News Advisory

NCD #03-414
June 10, 2003
Contact: Mark S. Quigley
202-272-2004
202-272-2074 TTY
mquigley@ncd.gov

United Nations Convention for People with Disabilities To Be Topic on Voice of America's "Talk to America" Show

WASHINGTON-Lex Frieden, chairperson of the National Council on Disability (NCD), and former NCD member John D. Kemp will be guests on Voice of America's "Talk to America", a daily international call-in talk show at 1:00 p.m. EDT on Monday, June 16, 2003. The show will focus on the importance of a United Nations Convention on the human rights of people with disabilities, which will come before the UN later this month. The show will be broadcast simultaneously on radio, television, and the Internet.

For more information on the convention, please see NCD's Understanding the Role of an International Convention on the Human Rights of People with Disabilities (http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/publications/unwhitepaper_05-23-02.html).

For more information about " Talk to America, " visit http://voanews.com/talktoamerica/.

"Talk To America" invites you to be a part of the show by calling, or by sending an e-mail or fax. Remember to reverse the charges when calling.

Telephone: 202-619-3111
Fax: 202-260-8572
E-Mail: talk@voanews.com

If you do not have a system that permits collect calls, place the call yourself and provide your country code, city code and phone number and " Talk to America " will call you right back. If you can fax or e-mail your phone number, they will be sure to call you during the show.

"Talk To America" is broadcast every weekday at 1700 UTC through direct shortwave and medium wave broadcasts from the Voice of America or via rebroadcast from various affiliated local AM and FM stations and cable systems throughout the world.

Visit "Talk to America ' s" Tune Us In page for a list of radio frequencies and local affiliate broadcasters.