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Press Release

PI/938

PUBLICITY CAMPAIGNS FROM UNITED KINGDOM, KENYA, SOUTH AFRICA TO BE HONOURED BY DPI, INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC RELATIONS ASSOCIATION

22 April 1996


Press Release
PI/938


PUBLICITY CAMPAIGNS FROM UNITED KINGDOM, KENYA, SOUTH AFRICA TO BE HONOURED BY DPI, INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC RELATIONS ASSOCIATION

19960422

The Gestetner Corporation of the United Kingdom will receive the 1995 United Nations Grand Award for outstanding achievement in public relations for its campaign encouraging businesses to donate used laser printers to schools. The award will be presented at a private luncheon at Headquarters on Wednesday, 24 April.

DC/2545

DISARMAMENT COMMISSION AT HEADQUARTERS 22 APRIL - 7 MAY

19 April 1996


Press Release
DC/2545


DISARMAMENT COMMISSION AT HEADQUARTERS 22 APRIL - 7 MAY

19960419 Background Release

The Disarmament Commission will continue its consideration of international arms transfers and the proposed fourth special session of the General Assembly devoted to disarmament, during its 1996 substantive session from 22 April to 7 May. It will also examine a third item -- a nuclear issue -- as yet to be agreed upon in continuing consultations.

SOC/NAR/730

CONSUMING STATES URGED TO REDUCE DRUG DEMAND IN THEIR TERRITORIES, AS NARCOTIC DRUGS COMMISSION CONCLUDES GENERAL DEBATE

19 April 1996


Press Release
SOC/NAR/730


CONSUMING STATES URGED TO REDUCE DRUG DEMAND IN THEIR TERRITORIES, AS NARCOTIC DRUGS COMMISSION CONCLUDES GENERAL DEBATE

19960419 Twenty-four Speakers State Their Views on Drug Legalization, Cultivation and Trafficking, Convening of World Conference on Drugs

(Reproduced as received from the UN Information Service.)

DC/2544

DISARMAMENT COMMISSION HOLDS ORGANIZATIONAL SESSION

19 April 1996


Press Release
DC/2544


DISARMAMENT COMMISSION HOLDS ORGANIZATIONAL SESSION

19960419

The Disarmament Commission this morning, still unable to achieve consensus, decided to allow more time for informal consultations under the guidance of Chairman Wolfgang Hoffman (Germany) to reach agreement on a third specific item for the provisional agenda of its 1996 substantive session, which is being held from 22 April to 7 May.