the Faculty of Arts, and
Associate Vice-President (Research). His publications include 16 books and research
monographs, as well as some 90 articles appearing in major Canadian and international
journals. Dr. Abu-Laban is the co-founder and past editor of the <i>Journal of International
Migration and Integration</i> (JIMI), and is also Co-Director of the Prairie Centre of
Excellence for Research on Immigration and Integration in Edmonton.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold">Peter Li </span>has been a professor for 30 years. He is currently a faculty member of the
Department of Sociology at the University of Saskatchewan, as well as editor of the
JIMI<i> </i></span><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif">and Chair of the Prairie Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and
Integration‘s</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial', sans-serif"> economic domain. He has served as a consultant and advisor to several
Government of Canada departments, working on immigration, multiculturalism, race
relations and social statistics. Dr. Li has published 11 books and over 60 academic
papers on a variety of subjects, including immigration and race relations in Canada. He
has lectured in many countries, including China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea, India,
Australia, as well as in Europe.</span></span></p>
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