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Press Conference


9 June 1998



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY PRESIDENT OF PARAGUAY

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Just as the Marshall Plan was put in place for recovery after a world war, a similar plan should be put in place to aid recovery in certain countries in the wake of the drug scourge which was also international, Juan Carlos Wasmosy, President of Paraguay, told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference today.

9 June 1998



Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING BY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF UN OFFICE FOR DRUG CONTROL AND CRIME PREVENTION

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Participation at the twentieth special session of the General Assembly devoted to countering the world drug problem together, was beyond expectations, the Executive Director of the United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention, Pino Arlacchi, said at a Headquarters press briefing yesterday afternoon.

9 June 1998



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY PRESIDENT RABBANI OF AFGHANISTAN

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Since the Taliban came into Afghanistan, there had been an increase in the cultivation and traffic of narcotics, an attack on women's civil rights, and the whole system of education had been abandoned, said Burhanuddin Rabbani, President of Afghanistan, at a press conference this afternoon at Headquarters.

9 June 1998



Press Briefing

PRESS CONFERENCE BY PRESIDENT OF COSTA RICA

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Last year, Costa Rican police seized eight tons of cocaine that was in transit through the country, President Miguel Angel Rodriguez Echeverria told correspondents at a Headquarters press conference this afternoon.