PARLIAMENT BUILDING; DELEGATES ARRIVING; THE SHAH AND QUEEN FARAH DIBA; INTERIOR SCENES; THE SHAH ADDRESSING DELEGATES




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Background: THE SHAH OF IRAN YESTERDAY (TUESDAY) OPENED THE 55TH CONFERENCE OF THE INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION IN TEHERAN, WHICH IS BEING ATTENDED BY 650 DELEGATES FROM 62 COUNTRIES.

THE CONFERENCE IS EXPECTED TO DISCUSS A WIDE RANGE OF ISSUES SUCH AS VIETNAM, RHODESIA, SOUTH AFRICA AND RELATIONS BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN.

THE SHAH, WHO ADDRESSED THE CONFERENCE IN FRENCH, SAID: "AT A TIME WHEN MUTUAL DEPENDENCE BETWEEN PEOPLES IS GROWING MUCH STRONGER, IT IS NOT FOR FORCE TO LEAD HUMAN DESTINIES, BUT FOR REASON, UNDERSTANDING AND WISDOM ...ALL MORAL FACTORS, OF WHICH YOUR ASSEMBLY IS THE WORTHY REPRESENTATIVE."
THE SHAH STRESSED THAT THE CONFERENCE SHOULD EXAMINE THE POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL OBSTACLES WHICH WERE HINDERING UNIVERSAL UNDERSTANDING.