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Press Release

SG/SM/5962

SECRETARY-GENERAL MEETS WITH ARGENTINE FOREIGN MINISTER

17 April 1996


Press Release
SG/SM/5962


SECRETARY-GENERAL MEETS WITH ARGENTINE FOREIGN MINISTER

19960417 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Boutros Boutros-Ghali:

IAEA/1301

INTERNATIONAL CHERNOBYL CONFERENCE CONCLUDES IN VIENNA

17 April 1996


Press Release
IAEA/1301


INTERNATIONAL CHERNOBYL CONFERENCE CONCLUDES IN VIENNA

19960417

VIENNA, 17 April (IAEA) -- An International Conference in Vienna has summed up the scientific understanding of the major social, health and environmental consequences attributed to the Chernobyl accident that occurred in Ukraine a decade ago.

ECE/469

ECE TO HOLD FIFTY-FIRST SESSION IN GENEVA, 15-23 APRIL

17 April 1996


Press Release
ECE/469


ECE TO HOLD FIFTY-FIRST SESSION IN GENEVA, 15-23 APRIL

19960417 Background Release Seeks to Prepare New Strategic Directions and Strengthen Links with Private Sector and Other International Organizations

SOC/NAR/725

COMMISSION ON NARCOTIC DRUGS BEGINS SESSION IN VIENNA

16 April 1996


Press Release
SOC/NAR/725


COMMISSION ON NARCOTIC DRUGS BEGINS SESSION IN VIENNA

19960416 (Reproduced as received from the UN Information Service.)

VIENNA, 16 April -- "We must take action against every form of drug abuse and illicit drug traffic", the Chairman of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Helmut Butke (Germany), urged as the Commission began its thirty-ninth session in Vienna.

SOC/NAR/723

1996 SOTIROFF AWARD PRESENTED TO FORMER INCB PRESIDENT BETTY GOUGH

16 April 1996


Press Release
SOC/NAR/723


1996 SOTIROFF AWARD PRESENTED TO FORMER INCB PRESIDENT BETTY GOUGH

19960416

VIENNA, 16 April -- Betty Gough, a former President of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), has been chosen to receive the Serge Sotiroff Memorial Award for outstanding contributions to international drug control efforts. A certificate and medallion will be presented to Ms. Gough at a ceremony in Vienna later this year.