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A "Heads Up" for Asia Bureaus Covering N. Korea
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the 
USA
Internet:  news@ncccusa.org
90NCC9/3/98

A "HEADS UP" FOR ASIA BUREAUS COVERING NORTH KOREA:
Two Top U.S. Religious Agency Officials to be 
Available Noon, Sept. 15, in Beijing
Following Their Food Aid Monitoring Visit to North 
Korea

PLACE: The Swiss Hotel, Hong Kong Macau Center, 
Beijing

WHO:

The Rev. Dr. Rodney Page, Executive Director of 
Church World Service (CWS) and Associate General 
Secretary of the National Council of the Churches of 
Christ in the U.S.A. (NCC), with headquarters in New 
York City.  (CWS is the NCC's humanitarian response 
ministry.)

The Rev. Canon J. Patrick Mauney, Director for 
Anglican and Global Relations, The Episcopal Church, 
also with New York City headquarters.

OCCASION:

The Revs. Page and Mauney will have spent Sept. 12-
13 in Pyongyang and Sept. 14 out in the provinces 
monitoring distribution of CWS shipments of edible 
oil and pulses consigned to the Korean Christians 
Federation and World Food Program.  They will seek 
any updates on the expected effect of recent bad 
weather on this year's crop yields.  They have asked 
to meet with high-ranking government officials about 
U.S.-DPRK relations, but are unsure whether that 
will be possible over the weekend.   Church World 
Service, which has a long history of contact with 
North Korea, especially with the Korean Christians 
Federation, has provided more than $2.8 million in 
humanitarian assistance to North Korea since 1996, 
including food, medicine, clothing, blankets, diesel 
generators and greenhouses. 

Contacts: NCC Communication Department
New York City, 212-870-2252
E-mail: carolf@ncccusa.org
Victor Hsu, Director, NCC/CWS East 
Asia/Pacific
New York City, 212-870-2371
E-mail: 3942475@email.msn.com

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