Headquarters of the United Nations economic mission to survey the Near East will be located in Beirut, Lebanon, it was revealed here today.
The U.N. headquarters of the World Health Organization today announced the postponement of its regional conference in the Middle East for two or three weeks. The announcement did not specify reasons for the postponement but pointed out that the addition of Israel as a member of the original group is a fact.
The W.H.O. announcement follows reports indicating that the Egyptian Government has created some obstacle to issuing visas to Israeli representatives to proceed to Alexandria where the conference was scheduled to be held.
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