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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.

GA/SM/78
3 December 1998


Press Release
GA/SM/78
PAL/1867


ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT STRESSES NEED FOR SECURE FINANCIAL BASIS FOR UNRWA'S ACTIVITIES

19981203 The following is the text of the statement delivered today by the President of the fifty-third session of the General Assembly, Didier Opertti (Uruguay), at the pledging conference for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA):