The United Nations extend Malta's contract for the International Institute on Ageing

Whilst addressing the Inter-Governmental Conference on Ageing Populations in the Mediterranean Region, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Environment, Dr. George W. Vella, announced this morning that the Secretary-General of the United Nations, H.E. Mr. Kofi Annan had, on his recommendation, agreed to extend, for a period of five years commencing 1 January 1998, the Agreement concluded on 9 October 1987 between the United Nations and the Government of Malta regarding the establishment in Malta of the International Institute on Ageing, as previously extended.