Information Centre
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New Guinea To Get Un
From our Canberra Correspondent The United Nations is to set up an Information Centre in Port Moresby.
Australia’s announcement in UN of its acceptance of this principle has marked the end of its opposition to a proposal which other nations have been putting forward in the Trusteeship Council for years.
Hitherto, Australia has opposed the idea on the ground that the number of natives capable of staffing such an office is limited.
It has held that those who are capable could be more usefully employed on more practical aspects of P-NG development.
It is believed in Canberra that the office will be headed by an international civil servant, aided by a local staff.
The office will be mainly concerned with ensuring that the people of P-NG are kept informed of UN activities.