HR/4295
16 April 1996
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.
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.