Invitation to the Media - Launch of a new international structure for crime
prevention in Montreal

MONTREAL , Dec. 7 /CNW Telbec/ - Valérie Sagant, Director General of the International Centre for the Prevention of Crime (ICPC) is pleased to invite the media to the launch of a new international structure for crime prevention. The event will take place Tuesday December 8th 2009 at 10:30 am at the Foyer Cartier of the Centre Mont-Royal, 2200 Mansfield street, in Montreal , as part of a series of events marking the 15th anniversary of ICPC.

Speakers at the press conference include Valérie Sagant, Director General of ICPC, Yvan Delorme, Director of the Montreal Police Service (SPVM), and Elkin Velasquez, a United Nations Representative. Other official representatives of the City of Montreal , the city of Port-au-Prince , the World Bank, and of governments of El Salvador , Brazil , France , Canada and South Africa will also be in attendance.

Ms. Sagant , Mr Delorme, and Mr Velasquez will be available for individual interviews with the media after the announcement.

    
     The complete programme of the event is available on ICPC's website:
                        www.crime-prevention-intl.org

    SUMMARY

    What :       Launch of a new international structure for crime prevention
                 in Montreal

    Who :        Ms. Valérie Sagant, Director General of ICPC
                 Mr Yvan Delorme, Directeur of the SPVM
                 Mr Elkin Velasquez, UN-HABITAT

    When :       Tuesday, December 8th 2009
                 10:30 am

    Where:       Centre Mont-Royal
                 Foyer Cartier
                 2200, Mansfield street
                 Montréal, Québec
    

For further information: Mélissa Goupil-Landry, Communication Officer at ICPC, [phone], extension 226, Cell: [phone], [email protected]