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Youth of Today, Leaders of Tomorrow Start: 06/15/2009 00:00 End: 06/18/2009 21:00 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 15, 2009 Contact: Kathy Gest, kgest@ndi.org, 202-728-5535 Young Women Meet in Morocco with Future Leadership in Mind RABAT – Twenty-five young women from across North Africa will convene in Rabat, Morocco, for leadership exercises over the next four days, hoping to carry the lessons learned back to their communities and into their futures. Honoring Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on the occasion of her 64th birthday Start: 06/18/2009 15:30 End: 06/18/2009 17:00 On the occasion of the 64th birthday of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, NDI President Kenneth Wollack joined the National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma, the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, U.S. Campaign for Burma and others to honor the incarcerated leader of Burma’s democratic opposition. Daw Suu Kyi, who has been in custody for 13 of the last 19 years, was sent to Rangoon’s notorious Insein Prison on May 14 on charges she violated the terms of her house arrest. Kyrgyzstan Before the Election Briefing for the Helsinki Commission Start: 06/18/2009 16:00 End: 06/18/2009 17:30 NDI’s Regional Director for Eurasia Laura Jewett addressed the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also called the Helsinki Commission, on Kyrgyzstan’s July 23 presidential election. Jewett outlined several areas in which the government of Kyrgyzstan could take steps to improve the electoral environment, which would in turn help rebuild citizen confidence in the process.

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