POSTAL SEMINAR BANNER; DELEGATES; CISSOKO SPEAKS; DELEGATES LISTEN; DELEGATES APPLAUD; FASSINONE SPEAKS; SIGN "CONGO BRAZ'; PEOPLE LISTEN.




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Background: A SEMINAR ORGANISED BY THE AFRICAN AND MALAGASY UNION OF POSTS AND TELEGRAPHS (U.A.M.P.T.) OPENED YESTERDAY (MONDAY) AT ABIDJAN.

THE OPENING SPEAKER WAS MR. SOULEYMANE CISSOKO, THE IVORY COAST' POST AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS MINISTER.

ANOTHER OF YESTERDAY'S SPEAKERS WAS MR. FASSINONE, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE U.A.M.P.T.

THE SEMINAR, WHICH WILL CONTINUE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 29, IS BEING HELD UNDER THE SPONSORSHIP OF THE UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION WITHIN THE UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME.

IN ADDITION TO THE 14 MEMBER NATIONS OF THE AFRICAN AND MALAGASY COMMON ORGANISATION (O.C.A.M.), FRANCE, BELGIUM, SWITZERLAND, MAURITANIA AND MALI ARE TAKING PART IN THE SEMINAR, AT WHICH THE U.P.U. AND THE TRAINING CENTRE FOR OVERSEAS POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS ARE REPRESENTED.

IN ITS WORK, THE SEMINAR WILL BE CONCERNED WITH THE PROBLEMS OF WIDENING THE POSTAL AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS IN THE COUNTRIES OF THE AFRICAN CONTINENT.