Skip Links
U.S. Department of State
U.S. Public Diplomacy and the War of Ideas  |  Daily Press Briefing | What's NewU.S. Department of State
U.S. Department of State
SEARCHU.S. Department of State
Subject IndexBookmark and Share
U.S. Department of State
HomeHot Topics, press releases, publications, info for journalists, and morepassports, visas, hotline, business support, trade, and morecountry names, regions, embassies, and morestudy abroad, Fulbright, students, teachers, history, and moreforeign service, civil servants, interns, exammission, contact us, the Secretary, org chart, biographies, and more
Video
 You are in: Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs > Bureau of Public Affairs > Bureau of Public Affairs: Press Relations Office > Press Releases (Other) > 2004 > February 
Notice to the Press (Revised)
Office of the Spokesman
Washington, DC
February 23, 2004


The Five-Year Strategy for the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief

Secretary of State Colin L. Powell will deliver opening remarks on the release to Congress of the Five-Year Strategy for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief on Monday, February 23, at 12:15 p.m. He will be followed by Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy G. Thompson, who will also make brief remarks. Ambassador and U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Randall L. Tobias will then announce the first release of the Emergency Plan funds for the rapid scale-up of prevention, care and treatment programs in the focus countries, and take reporter questions. This event is on camera and on the record, and will be held in the State Department’s press briefing room (Room 2209).

Advance Copies of the Embargoed Report
Printed copies of the report are available to be picked-up by members of the press. The entire report is EMBARGOED until the end of the press briefing, approximately 12:45 p.m., February 23. The report will be available on a first-come, first-served basis, one copy per media organization, and must be collected in person from Room 2109. Copies will not be reserved, mailed, faxed, or delivered to a building entrance.

Press who attend this briefing should arrive at the 23rd Street entrance (between C and D Streets, NW) and must present either (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) letter from their employer on letterhead verifying their employment as a journalist, accompanied by an official photo identification card (driver's license, passport). Press should allow adequate time to process through security and to be in the briefing room 10 minutes before the briefing.

Electronic Access to the Report via Internet
The full text of the report will be available for downloading from the State Department web site at: http://www.state.gov as soon as possible after the briefing on February 23.

Press Contacts
For more information on this event, contact:
Mary Thomas, Office of Regional Media Outreach, (202) 647-0001
Kurtis Cooper, Office of Press Relations, (202) 647-2492

2004/185  (Revised 11:15 a.m. February 23, 2004)

Released on February 23, 2004

  Back to top

U.S. Department of State
USA.govU.S. Department of StateUpdates  |  Frequent Questions  |  Contact Us  |  Email this Page  |  Subject Index  |  Search
The Office of Electronic Information, Bureau of Public Affairs, manages this site as a portal for information from the U.S. State Department. External links to other Internet sites should not be construed as an endorsement of the views or privacy policies contained therein.
About state.gov  |  Privacy Notice  |  FOIA  |  Copyright Information  |  Other U.S. Government Information

Published by the U.S. Department of State Website at http://www.state.gov maintained by the Bureau of Public Affairs.