The following Press Release was issued in Washington on March 13, 2003

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

President George W. Bush announces his intention to appoint
Jeane J. Kirkpatrick to head the U.S. delegation to the
UN Human Rights Commission in Geneva:

The President intends to appoint Jeane J. Kirkpatrick of Maryland, to be a Representative of the United States of America on the Human Rights Commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. Dr. Kirkpatrick currently serves as Senior Fellow and Director of Foreign and Defense Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute.

Throughout her career, she has served as a Leavey Professor at Georgetown University, as a columnist for the Los Angeles Times and as a member of the Defense Policy Review Board. She has also served as a member of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board and as a U.S. Representative to the United Nations.

Dr. Kirkpatrick is a graduate of Barnard College. She earned her master's degree and her Ph.D. from Columbia University.