Notice to the Press
Office of the Spokesman
Washington, DC
July 11, 2008
Millennium Challenge Corporation and the Government of Burkina Faso to Sign $480.9 Million Millennium Challenge CompactSecretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Chair of the Board of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), will give remarks at the signing of the Millennium Challenge Compact between the United States and Burkina Faso on Monday, July 14, 2008, at 10:30 a.m., in the Benjamin Franklin Room at the Department of State.
The $480.9 million Compact will be signed by MCC Chief Executive Officer Ambassador John Danilovich and Burkinabe Minister of Finance Jean-Baptiste Marie Pascal Compaoré.
Millennium Challenge Corporation, a United States government corporation designed to work with some of the poorest countries in the world, is based on the principle that aid is most effective when it reinforces good governance, economic freedom, and investments in people that promote economic growth and elimination of extreme poverty. For more information regarding MCC programs please visit www.mcc.gov.
This event will be open for press coverage.
Pre-set time for cameras: 9:30 a.m. from the 23rd Street entrance
Final access time for all press: 10:30 a.m. from the 23rd Street entrance
Media representatives may attend this event 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).
PRESS CONTACTS:
Amanda Burke
Millennium Challenge Corporation
(202) 521-3901
Office of Press Relations
Department of State
(202) 647-2492
2008/567
Released on July 11, 2008
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