FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY
AG
MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1998
(202) 514-2007
WWW.USDOJ.GOV
TDD (202) 514-1888

ATTORNEY GENERAL RENO AND HER COUNTERPARTS FROM THE EIGHT

TO MEET VIA GLOBAL VIDEO CONFERENCE ON TUESDAY AT 6:30 A.M.

WASHINGTON, D.C. ­ Attorney General Janet Reno and her counterparts from The Eight (G-8)­ a group of the world's major industrialized democracies ­ will meet via video conference on Tuesday at 6:30 a.m. ET to discuss efforts to combat fundraising by terrorist groups and efforts to fight transnational organized crime.

Reno and the G8 Justice and Interior Ministers will "meet" in nine different locations world-wide for the first time since their first meeting in Washington last December. This is the first-ever international video conference involving G-8 Ministers.

The opening remarks of the Chair of the Ministerial, Home Secretary Jack Straw of the United Kingdom, and each of the eight Justice and Interior Ministers will be open to the media.

WHAT: Meeting of the G-8 Justice and Interior Ministers

WHEN: Tuesday, December 15

6:15-6:45 a.m.

WHERE: Department of Justice

Conference Room 2264

Credentialed reporters will be admitted for opening remarks, and pool video will be provided by CNN. The media will be asked to leave at the conclusion of the opening remarks.

Translation: There will be translators at each of the locations.

Press Entrance: Pennsylvania Avenue between 9^th and 10^th Streets. All media should arrive between 5:45 a.m. and 6:15 a.m.

For further information, please contact: Chris Watney or Jennifer Rose at (202) 514-2007.

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