[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 19 (Tuesday, March 3, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1287-S1288]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  COMMENDING PRIDE ANTI-DRUG GROUP FOR REPRESENTING U.S. AT UN MEETING

 Mr. COVERDELL. Mr. President, the Atlanta-based National 
Parents' Resource Institute for Drug Education (PRIDE) recently 
represented the United States at the World Youth Consultation for a 
21st Century Free of Drugs, sponsored by UNESCO and the United Nations 
Drug Control Program on February 9 in Paris.
  Jody Cameron and Gary Lewis, members of the PRIDE staff, joined 21 
young people from other nations in drafting a Youth Charter for a 21st 
Century Free of Drugs that will be presented to the United Nations 
General Assembly in June. The charter will establish a global network 
of youth programs for drug abuse prevention.
  PRIDE was the only American youth-serving organization invited to 
attend the meeting at UNESCO headquarters. Cameron and Lewis will also 
take part in a subsequent meeting in Alberta, Canada in April and at 
the Special Session on Drugs of the UN General Assembly in New York 
this summer.
  As one who has long worked with the PRIDE organization, I commend 
them for the recognition of their leadership in the drug use prevention 
arena that is signified by their participation in

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these important UN efforts and know that the United States could not 
ask for more outstanding representation in these venues.

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