It reviews the opening ceremony and presents the progress report, giving an account of the main activities of the ICPO-Interpol and the General Secretariat during the October 1982 to October 1983 period. Also discussed are financial matters, international illicit drug traffic in 1982, international economic offenses, currency counterfeiting, violent crime, and telecommunications. Information is provided on continental meetings, the annual meeting of the Heads of National Central Bureaus, the 1983-84 Program of Activities, elections and selection of a meeting place for the next General Assembly Session, and conference sidelights. Photographs are included.