Daily Appointments Schedule for February 25, 2009

Washington, DC
February 25, 2009




SECRETARY OF STATE CLINTON:
11:30 a.m. Bilateral with Her Excellency Dora Bakoyannis, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Hellenic Republic (Greece).
(CAMERA SPRAY IN THE TREATY ROOM PRECEDING THE BILATERAL / EDITORIAL PRESENCE WELCOME / NO Q&A)
Pick up time for cameras:
10:45 a.m. from the 23rd Street entrance
Final access time for writers and stills: 11:15 a.m. from the 23rd Street entrance

12:15 p.m. Opening remarks at the release of the 2008 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, in the U.S. Department of State Press Briefing Room, room 2209.
(OPEN PRESS COVERAGE)

2:00 p.m. Bilateral with His Excellency Radoslaw Sikorski, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland.
(CAMERA SPRAY IN THE TREATY ROOM PRECEDING THE BILATERAL / EDITORIAL PRESENCE WELCOME / NO Q&A)
Pick up time for cameras:
1:15 p.m. from the 23rd Street entrance
Final access time for writers and stills: 1:45 p.m. from the 23rd Street entrance

3:15 p.m. Meeting with His Excellency Amre Moussa, Secretary General of the Arab League.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

3:30 p.m. Bilateral with His Excellency Celso Amorim, Minister of Foreign Relations of the Federative Republic of Brazil.
(CAMERA SPRAY IN THE TREATY ROOM PRECEDING THE BILATERAL / EDITORIAL PRESENCE WELCOME / NO Q&A)
Pick up time for cameras:
2:45 p.m. from the 23rd Street entrance
Final access time for writers and stills: 3:15 p.m. from the 23rd Street entrance

5:30 p.m. Bilateral with His Excellency Dr. Jaime Bermudez Merizalde, Minister of Foreign Relations of the Republic of Colombia.
(CAMERA SPRAY IN THE TREATY ROOM PRECEDING THE BILATERAL / EDITORIAL PRESENCE WELCOME / NO Q&A)
Pick up time for cameras:
4:45 p.m. from the C Street entrance
Final access time for writers and stills: 5:15 p.m. from the C Street entrance

6:00 p.m. Host working dinner for His Excellency Rangin Dadfar Spanta, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and for His Excellency Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
(CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE)

SPECIAL BRIEFING:
12:15 p.m. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will deliver opening remarks on the release of the 2008 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. Following the Secretary’s remarks, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Karen Stewart will respond to reporters’ questions. This event is on camera and on the record, and will be held in the U.S. Department of State Press Briefing Room, room 2209.

THERE WILL BE A DAILY PRESS BRIEFING
At approximately 10:30 a.m. with Robert A. Wood