FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE VAW THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1995 (202) 514-2008 TDD (202) 514-1888 BONNIE J. CAMPBELL NAMED TO U.S. DELEGATION OF U.N. FOURTH WORLD CONFERENCE ON WOMEN WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Bonnie J. Campbell, Director of the Justice Department's Violence Against Women Office, leaves the United States today to be a delegate to the United Nation's Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, China. She joins a delegation chaired by Ambassador Madeleine K. Albright, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations. Other delegation members include Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Carol Browner, Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs Timothy E. Wirth, and Drew University President Tom Kean. Ms. Campbell, the former Attorney General of Iowa, serves as the Justice Department's primary official dealing with family violence and sexual assault, issues that will be addressed at the World Conference. "Women and families all over the world have an interest in ending violence," Campbell says. "The U.S. has an opportunity to take the lead. This conference can influence the direction of public policy on these issues at the national and international levels into the next century." The World Conference is being held in Beijing, China, from September 4 through September 15, 1995. In 1992, the Bush Administration joined with other countries to accept China's invitation to host the Conference. ### 95-463