ETHIOPIA: ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA CELEBRATES UNITED NATIONS DAY AND UNITED NATIONS WORLD DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION DAY.

Record ID: 337463

  • Title: ETHIOPIA: ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA CELEBRATES UNITED NATIONS DAY AND UNITED NATIONS WORLD DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION DAY.
  • Date: 26th October 1974
  • Summary: 1. GV EXTERIOR AFRICA HALL 0.05 2. GV INTERIOR DELEGATES SEATED 0.11 3. SCU DELEGATES SEATED (5 SHOTS) 0.29 4. CU VICE MINISTER OF INFORMATION SPEAKS 0.34 5. SV DELEGATES SEATED (2 SHOTS) 0.40 6. SCU MR. ROBERT K.A. GARDINER SPEAKS 0.54 7. SV DELEGATES LI TEN 0.58 Initials OS/1705 OS/1712 Script is copyright Reu
  • Embargoed: 10th November 1974 12:00
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  • Location: ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA
  • Country: Ethiopia
  • Reuters ID: LVA1NCQNZ92FF4GGHO2CWLCDAWN
  • Story Text: THERE WERE DUAL CELEBRATIONS IN ADDIS ABABA ON THURSDAY, (24 OCTOBER) FOR THE 29TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INCEPTION OF THE UNITED NATIONS, AND FOR UNITED NATIONS WORLD DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION DAY.

    THE OCCASION WAS OBSERVED BY THE ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA WITH A SPECIAL SEMINAR AT A RICA HALL.

    THE SEMINAR WAS ATTENDED BY A LARGE CONTINGENT OF ETHIOPIAN JOURNALISTS AND INFORMATION OFFICERS, PRESS ATTACHES FROM EMBASSIES ACCREDITED TO ETHIOPIA, REPRESENTATIVES FROM VARIOUS UNITED NATIONS AGENCIES AND FROM OTHER NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS.

    VARIOUS EFFORTS TO PROMOTE PEACE AND INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING BY THE UNITED NATIONS WERE DISCUSSED, AND THERE WAS A DEBATE OF THE ROLE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION WITH REGARD TO ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE 1970S AND BEYOND.

    THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA, MR. ROBERT K. A. GARDINER, FORMALLY OPENED THE SEMINAR, WHICH WAS CHAIRED BY THE ETHIOPIAN VICE MINISTER FOR INFORMATION, MR. ATO YOHANNES TESFA-EGZY.
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