1 July 1998

VIENNA, 1 July (UN Information Service) -- The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Pino Arlacchi, Executive Director of the Vienna-based UN Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention:

With reference to an article which appeared in the "Sunday Times" on 28 June under the title "Britain funds biological war against heroin" and subsequently quoted by other dailies and media organizations in different countries, the United Nations International Drug Control Programme (UNDCP) wishes to clarify the following:

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