GHANA: FIVE UNITED NATIONS AGENCIES OPERATING IN AFRICA OPEN CONFERENCE ON COOPERATION IN ACCRA.

Record ID: 337312

  • Title: GHANA: FIVE UNITED NATIONS AGENCIES OPERATING IN AFRICA OPEN CONFERENCE ON COOPERATION IN ACCRA.
  • Date: 30th July 1967
  • Summary: DELEGATES AT CONFERENCE. Initials PBS/VS/CCT/JG Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 14th August 1967 13:00
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  • Location: ACCRA, GHANA
  • Country: Ghana
  • Reuters ID: LVA4UZCNFF87WID3XBGK6Q5GPZOC
  • Story Text: A TWO-DAY MEETING OF REPRESENTATIVES OF FIVE UNITED NATIONS AGENCIES OPERATING IN AFRICA OPENED IN ACCRA ON FRIDAY. THE MEETING WAS HELD TO DISCUSS WAYS OF SECURING MORE EFFICIENT COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE AGENCIES.

    THE MEETING WAS HELD AT THE AFRICAN REGIONAL OFFICES OF THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANISATION (FAO).

    THE AGENCIES REPRESENTED AT THE DISCUSSION WERE THE FAO THE ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA (ECA), THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION (WHO), THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION (ILO), AND THE UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S EMERGENCY FUND (UNICEF).

    THE TALKS WERE HELD IN SECRET. AMONG THE MATTERS ON THE AGENDA WAS AN ITEM ON HOW TO BEST USE AVAILABLE MANPOWER IN FIELD WORK UNDERTAKEN BY THE AGENCIES.
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