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SOC/4463
10 August 1998


Press Release
SOC/4463


JOSE SOCRATES, DEPUTY MINISTER TO PRIME MINISTER OF PORTUGAL, ELECTED PRESIDENT OF WORLD CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUTH

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LISBON, 8 August -- Jose Socrates, Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister of Portugal, has been elected President of the first World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth, currently being held in Lisbon.

SG/SM/6670
10 August 1998


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SG/SM/6670
SOC/4464


'A SOCIETY THAT CUTS ITSELF OFF FROM ITS YOUTH SEVERS ITS LIFELINE', SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS MINISTERS FOR YOUTH WORLD CONFERENCE

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Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement to the opening of the World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth, in Lisbon, on 8 August: