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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

19980810 (Received from a United Nations Information Officer.)

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.

SOC/4465
10 August 1998


Press Release
SOC/4465


ETHEL BLONDIN-ANDREW OF CANADA ELECTED CHAIRPERSON OF MAIN COMMITTEE OF WORLD CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUTH

19980810 (Received from a United Nations Information Officer.)

LISBON, 8 August -- Ethel Blondin-Andrew, Canadian Secretary of State for Children and Youth, has been elected as Chairperson of the Main Committee of the first World Conference of Ministers Responsible for Youth, which began in Lisbon this afternoon.