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SOC/CP/293

COMBATING HUMAN TRAFFICKING, HIV/AIDS IS FOCUS OF UN WORKSHOP FOR NGOS WORKING IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE

23/04/2004
Press Release
SOC/CP/293


Combating Human Trafficking, HIV/AIDS is focus of UN Workshop


for ngos working in Central and Eastern Europe


(Reissued as received.)


VIENNA, 23 April (UN Information Service) -- Representatives from 16 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working in Central and Eastern European countries are meeting in Vienna from 22 to 23 April 2004 for a workshop on NGO cooperation in combating trafficking in human beings.

SOC/CP/287

‘INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MUST JOIN FORCES AGAINST TERRORISM’, SAYS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF UNODC IN STATEMENT ON TERRORIST ATTACKS IN SPAIN

12/03/2004
Press Release
SOC/CP/287


‘INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MUST JOIN FORCES AGAINST TERRORISM’, SAYS EXECUTIVE


DIRECTOR OF UNODC IN STATEMENT ON TERRORIST ATTACKS IN SPAIN


(Reissued as received.)


VIENNA, 12 March (UN Information Service) -- Following is a statement by Antonio Maria Costa, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on the occasion of terrorist attacks in Madrid, Spain, on 11 March:

SOC/CP/286

TWO-DAY COUNTER-TERRORISM CONFERENCE BEGINS IN VIENNA WITH A MINUTE OF SILENCE FOR MADRID VICTIMS

11/03/2004
Press Release
SOC/CP/286


TWO-DAY COUNTER-TERRORISM CONFERENCE BEGINS IN VIENNA


WITH A MINUTE OF SILENCE FOR MADRID VICTIMS


VIENNA, 11 March (UN Information Service) -- A counter-terrorism conference organized by the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in Vienna, began today with a minute of silence in honour of the victims of terrorist bomb attacks in Madrid earlier in the day.