Published: February 01, 2011
Secretary Clinton to Host Obama's New Initiatives to Combat Human Trafficking
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will host the annual meeting of the President's Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons at approximately 2:00 p.m. on February 1 at the Department of State. Cabinet-level officials will participate in the meeting, including the Secretary of Defense, the Attorney General, and the Secretaries of Interior, Agriculture, Labor, Health & Human Services, and Homeland Security.
An open press camera spray will take place at the beginning of the Task Force meeting in the Thomas Jefferson Room at the Department of State.
"Pre-set time for video cameras: 1:15 p.m. from the 23rd Street Entrance Lobby. Final access time for journalists and still photographers: 1:45 p.m. from the 23rd Street Entrance Lobby."
At approximately 3:00 p.m., Secretary Clinton, Attorney General Eric Holder, Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis, and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will deliver brief remarks to the press on the U.S. Government's new interagency initiatives to combat trafficking in persons, in the Press Briefing Room at the Department of State. Following remarks from the Secretaries, Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons Luis CdeBaca will take questions from the press. This will occur in the Press Briefing Room (2209) at the Department of State.
The Department of State's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons [ http://www.state.gov/g/tip/ ] coordinates the United States' fight against contemporary forms of slavery. The office was created by the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000. Ambassador-at-Large CdeBaca directs the Department of State's anti-trafficking efforts in the Office of Democracy and Global Affairs, under the leadership of Under Secretary Maria Otero.
Media representatives may attend the camera spray and/or press briefing upon presentation of one of the following: (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) a letter from their employer on letterhead verifying their employment as a journalist, accompanied by an official photo identification card (driver's license, passport).
*CONTACTS:* U.S. Department of State Office of Press Relations (202) 647-2492
Source: U.S. Department of State
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