<html>
<head>
<meta name="Generator" content="Corel WordPerfect 8">
<title>NOTE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRSAND INTERNATIONAL TRADE</title>
</head>
<body text="#000000" link="#0000ff" vlink="#551a8b" alink="#ff0000" bgcolor="#c0c0c0">
<p><font face="Univers" size="+2"></font><font face="Univers" size="+2">April 28, 1998 No. 104</font></p>
<p align="CENTER"><font face="Univers" size="+2">NOTE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS</font></p>
<p align="CENTER"><font face="Univers" size="+2">AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">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.</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">Due to its length, the OECD communiqué will not be distributed by fax. It is
available on the Department's Internet site at:</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">and on the OECD site at:</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">http://www.oecd.org/news_and_events/release/nw98-51a.htm</font></p>
<p align="CENTER"><font face="Courier">- 30 -</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">For further information, media representatives<strong> </strong>may contact</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">Leslie Swartman</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">Office of the Minister for International Trade</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">(613) 992-7332</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">Media Relations Office</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">(613) 995-1874</font></p>
<p><font face="Courier">This document is also available on the Department's Internet site:
http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca</font></p>
</body>
</html>
