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AFR/857-REC/149
05/03/2004
Press Release
AFR/857
REC/149


BLAIR AFRICA COMMISSION ‘A CHANCE TO MOVE FROM RHETORIC TO ACTION’


(Reissued as received.)


ADDIS ABABA, 4 March (ECA) -- The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa’s (ECA) Executive Secretary, K.Y. Amoako, has said he believes the new Commission for Africa launched by British Prime Minister Tony Blair offers an opportunity to move from rhetoric to action.

SOC/NAR/892
03/03/2004
Press Release
SOC/NAR/892


ANNUAL REPORT OF NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD FOCUSES ON RELATIONSHIP


BETWEEN DRUG ABUSE, CRIME, VIOLENCE AT COMMUNITY LEVEL


(Reissued as received.)


VIENNA, 3 March (UN Information Service) -- The impact of drug abuse on crime and violence at the community level is the main focus of the 2003 Annual Report of the Vienna-based International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), released here today.