Representatives of international organisations such as the United Nations, World Bank, the European Investment Bank, OECD and the European Union are also attending. In Greece we have implemented a wide plan to strengthen decentralisation with the transfer of duties from the centre to the region and the upgrading of local self-administration at all levels. In this way, the administration will operate as close to th e citizen as possible. The region's past teaches us that traps exist which we must avoid, national rivalries, national antagonisms and the view of the one's suzerainty over the other. Let us turn our glance to the future.
Nothing is more important that consolidating peace.
Mr. Simitis said that in the morning representatives of the UN discussed the possibility of establishing an International Centre which could include regional centres. He added that Greece, being a European Union member-state and a founding member of the UN, would be pleased and honoured to host and promote this creative initiative in Thessaloniki. The conference is the second of its kind organised by the UN, which is also creating an information centre to promote specialised knowledge and international cooperation on government, public administration and economy. The centre will be based at UN he adquarters in New York, with regional bureaus in each continent. Athens News Agency Annual Polytechnic march concludes with minor disturbances Celebrations for the 24th anniversary of the Polytechnic students' uprising against the military junta ruling the country in 1973 culminated yesterday with a customary rally in central Athens and march to the US embassy.