April 28, 1998 No. 104

NOTE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE

The final communiqué of the annual ministerial conference of the 29 member countries of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) was released today in Paris.

Due to its length, the OECD communiqué will not be distributed by fax. It is available on the Department's Internet site at:

http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca

and on the OECD site at:

http://www.oecd.org/news_and_events/release/nw98-51a.htm

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Office of the Minister for International Trade

(613) 992-7332

Media Relations Office

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(613) 995-1874

This document is also available on the Department's Internet site: http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca