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.
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.
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.
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GENEVA, 15 April (UN Information Service) -- One of the reasons for the utter failure of communism was its underestimation of the value of human dignity and the inalienable rights of the human person, the Foreign Minister of Poland told the Commission on Human Rights this afternoon.
