For more information, contact:

Kathy Gest, [email protected], 202-294-8025

LAS VEGAS, NV – More than 50 visitors from 28 countries are in Las Vegas this week to attend the presidential debate and exchange information and approaches on organizing candidate debates in their own countries.

The delegates are available for interviews throughout their stay. They will attend a Monday through Wednesday symposium at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV).

The visitors are from: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Curacao, Dominican Republic, Ghana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Kenya, Lebanon, Liberia, Malawi, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Trinidad & Tobago, Uganda and Zambia.

During the symposium the visitors will meet with leaders of the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) and staff, television production specialists, moderators, journalists, political analysts, social media representatives, UNLV students and faculty, and public safety officials.

Their visit is cosponsored by the CPD and the National Democratic Institute (NDI) in collaboration with UNLV. The CPD and NDI have worked together since 1994 to help civic organizations and other groups hold more than 300 debates at all levels of elected office in more than 35 countries, including many of those represented by members of the visiting delegation.

Many of the visitors are representatives of the Debates International Network, an association created in 2009 with CPD and NDI assistance that now has more than 25 member countries. Its goal is to foster ongoing exchanges of expertise and hands-on support among members to establish or improve debates around the world.

To arrange interviews with any of the international delegation members, contact Kathy Gest, [email protected], 202-294-8025.