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Trade and development


TAD/1805
26 October 1995


Press Release
TAD/1805


SECRETARY-GENERAL OF UNCTAD PAYS TRIBUTE TO KENNETH K.S. DADZIE

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GENEVA, 25 October (UNCTAD) -- The Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Rubens Ricupero, has paid tribute to Kenneth K.S. Dadzie -- a former Secretary-General of UNCTAD -- who died today in London, where he was serving as Ghana's High Commissioner.

TAD/1812
Policy-makers, academics and senior economists will discuss paths to development in east Asia at a conference in Kuala Lumpur from 29 February to 1 March. The findings of the conference will be transmitted to the ninth session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD IX), to be convened in South Africa in late April, which will focus on globalization and liberalization issues.