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).