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Outer space


OS/1742
19 October 1998


Press Release
OS/1742


UNITED NATIONS WORKSHOP IN RABAT TO FOCUS ON HOW SPACE TECHNOLOGY CAN PREDICT DISASTERS, BOOST EDUCATION

19981019 (Reissued as received.)

VIENNA, 19 October (UN Information Service) -- Delegates from about 56 countries throughout Africa and the Middle East will gather in Rabat from 26 to 30 October to discuss how space technology can predict hazards ranging from earthquakes to locusts.