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Cyprus PIO: News Update in English, 96-11-18
From: The Republic of Cyprus Press and Information Office Server at <http://www.pio.gov.cy/>
News Update
18/11/96
CONTENTS
- [01] President Clerides attends World Food Summit in Rome
- [02] Cyprus signs two Council of Europe Conventions
- [03] News in brief
[01] President Clerides attends World Food Summit in Rome
President Clerides returned to Cyprus on Saturday (16.11.96) after
attending the World Food Summit in Rome.
Addressing the summit, Mr Clerides said that the basic causes of malnutrition
in the world include armed conflicts, social discrimination, population
growth, natural calamities and inadequate economic strategies. He expressed
his full support for the Summit's Policy Statement and Plan of Action.
"Being the President of a small state which has been the victim of a
military intervention in 1974 and is still facing the consequences of this
event, I am in the position to understand the magnitude of the tragic
calamities caused by armed conflicts", he said.
While in Rome, the President had separate meetings with foreign dignitaries.
He discussed the Cyprus problem and exchanged views on the Cyprus problem
with the President of Italy Luigi Scalfaro, the Indian Prime Minister Deve
Gowda and the President of Slovakia Michel Kovac. He also met with the
Director General of the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organisation
(FAO), Jacques Diouf, with whom he discussed questions regarding Cyprus' co-
operation with FAO as well as Mr Diouf's forthcoming visit to the
island.
[02] Cyprus signs two Council of Europe Conventions
Cyprus' Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe, Ambassador
Thalia Petrides, on Friday (15.11.96) signed, in the presence of Daniel
Tarschys, Secretary General of the Organisation, two conventions - the
Convention on the participation of foreigners in public life at local level
and the Convention on laundering, search, seizure and confiscation of the
proceeds from crime.
The former aims at progressively granting genuine civil and political
rights to foreign residents in local communities. It comes into force after
its ratification by four member states. To date it has been signed by
Denmark, the Netherlands and the UK.
The latter aims at countering money laundering from all types of crime,
including arms dealing, terrorist activities, fraud and particularly drug
trafficking. The Convention is already in force in several Council of
Europe member-states.
[03] News in brief
- The Acting President of Republic, Mr Spyros Kyprianou, on Friday
(15.11.96) summoned the ambassadors or representatives of the five
permanent members of the UN Security Council and made a strong demarche
regarding the violation of Cyprus airspace by six Turkish fighter planes.
From the Republic of Cyprus Press and Information Office (PIO) Server at http://www.pio.gov.cy/
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