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May 7, 1984

Beijing UN meeting to focus on crime

A United Nations interregional meeting on "youth, crime and justice" will be held in Beijing in the middle of this month according to the Chinese Ministry of Justice.

The topic of the meeting is Item 4 on the agenda of the Seventh United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders.

The UN draft standard minimum rules for the administration of juvenile justice will be examined and adopted at the meeting.

Judges, procurators get new uniforms

China's court and procuratorate officials began wearing new uniforms on Tuesday.

Judges, assistant judges and court clerks now wear dark blue jackets and trousers with light grey shirts, while procurators and their assistants and clerks are clad in green uniforms with cream shirts.

"The new uniforms are intended to maintain the prestige of the court and procuratorate and lend effective aid to the exercise of the rights of trial and prosecution." A spokesman for Beijing's legal authorities said.

(China Daily 05/07/2009 page9)