UN development program releases US$500,000 for security plan

11/04/2003 - 22h02

Brasília, 4/14/2003 (Agência Brasil - ABr) - The United Nations Development Program has released US$500,000 for the Ministry of Justice to use in the National Public Security Plan. The funds will be used to reconstruct a nationwide network and make the plan more perfect and capable of attracting more international funding, says the secretary of Public Security, Luiz Eduardo Soares, adding that an effort is underway to make expenditures in the area more efficient. (AB)