*EPF410 10/24/2002
Text: Text: Reeker Announces Resumption of U.S.-China Human Rights Talks
(Deputy State Dept. Spokesman Oct. 24 statement) (120)

Following is the text of a State Department October 24 release concerning the resumption of the China Human Rights Dialogue:

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
October 24, 2002

Statement By Philip T. Reeker, Deputy Spokesman

United States and China To Resume Human Rights Dialogue

The United States and China have agreed to schedule the next round of the China Human Rights Dialogue before the end of the year. The last round took place in Washington, D.C., in October 2001. Both sides have agreed that this round will be held in Beijing during the week of December 16, 2002. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Lorne W. Craner will lead the upcoming dialogue for the United States.

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