Secretary General Kurt Waldheim is scheduled to visit the Middle East early next month, it was announced here today. A UN spokesman said the Secretary General would visit United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF) and, UN Truce Observer Organization (UNTSO) headquarters in Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Jordan and Egypt. The dates of his visits were not announced except for Lebanon where he will address a meeting of the Economic Commission for Western Asia in Beirut on June 3. Following his Middle East visit Waldheim is scheduled to visit several African countries.
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