RE LETTER TO THE UN SECRETARY-GENERAL ON DECRIMINALISATION OF DRUG USE

9 June 1998

In the Sun Herald of 7th June 1998 there appears a statement that the Governor-General, Sir William Deane, has, with a number of leading world figures, signed a letter addressed to the United Nations Secretary-General supporting a call for the decriminalisation of drug use. The Governor-General has not signed such a letter. Nor has he signed any other communication to the Secretary-General of the United Nations in relation to drugs.