moderator
22-07-05, 05:50
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Julia Leikin (202) 775-3240
July 22, 2005
U.S. Strategic Dilemmas in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan
WASHINGTON ? The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
(USCIRF) and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
invite you to a public briefing on Wednesday, July 27 on "U.S. Strategic
Dilemmas in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan." The briefing will take place
3:00-5:00 p.m. in Room B1C on the B1 Conference Level at CSIS, 1800 K
Street, NW, Washington, DC.
In April 2005, as part of its 2005 CPC recommendations to Secretary of
State Condoleezza Rice, the Commission recommended that the State
Department designate Uzbekistan a "country of particular concern" (CPC) for
serious religious freedom violations. The Commission has recommended CPC
status for Turkmenistan since 2001, although the State Department has not
adopted that recommendation in past years. CPC designation carries with it
the requirement to take follow-on policy actions, which can include the
cancellation of economic and security assistance.
To place the CPC recommendation in context, panelists will discuss the
human rights situation in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, the nature of local
extremist and terrorist threats, and U.S. and other strategic interests in
the region. The panel will open with introductory remarks by USCIRF
Commissioners.
Panelists:
Stephen Blank, Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College
Daniel Kimmage, RFE/RL
Martha Brill Olcott, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Knox Thames, Helsinki Commission
Cory Welt, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Please RSVP by Tuesday, July 26th, 2005
Julia Leikin (jleikin@csis.org) or by fax 202-775-3199
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom was created by the
International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 to monitor the status of
freedom of thought, conscience, and religion or belief abroad, as defined
in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and related international
instruments, and to give independent policy recommendations to the
President, Secretary of State, and Congress.
Visit our Web site at www.uscirf.gov
Michael Cromartie, Chair Felice D. Gaer, Vice Chair Nina Shea, Vice Chair
Khaled Abou El Fadl Preeta D. Bansal Archbishop Charles J. Chaput
Elizabeth H. Prodromou Bishop Ricardo Ramirez
Michael K. Young Ambassador John V. Hanford III, Ex-Officio Joseph R.
Crapa, Executive Director
800 NORTH CAPITOL STREET, NW SUITE 790 WASHINGTON, DC 20002 202-523-3240
202-523-5020 (FAX)
Contact: Julia Leikin (202) 775-3240
July 22, 2005
U.S. Strategic Dilemmas in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan
WASHINGTON ? The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
(USCIRF) and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
invite you to a public briefing on Wednesday, July 27 on "U.S. Strategic
Dilemmas in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan." The briefing will take place
3:00-5:00 p.m. in Room B1C on the B1 Conference Level at CSIS, 1800 K
Street, NW, Washington, DC.
In April 2005, as part of its 2005 CPC recommendations to Secretary of
State Condoleezza Rice, the Commission recommended that the State
Department designate Uzbekistan a "country of particular concern" (CPC) for
serious religious freedom violations. The Commission has recommended CPC
status for Turkmenistan since 2001, although the State Department has not
adopted that recommendation in past years. CPC designation carries with it
the requirement to take follow-on policy actions, which can include the
cancellation of economic and security assistance.
To place the CPC recommendation in context, panelists will discuss the
human rights situation in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, the nature of local
extremist and terrorist threats, and U.S. and other strategic interests in
the region. The panel will open with introductory remarks by USCIRF
Commissioners.
Panelists:
Stephen Blank, Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College
Daniel Kimmage, RFE/RL
Martha Brill Olcott, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Knox Thames, Helsinki Commission
Cory Welt, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Please RSVP by Tuesday, July 26th, 2005
Julia Leikin (jleikin@csis.org) or by fax 202-775-3199
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom was created by the
International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 to monitor the status of
freedom of thought, conscience, and religion or belief abroad, as defined
in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and related international
instruments, and to give independent policy recommendations to the
President, Secretary of State, and Congress.
Visit our Web site at www.uscirf.gov
Michael Cromartie, Chair Felice D. Gaer, Vice Chair Nina Shea, Vice Chair
Khaled Abou El Fadl Preeta D. Bansal Archbishop Charles J. Chaput
Elizabeth H. Prodromou Bishop Ricardo Ramirez
Michael K. Young Ambassador John V. Hanford III, Ex-Officio Joseph R.
Crapa, Executive Director
800 NORTH CAPITOL STREET, NW SUITE 790 WASHINGTON, DC 20002 202-523-3240
202-523-5020 (FAX)