May 14, 2007

Invitation to Press Conference with Nick Carter of the Backstreet Boys and the United Nations Environment Program Convention on Migratory Species

Nick Carter, lead singer of the Backstreet Boys, together with the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) and the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS), invite you to a press conference to announce Nick Carter as Special Ambassador for the Year of the Dolphin (YoD). The YoD is a campaign focusing on raising awareness of dolphins in the wild, the threats they face to their survival and actions that could help their wild conservation.

Nick Carter will explain his engagement with the work of the Convention on Migratory Species for the protection of cetaceans. UNEP, CMS and WDCS will discuss the current alarming threats to dolphin conservation and promote the International Year of the Dolphin – a public awareness campaign currently gathering supporters from around the world.

Date: Thursday, 17 May 2007 Time: 12:00 –13:00 hrs Venue: National Press Club, Ballroom, Washington D.C.

Participants
• Nick Carter, Backstreet Boys;
• Brennan Van Dyke, Director, UNEP Regional Office for North America (RONA);
• Robert Hepworth, Executive Secretary, UNEP Convention on Migratory Species;
• Courtney Vail, US Policy Officer, Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society.

The press conference will be followed by a reception where you will have an opportunity to speak to all of the participants.

For more information, please contact
Paola Deda, CMS Inter-Agency Liaison Officer
Tel: (49-228) 815-2462
E-mail: pdeda@cms.int
or
Elisabeth Guilbaud-Cox
UNEP Regional Office for North America
Tel: (202) 974-1307
E-mail: egc@rona.unep.org.

For Nick Carter questions/photos and interviews:
uliette Harris of ItGirl PR
818-321-2317
juliette@itgirlpublicrelations.com.

Click here for CMS brochure.