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| | [24 Mar 2000] SOC/NAR/814 : JAPANESE POP STAR, TETSUYA KOMURO, TO BE NAMED MESSENGER FOR 'MUSIC AGAINST DRUGS' |
 | | VIENNA, 24 March (UN Information Service) -- Japanese pop music star Tetsuya Komuro, who plans to donate the profits from a four-language CD to the United Nations International Drug Control Programme (UNDCP) for drug abuse prevention projects, will visit the Programme's Vienna headquarters on Monday, 27 March, to be named Messenger for "Music against Drugs". |
 | | Komuro, a composer, producer and performer who has sold more than 160 million CDs since 1994 (up to 16 per cent of the total Japanese market), has organized a number of charity concerts and, since 1997, has expanded his overseas activities. |
 | | The ceremony and the subsequent ringing of the Japanese peace bell on the grounds of the Vienna International Centre are open to journalists. |
| www.un.org /news/Press/docs/2000/20000324.socnar814.doc.html (300 words) |
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