New Guinea Gets
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A UN Centre
A United Nations Information Zentre was due to open in Port Moresby at the end of April —to serve the Trust Territory if New Guinea. It is the first uch centre for the Territory and ollows moves made in the UN ome time ago.
Abdel Salam Dajani, a mem ber of the UN Secretariat, said n Port Moresby on April 16 hat the centre would have as ts director a UN information ’Xpert—“but he would remain \s director only until a Papua- Vew Guinea native with suitable jualifications can be found to ake over.”
Mr. Dajani said tne UN direc or would employ native staff ind travel extensively.
All UN General Assembly eports would be filed in the *ort Moresby office and where iccessary reports would be ranslated into local dialects so hat natives could be induced o take a greater interest in what he UN thought about their o untry.
Mr. Dajani added: "It will not )e the director's job to report to he UN on social and political ispects of the territory.”