CENDRUSA Conference

Department of State Will Host the CENDRUSA Conference of Leading Businessmen and Community Leaders From Central America, the Dominican Republic, and the United States

The Department of State will host the CENDRUSA (Central America and the Dominican Republic in the U.S.A.) Conference in the Loy Henderson Auditorium, on April 6, 2005, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick and Assistant Secretary of State Roger F. Noriega will address the group, made up of U.S. citizens and residents with ties to Central America and Dominican Republic. The Conference will focus on the expanding relationship between the United States and the countries of Central America and the Dominican Republic. Of special interest will be how the Central American-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) will strengthen economic ties and improve the livelihoods of the people of our region.

Members of the press wishing to attend this briefing who do not have a Department of State building pass should arrive at the 23rd street entrance by 8:30 a.m. to clear security procedures.

Media representatives who plan to attend must present one of the following press credentials: (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 (driver’s license or passport). SOURCE: state.gov

2005/378 Released on April 5, 2005 Media Note Office of the Spokesman Washington, DC April 5, 2005