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Commonwealth Secretariat press release

Commonwealth Youth Ministers Meeting, Colombo, Sri Lanka 27-30 April 2008

4 April 2008

Note on Media Accreditation

Sri Lanka will host the Seventh Meeting of Commonwealth Youth Ministers (7CYMM) in Colombo 27-30 April 2008. The meeting will be officially opened on Sunday 27 April 2008 by the President of Sri Lanka, HE Mr Mahinda Rajapaska.

The Youth Ministers Meeting will be preceded by meetings of the Pan-Commonwealth Youth Caucus and Pan-Commonwealth Regional Advisory Board. A skills building workshop on gender and youth dimension in peace-building is also scheduled.

The theme for 7CYMM is “Youth and Peace-building”.

All media wishing to cover 7CYMM must be accredited in order to have access to Conference venues and facilities. The Commonwealth Secretariat, in consultation with the Government of Sri Lanka would like to advise as follows:

Requests from the overseas media for accreditation should be addressed to:

Ms Victoria Holdsworth
7CYMM Conference Spokesperson
Commonwealth Secretariat
Communications and Public Affairs Division
Marlborough House
Pall Mall
London SW1Y 5HX, UK

E-mail: v.holdsworth@commonwealth.int and Tel. +44 789 459 3520

The Government of Sri Lanka is responsible for accreditation of the local media and is coordinating publicity for the Meeting in consultation with the Commonwealth Secretariat. Requests from the local media should be addressed to:

Mr Anusha Pelpita
Director
Department of Government Information
163 Polhengoda Road
Colombo 06, Sri Lanka

Email: anushapal@hotmail.com

Tel: +9411 251 2760 and +9411 251 4753

A Media Centre with facilities for print and electronic media will be established at the Cinnamon Grand Hotel. Media passes are required for access to the Media Centre. An advisory on proposed news briefings will be made separately.

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