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BIO/3012
16 April 1996


Press Release
BIO/3012
SOC/NAR/724


HELMUT BUTKE (GERMANY) ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF NARCOTIC DRUGS COMMISSION

19960416

VIENNA, 16 April -- Helmut Butke (Germany), who was this morning elected Chairman of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, has headed the Division for Legislation on Narcotic Drugs, Psychotropic Substances and Precursor Chemicals in the German Federal Ministry of Health, since 1982.

SG/SM/5958
15 April 1996


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SG/SM/5958


SECRETARY-GENERAL'S MESSAGE TO INTER-PARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE IN ISTANBUL

19960415 Following is the text of the message from Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali to the ninety-fifth Inter-Parliamentary Conference, which began today in Istanbul:

On behalf of the United Nations and on my own behalf, I would like to wish you the greatest success in the work you are about to undertake at this Conference.