STOP MAI

MEDIA RELEASE -for immediate release, 28 November, 1999 Authorised by the STOP-MAI Campaign Coalition (WA) Website http://members.iinet.net.au/~jenks/fair.html Affiliated with the Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network (AFTInet) and with the World Social Forum (WSF)

Seattle Media Centre speaks out for world
civil society against unjust WTO 'new round'

StopMAI announces that Public Citizen's media services are open for coverage of the World Trade Organisation's Third Ministerial meeting in Seattle, USA.

Where: Town Hall, 8th and Seneca Street, Seneca Space Lower Level. Two blocks from the Ministerial meetings at the Seattle Trade and Convention Center

When: OPEN FOR OPERATION, 7:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m., Nov. 29 - Dec. 3

Contacts: Mary Bottari, Seattle Media Centre Coordinator, cell: 202-491-4177
Jeremy Madsen, Citizens Trade Campaign Media Liaison, cell: 206-396-6645
Patrick Woodall, Washington DC, Public Citizen: 202-454-5105
Media Centre phones (available November 28^th) 206-770-0266, 206-770-0268,
206-770-9118, 206-770-9140

Resources: Complete calendar available at www.seattle99.org . Press releases from NGOs will be posted on the web page media centre. Daily press briefing schedule will also be posted. Australian material: http://www.nettrek.com.au/~brian/newslink.html

First Orientation and Briefing: 8:00 a.m. Monday, Nov. 29th

Our Media Centre will host its first briefing to unveil the week’s press calendar and orient reporters to venues and events at the Town Hall, 8th and Seneca, on Monday, November 29th at 8:00 a.m. Participants include: Mike Dolan and Lori Wallach.

The media centre provides an opportunity for journalists to find and interview noted WTO experts from around the world. The centre will provide daily press packets and hold issue-specific press conferences on a wide range of issues including: the WTO's impact on forestry; trade in toxins; domestic sovereignty; protection of the environment and endangered species, labour and human rights, and other issues

Special emphasis will be placed on the daily civil-society theme days:
Monday, November 29: Health and Environment
Tuesday, November 30: Labor and Human Rights
Wednesday, December 1: Food and Agriculture
Thursday, December 2: Development, Women, Democracy and Sovereignty

AUSTRALIAN-ORIENTED NEWS RESOURCES are being updated several times daily - available at http://www.nettrek.com.au/~brian/newslink.html

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PHONE CONTACTS: Brian Jenkins +61 8 9528 1864; Dion Giles 0411 745 538