Crime


SOC/CP/209
3 December 1998


Press Release
SOC/CP/209


AFRICA FACED WITH STAGGERING RISE IN CRIME

19981203 Background Release

(Reissued as received.)

VIENNA, 3 December (UN Information Service) -- How crime can be better controlled and prevented both nationally and transnationally will be the main topic at a meeting of experts and top government officials from 52 African nations in Kampala, Uganda, from 7 to 9 December.

SOC/CP/208
11 November 1998


Press Release
SOC/CP/208


UNITED NATIONS HOSTING WESTERN ASIA REGIONAL MEETING ON CRIME, BEIRUT, 11-13 NOVEMBER

19981111 (Reissued as received.)

VIENNA, 10 November (UN Information Service) -- Experts and top government officials from up to 12 western Asian nations will be gathering in Beirut from 11 to 13 November to discuss how crime can be better controlled and prevented at the national and transnational levels.

SOC/CP/206
3 November 1998


Press Release
SOC/CP/206


UN TO HOST ASIA-PACIFIC MEETING ON CRIME IN BANGKOK

19981103

VIENNA, 2 November (UN Information Service) -- Experts and top government officials from about 23 Asian and Pacific countries are gathering in Bangkok from 2 to 4 November to discuss how crime can be better controlled and prevented at the national and transnational levels.