DELEGATES CALL FOR STRONG FINAL DECLARATION

AS TEST-BAN-TREATY DEBATE CONTINUES

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VIENNA, 3 September (CTBTO) -- Several speakers emphasized the need for a strong final document at the conclusion of the 2003 Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) as delegates continued their general debate this afternoon.

CONFERENCE ON FACILITATING ENTRY INTO FORCE OF NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN

TREATY OPENS IN VIENNA

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VIENNA, 3 September (CTBTO) -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan called upon all States that had yet to sign or ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) to do so without delay, as the 2003 Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the CTBT opened this morning in Vienna, Austria.

Conference on Facilitating Entry into Force of Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty To Be Held In Vienna, 3 – 5 September

BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION MEMBERS BEGIN NEW PROCESS

Experts to Meet in Geneva to Discuss Ways

Of Strengthening National Measures against Biological Weapons

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UN CONFERENCE ON ARMS CONTROL, DISARMAMENT AND THEIR FUTURE

TO CONVENE IN OSAKA, JAPAN, 19 - 22 AUGUST

CHINA ACCEPTS ‘FIVE AMBASSADORS’ PROPOSAL ON PREVENTION

OF ARMS RACE IN OUTER SPACE, AS AMENDED

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Group of Governmental Experts on UN Register of Conventional Arms

CONCLUDES HEADQUARTERS SESSION, ADOPTS CONSENSUS REPORT

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT STARTS THIRD AND FINAL PART OF 2003 SESSION

Hears Statements from China, Russian Federation, Japan,

Serbia and Montenegro, Italy, Algeria and Conference President

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Meeting of States to Consider Action

Programme on Illicit Small Arms Trade

9^th & 10^th Meetings (AM & PM)

FIRST BIENNIAL MEETING OF STATES TO ASSESS HALT TO ILLICIT SMALL ARMS TRADE CONCLUDES, HAILS PROGRESS WORLDWIDE IN JUST TWO YEARS

Thematic Discussions End on Import/Export Controls, Illicit Brokering

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S ADVISORY BOARD ON DISARMAMENT MATTERS TO MEET

IN GENEVA, 16 TO 18 JULY 2003, IN FORTY-FIRST SESSION

The Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters will meet for a three-day closed session in Geneva, from 16 to 18 July 2003.  Its last session was held in New York from 5 to 7 February 2003.  The Board meets twice a year.