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    SAVE DARFUR COALITION SUPPORTS CLOONEY-LED DELEGATION WITH EXPERT ANALYSIS

    AZG Armenian Daily
    20/12/2006

    Experts from the Save Darfur Coalition will be available for interview
    immediately following the George Clooney-led press conference at
    the United Nations on Friday, December 15. Save Darfur Coalition's
    Executive Director David Rubenstein and Ambassador (ret.) Lawrence
    Rossin traveled with and advised the high-profile delegation of
    celebrities and athletes who will return today from a human rights
    mission to China and Egypt to discuss the genocide in Sudan's
    Darfur region with senior government officials of both countries.The
    delegation includes Darfur activists, actors George Clooney and Don
    Cheadle and Olympic athletes Joey Cheek and Tegla Loroupe, who have
    each supported the mission of the Save Darfur Coalition and worked
    to raise public awareness about the ongoing genocide in Darfur and to
    mobilize a unified response to the atrocities that threaten the lives
    of people throughout the Darfur region.The Coalition has available
    for media use new B-roll footage of Darfuri refugees in Chad, still
    photographs of celebrity activists advocating on behalf of ending
    the violence in the region, and experts for insightful comment about
    the humanitarian crisis in the region.On Friday, December 15, 2006,
    actors George Clooney and Don Cheadle and Olympic athletes Joey Cheek
    and Tegla Loroupe will meet with UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and
    hold a press conference at the United Nations about their human rights
    mission to China and Egypt to discuss the genocide in Darfur. The
    Clooney-led delegation met with senior government officials of both
    countries and urged them to use their influence in Sudan to end the
    killing. The delegation included: George Clooney (who in September
    2006, met with U.N. Security Council members together with Nobel
    Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel to urge them to act on Darfur. The
    American actor and activist also visited Darfur in April), Tegla
    Loroupe (Kenyan Olympic distance runner and World Champion and record
    holder who serves as a UN Ambassador of Sport), Joey Cheek (American
    speed skater and Olympic gold medal winner), Don Cheadle (Academy
    Award nominee for "Hotel Rwanda"), David Pressman (human rights
    lawyer and former aide to Secretary of State Madeleine Albright),
    David Rubenstein (Executive Director of the Save Darfur Coalition.),
    and U.S. Ambassador (ret.) Lawrence Rossin (Senior International
    Coordinator for the Save Darfur Coalition).
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