NEWS

Media Advisory - Canadian Somali Congress and Canadian International Peace Project to Issue Statement on Severe Drought in East Africa

    OTTAWA, Feb. 25 /CNW Telbec/ - The Canadian Somali Congress and the
Canadian International Peace Project in conjunction with various national
organizations will hold a press conference on Tuesday February 28, 2006 to
issue a joint statement regarding the plight of millions of people facing
severe drought conditions in Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Djibouti.

    WHAT: News conference
    WHEN: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 at 11:00 AM
    WHERE: 130-S Charles Lynch Rm, Centre Block, Parliament Hill
    WHO: Mohamed Kassim, President of the Canadian Somali Congress,
         Mark Persaud, Chairman and CEO of the Canadian International Peace
         Project, former parliamentarian and CIPP Governor David Kilgour,
         and representatives from the Canadian Jewish Congress and Assembly
         of First Nations. MPs Borys Wrzesnewskyj, who undertook a fact-
         finding mission to Somalia last year, and Liberal Foreign Affairs
         Critic, Stephane Dion will also be in attendance.

    The signatories to the statement include:

    Canadian Somali Congress
    Canadian International Peace Project
    Canadian Jewish Congress
    Canadian Arab Federation
    Assembly of First Nations
    Islamic Council of Imams - Canada

For further information: Mohamed Kassim, (647) 291-5258 or Ahmed Hussen, 

(613) 523-2656

CANADIAN SOMALI CONGRESS