96/11/12 Statement: Advisory Committee on Religious Freedom Abroad
Office of the Spokesman
Press Statement by Glyn Davies/Acting Spokesman
November 12, 1996
Advisory Committee on Religious Freedom Abroad
Secretary Christopher is establishing an Advisory Committee on Religious
Freedom Abroad, as part of this Administration's work to promote human
rights issues. This is an initiative that President Clinton strongly
supports. The White House will issue a statement on this today. The
Advisory Committee will be chaired by Assistant Secretary John Shattuck
of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor.
The right to religious freedom is affirmed internationally by the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This Administration has made a
concerted effort to pay more attention to the issue of human rights and
the formation of this Committee is one more example of this.
Advisory Committee on Religious Freedom Abroad
CHAIRMAN
Assistant Secretary of State John Shattuck, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, U.S. Department of State
MEMBERS
Dr. Don Argue, National Association of Evangelicals
Rev. Joan Brown Campbell, National Council of the Churches of Christ
Dr. Diana L. Eck, Harvard University
Dr. Wilma M. Ellis, Continental Board of Counsellors, Baha'is of the Americas
Rabbi Irving Greenberg, National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership
Rev. James B. Henry, Pastor of the First Baptist Church, Orlando, Florida
Bishop Frederick Calhoun James, African Methodist Episcopal Church
The Very Rev. Leonid Kishkovsky, Orthodox Church of America
Rev. Samuel Billy Kyles, Memorial Baptist Church, Memphis, Tennessee
Dr. Deborah E. Lipstadt, Emory University
Dr. David Little, U.S. Institute of Peace
Dr. Laila Al-Marayati, Muslim Women's League
The Most Rev. Theodore E. McCarrick, Archbishop of Newark
Imam Wallace Deen Mohammed, Society of Muslim Americans
Dr. Russell Marion Nelson, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
The Most Rev. Ricardo Ramirez, Bishop of Las Cruces, New Mexico
Dr. Barnett Richard Rubin, Council on Foreign Relations
Ms. Nina Shea, Puebla Project of Freedom House
Dr. Elliot Sperling, Indiana University
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His Eminence Archbishop Spyridon of America, Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Executive Secretary
Ms. Alexandra Arriaga, Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor, U.S. Department of State
ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ABROAD
U.S. Department of State
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor
2201 C Street, NW Room 7802/DRL
Washington, DC 20520
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November 12, 1996 ]
