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[Max Pyziur <pyz@brama.com>]

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Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 07:59:07 -0400
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Subject: Release of the 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report

Notice to the Press
Office of the Spokesman
Washington, DC




Release of the 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report


Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will release the sixth annual Department of
State Trafficking in Persons Report on Monday, June 5, at 1:30 p.m. in the
State Department's Press Briefing Room. Following Secretary Rice's opening
remarks, Ambassador John R. Miller, the Secretary's Senior Advisor on
trafficking in persons, will respond to press queries, on the record and on
camera.

The 158-country report is the most comprehensive worldwide report on the
efforts of governments to combat severe forms of trafficking in persons, or
modern-day slavery. Its findings will raise global awareness and spur countries
to take effective actions to counter trafficking in persons. The assessment
includes reports on countries determined to have a significant number of
victims of severe forms of trafficking.

This year, there will be a greater emphasis on forced labor trafficking,
including domestic servitude and debt bondage.

This on-the-record, on-camera briefing is open for press coverage. Members of
the press who do not have a State Department building pass should arrive at the
23rd Street entrance by 1:00 p.m. for clearance through security and access to
the briefing room.

Media representatives may attend this briefing upon presentation of one of the
following: (1) a U.S. Government-issued identification card (Department of
State, White House, Congress, Department of Defense, or Foreign Press Center),
(2) a media-issued photo identification card, or (3) a letter from their
employer on letterhead verifying their employment as a journalist, accompanied
by an official photo identification (driver's license or passport).

Advance Copies of the Embargoed Report
Embargoed copies of the report will be available on Monday, June 5 at 12:30
p.m. in the State Department Press Office (Room 2109). The report will be
distributed in hard copy and CD-ROM format on a first-come, first-served basis
   one copy per media organization. Copies will not be reserved, mailed, faxed
or delivered to a building entrance. The entire report is EMBARGOED until the
end of the press briefing at approximately 2:30 p.m. on June 5.

Electronic Access to the Report via Internet
The full text of the report will be available for downloading from the State
Department website at www.state.gov as soon as possible after the briefing on
Monday, June 5.

Reporters who wish to schedule an interview with Ambassador Miller after the
report is released may contact public affairs specialist Brad Keena at (202)
312-9648 or Gannon Sims at (202) 312-9893.


2006/574

Released on June 2, 2006

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