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FOREWORDTO THE SECOND PRINTING Nearly two decades after its firstpublication, W. H. Hindles wise andwitty booklet A GuidetoWritingfmthe UnitedNations has lost none of its value and appeal. Those twenty years have coincided with a period of intense internationalactivity and this has been reflected in the work of the Secretariat, which has grown rapidly in both volume and complexity. Every day, in response to requests by intergovernmental bodies, the Secretariat is engaged in drawing up numerous reports, studies and compilationsof statisticsexploringthe vast array of interna- tional problems with which the United Nations is concerned and then translating them into six languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, kench, Russian and Spanish) for the information of Member States in taking decisions. Not surprisingly, the UNITED NATIONS PUBLICATION