Contribution of tourism to the national economy

The Secretary General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, observed at a recent conference that tourism is one of the largest economic sectors in the world and that it could not be ignored in the overall scheme of work of the United Nations, particularly in the alleviation of poverty.

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Link between P-TOMS and crime-containment
 

The yearning in the hearts of most advocates of social peace is that Friday's massive deactivation of illegal arms by the State authorities would have more than symbolic significance. Our wish is that the rounding-up and destroying of illegal arms would continue almost round-the-clock and that a huge dent would be made in the current problem of proliferating crime.

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