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U.S. Department of State Office of the Spokesman Press Statement

Notice to the Press
February 23, 1999

Media Schedule for
Vice President Gore’s Global Forum on
Fighting Corruption, February 24-26, 1999

The Department of State and the Office of the Vice President welcome representatives of bona fide media organizations to "A Global Forum on Fighting Corruption: Safeguarding Integrity Among Justice and Security Officials" to be held February 24-26, 1999. Over 500 officials from 85 countries and over 30 multilateral and non-governmental organizations will join the Vice President for the world’s first conference to target corruption from the receiving side – among police, prosecutors, judges, military officials, etc.

All media intending to cover the Global Forum on Fighting Corruption must enter and exit the Department of State through the 23rd Street entrance located between C and D Streets, NW. Press will not be permitted to enter through the Diplomatic Entrance on C Street. The 23rd Street Entrance will open for media access at 7:00am.

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Schedule of Events

Note: All events are in the Loy Henderson international conference facility, except as indicated.

Wednesday, February 24

7:00 am Doors open on 23rd Street for Press Access
7:30 am Pre-set Cameras must be in place
9:00 am Opening Session
Welcome: Madeleine Albright, Secretary of State
Keynote: Vice President Al Gore, Forum Chairman
Remarks: Donald Johnson, Secretary General, OECD
Pino Arlacchi, Executive Director, UN Crime Center
Jeremy Pope, Managing Director, Transparency International
PRESS: OPEN

10:30 am Plenary Session: Significance of Corruption Among Justice and Security Officials
Moderator: Vice President Al Gore, Forum Chairman
PRESS: OPEN

12:30 pm Luncheon (Invited Participants/Benjamin Franklin Room, 8th Floor)
Introduction: Under Secretary of State Frank Loy
Address: Secretary of the Treasury Robert Rubin
PRESS: POOL
(Secretary Rubin’s address will be available via closed circuit TV in Loy Henderson)

2:00 pm Plenary Session: Economic Governance, the Private Sector and Corruption
Moderator: Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs Stuart M. Eizenstat
Presenters: Daniel Kaufmann, World Bank
Maria Livanos Cattaui, Secretary General, International Chamber of Commerce
PRESS: OPEN

3:45 pm Plenary Session: Ethics Regimes in the Public Sector
Moderator: Hon. Stephen D. Potts, Director, U.S. Office of Government Ethics
Presenters: Miria R. K. Matembe, Minister for Ethics and Integrity, Uganda
Zhao Hongzhu, Vice-Minister of Supervision, China
Luis Nicolas Ferreira, Director, National Office of Public Ethics, Argentina
Prof. Enrico Zanelli, University of Genoa, Italy
Howard Keith Whitton, Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet
Elaine Kaplan, Special Counsel, U.S. Office of Special Counsel
PRESS: OPEN

5:30 pm Dinner (Invited Participants/Benjamin Franklin Room, 8th Floor)
Hosts: Vice President Al Gore, Attorney General Janet Reno

6:30pm Brief remarks by Attorney General Reno
PRESS: POOL

Thursday, February 25

8:30 am Plenary Session: Legal Frameworks and Enforcement Authorities
Moderator: Eric Holder, Deputy Attorney General
Presenters: Sang Cheon Park, Minister of Justice, Republic of Korea
Vasyl Durdynets, Director, National Bureau of Investigation, Ukraine
Philip B. Heymann, Harvard University (former Deputy Attorney General)
PRESS: OPEN

10:15 am Plenary Session: Upholding Integrity Among Justice and Security Officials
Presiding: Vice President Al Gore, Forum Chairman
Moderator: Prof. Charles Moskos, Anderson Chair, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, Northwestern University
Presenters:
Prof. dr. Anton Bebler, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Dr. Juan Rial, PEITHO, Uruguay
Dean Walter Kamba, University of Namibia
PRESS: OPEN

11:45 pm Plenary Session: Religious Values and the Struggle Against Corruption
Presiding: Vice President Al Gore, Forum Chairman
Moderator: Judge John Noonan
Presenters: Alan Geyer, Washington National Cathedral
Rabbi Dr. Burton J. Visotzky, Jewish Theological Seminary, New York
Archbishop Oscar Andres Rodriguez (Honduras), President, Council of Latin American Roman Catholic Bishops
Dr. Nurcholish Madjid, Rector, University of ParamadinaMulya, Jakarta, Indonesia
Dr. Yasuo Sakakibara, Daioji Temple, Kyoto, Japan
Dr. Veena Das, University of Delhi, India
PRESS: OPEN

1:30 pm Luncheon (By invitation/Benjamin Franklin Room, 8th Floor)
Speakers : Justice Stephen Breyer, United States Supreme Court
Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs Frank Loy
PRESS: POOL

3:45 pm Specialty Sessions:
National Security Forces (National Defense University)
Other Security Forces (FBI Headquarters)
Customs Services (Customs Service Headquarters)
Financial Regulatory Officials (Treasury Department)
Procurement Officials (Treasury Department)
Judiciary (Room 1105, Department of State)
Global and Regional Anticorruption Frameworks (Loy Henderson, State)
Internal Oversight (Room 1107, Department of State)
Non-Governmental Organizations (Room 1205, State)

BUS TRANSPORTATION WILL BE PROVIDED TO LOCATIONS OUTSIDE THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Friday, February 26

8:00 am Plenary Session: Strategies for Making Corruption Visible
Moderator: Penn Kemble, Acting Director, U.S. Information Agency
Presenters: Mayor Leoluca Orlando, Palermo, Italy
Tymon Katlholo, Director, Directorate of Corruption and Economic Crime, Botswana
Jose Luis Simon, Diario El Dia newspaper, Paraguay
Discussants: Prof. Roy Godson, National Strategy Information Center
Nancy Zucker Boswell, Managing Director, Transparency International - USA
PRESS: OPEN

10:15 am Roundtable for Government Delegation Heads
(Ben Franklin Room, 8th Floor)
Presiding: Vice President Al Gore, Forum Chairman
Presentation of summaries of specialty session
Discussions by session spokespersons
Round table summary discussion
PRESS: POOL

12:30 pm Closing Session
Address and Declaration: Vice President Al Gore, Forum Chairman
PRESS: OPEN

1:30 pm Global Forum Concludes

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