Invitation to Press Conference With Nick Carter of the Backstreet Boys and the United Nations Environment Programme Convention on Migratory Species

Invitation to Press Conference With Nick Carter of the Backstreet Boys and the United Nations Environment Programme Convention on Migratory Species

WASHINGTON, May 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Nick Carter, of the Backstreet Boys,
Fast Glass and House of Carters, together with the United Nations
Environment Programme (UNEP), the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) and
the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS), invite you to a press
conference to announce Nick Carter as Special Ambassador for the Year of
the Dolphin (YoD). The YoD is a campaign focusing on raising awareness of
dolphins in the wild, the threats they face to their survival and actions
that could help their wild conservation.
Nick Carter will explain his engagement with the work of the Convention
on Migratory Species for the protection of cetaceans. UNEP, CMS and WDCS
will discuss the current alarming threats to dolphin conservation and
promote the International Year of the Dolphin -- a public awareness
campaign currently gathering supporters from around the world.
Date: Thursday, 17 May 2007
Time: 12:00 - 13:00 hrs
Venue: National Press Club, Ballroom, Washington D.C.

Participants

* Nick Carter, Backstreet Boys;
* Brennan Van Dyke, Director, UNEP Regional Office for North America
(RONA);
* Robert Hepworth, Executive Secretary, UNEP Convention on Migratory
Species;
* Courtney Vail, US Policy Officer, Whale and Dolphin Conservation
Society.
The press conference will be followed by a reception where you will
have an opportunity to speak to all of the participants.
For more information, please contact Paola Deda, CMS Inter-Agency
Liaison Officer on Tel: (49-228) 815-2462, E-mail: pdeda@cms.int; or
Elisabeth Guilbaud-Cox, UNEP Regional Office for North America on Tel:
(202) 974-1307, E-mail: egc@rona.unep.org. For Nick Carter questions/photos
and interviews: Juliette Harris of It Girl PR, 818-321-2317,
juliette@itgirlpublicrelations.com.

Source:
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Oh ...Oh Nick!!!!

Boy's Acohol Rehab Won't Stop the Boys
July 01, 2005 02:56:15 GMT
by Peter Rooley

Nick Carter may have been sentenced to an alcohol rehab, but to tell you the truth, that won't affect his band Backstreet Boys to embark on their upcoming tour, set to begin this month at the Gwinnett Arena. On top of that, Nick will keep going on with all the band members, joining them on their tour across North America.

Some confirmed tour dates include; August 2, Toronto, ON - Molson Amphitheatre; September 3, Vancouver, BC - GM Place; 4, Kelowna, BC - Prospera Place; 5, Calgary, AB - Saddledome; 7, Winnipeg, MB - MTS Centre; 10, Kitchener, ON - Kitchener Memorial Auditorium; 11, London, ON - John Labatt Centre; 12, Ottawa, ON - Corel Centre; and September 13, Montreal, QC - Bell Centre.