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CU MRS. BLACK REPLIES TO QUESTIONS (SOF STARTS) HOW DO YOU LOOK AT YOUR ROLE...
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SCU MRS. BLACK CONTINUES" WE ALL HOPE AND YEARN .... SOF ENDS : "I WOULD LIKE TO TURN THIS QUESTION OVER TO CONGRESSMAN ....". LAUGHTER
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TRANSCRIPT: SEQ 3: REPORTER: "HOW DO YOU LOOK AT YOUR ROLE WITH THE UNITED NATIONS?"



BLACK: "YOU MEAN MY ASSIGNMENTS?".



REPORTER: "YES".



BLACK: "WELL, WE RECEIVED....OH, THERE YOU ARE (LAUGHTER)....WE RECEIVED OUR ASSIGNMENT JUST A SHORT TIME AGO, AND I AM VERY PLEASED I'LL BE WORKING ON THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL, AND SINCE I AM VERY NEW, I DON'T HAVE TOO MANY ANSWERS TO THE PROBLEMS, BUT I WOULD SAY IN GENERAL THAT I WOULD HOPE THAT WE COULD WORK TOWARD PEACE AND HUMAN PROGRESS AND TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL SITUATION IN OUR WORLD, THE AIR POLLUTION, THE WATER POLLUTION PROBLEMS THAT EXIST AND TO JUST BETTER OUR ENVIRONMENT GENERALLY.



"WE ALL HOPE FOR PEACE AND YEARN FOR PEACE AND I FEEL THAT THE UNITED NATIONS IS THE FORM, AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, TO HELP TO ACHIEVE THIS PEACE, ALTHOUGH OVER 80 PERCENT OF THE WORK OF THE UNITED NATIONS IS IN THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES IN THE WORLD, SO THIS IS REALLY A VERY MAJOR PART".



REPORTER: "DO YOU FEEL THAT THE UNITED NATIONS SHOULD INTERVENE IN VIETNAM OR IN THE MIDDLE EAST?".



BLACK: (LAUGHS)"I'M A BRAND NEW DELEGATE AND WOULD LIKE TO TURN THIS QUESTION OVER TO CONGRESSMAN (INDISTINCT)" (LAUGHTER).




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Background: FORMER SCREEN CHILD STAR SHIRLEY TEMPLE BLACK TOOK HER SEAT YESTERDAY AS ONE OF SIX UNITED STATES DELEGATES TO THE 24TH SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS ASSEMBLY. SHORTLY BEFORE, MRS. BLACK FACED THE RIGOURS OF HER FIRST PRESS CONFERENCE AS A DIPLOMAT.

MRS. BLACK SPOKE IN GENERAL TERMS OF THE UN ROLE FOR PEACE, AND SAID THAT SHE FELT HER TRAINING AS A WIFE AND HOUSEWIFE WOULD PROVIDE HER THE BASIC REQUIREMENTS FOR UN HIGH DIPLOMACY.

DURING THE THREE-MONTHS ASSEMBLY, MRS. BLACK WILL DEAL WITH QUESTIONS OF HUMAN ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT.