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SC/7770-AFR/626
28/05/2003
Press Release
SC/7770
AFR/626


PRESS STATEMENT ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT


The following press statement on the Democratic Republic of the Congo was delivered today by Security CouncilPresident Munir Akram (Pakistan):


The Council had a very important meeting on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

SOC/NAR/864
27/05/2003
Press Release
SOC/NAR/864


IMPACT OF DRUGS ON CRIME, VIOLENCE AT FAMILY, STREET-LEVELS TO BE

FOCUS OF INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD'S 77th SESSION


(Reissued as received.)


VIENNA, 26 May (UN Information Service) -- The impact of drugs on crime and violence at the family and street-level will be the focus of attention by the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), which opened its seventy-seventh session today in Vienna.

SOC/NAR/863
27/05/2003
Press Release
SOC/NAR/863


INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD RE-ELECTS DR. EMAFO OF NIGERIA AS PRESIDENT


(Reissued as received.)


VIENNA, 27 May (UN Information Service) -- Dr. Philip O. Emafo, an international drug control expert from Nigeria, has been re-elected President of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) at its seventy-seventh session in Vienna (26 May-6 June).  Dr. Emafo was first elected President of the INCB in 2002.