A 'society for all.' (speech by Margaret Anstee, Director-General of the United Nations Office in Vienna)

"Social problems are on everyone's lips", said Margaret Anstee, Director-General of the UN Office at Vienna, "and yet occupy a low place in national and international priorities." It is in the social area that progress is likely to be made in "breaking the log-jam of international cooperation on economic and social matters", because social problems are "common to all" and common approaches, suited to individual countries' needs, can be adopted "without threatening, or appearing to threaten, other countries' interests".

She spoke on 30 January at a three-day information meeting in Moscow on the subject: "United Nations Towards the Year 2000".

Ms. Anstee outlined...

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