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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1976

ANTI-NARCOTICS CHIEF ATTENDS GENEVA CONFERENCE

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THE COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS, MR. E. I. LEE, LEAVES HONG KONG TOMORROW (FRIDAY) TO ATTEND THE FOURTH SPECIAL SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS COMMISSION ON NARCOTIC DRUGS

IN GENEVA.

THE SESSION WILL BE HELD FROM FEBRUARY 16 TO 27 AND MR. LEE WILL BE ATTENDING AS A MEMBER OF THE U.K. DELEGATION,

DURING THE SESSION, THERE WILL BE REPORTS AND DISCUSSIONS ON THE WORLDWIDE EFFORTS CURRENTLY BEING UNDERTAKEN TO DEAL WITH VARIOUS ASPECTS OF NARCOTIC PROBLEMS.

INCLUDED IN THE AGENDA WILL BE REPORTS BY VARIOUS SPECIALISED AGENCIES OF THE UNITED NATIONS AND OTHER INTER- NATIONAL ORGANISATIONS CONCERNING NARCOTIC DRUGS AND PSYCHO-TROPIC SUBSTANCES, SUCH AS OPERATIONS FINANCED BY THE U.N. FUND FOR DRUG ABUSE CONTROL (INCLUDING THE CROP SUBSTITUTION PROGRAMME IN NORTHWEST THAILAND). THERE WILL ALSO BE A REVIEW OF THE INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC IN ILLICIT DRUGS. OF DRUG ABUSE AND MEASURES TAKEN BY VARIOUS COUNTRIES TO REDUCE DEMAND, AND OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.

THE U.N. COMMISSION OF NARCOTIC DRUGS, WHICH IS AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL BODY, MEETS REGULARLY EVERY ONE OR TWO YEARS TO CONSIDER INTERNATIONAL MATTERS AND PROGRAMMES DESIGNED TO CURB DRUG ABUSE AND ILLICIT DRUG TRAFFICKING. IT THEN MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS ON THESE ISSUES TO THE UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL.

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