FIFTH REVIEW CONFERENCE OF BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION

TO RESUME IN GENEVA FROM 11 – 22 NOVEMBER

States Parties to Try to Reach Agreement after One-Year Intermission

(Reissued as received.)

Disarmament Commission

2002 Organizational Session

2500^th Meeting (PM)

FORUM OF PARLIAMENTARIANS ESTABLISHED TO IMPLEMENT

ACTION PROGRAMME OF 2001 UN SMALL ARMS CONFERENCE

UN DISARMAMENT FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME, WITH YOUNG DIPLOMATS

FROM 29 COUNTRIES, BEGINS 4-WEEK SEGMENT IN NEW YORK

The third segment of the 2002 Disarmament Fellowship Programme begins today at United Nations Headquarters.  It will last four weeks.

UNITED NATIONS STUDY ON DISARMAMENT AND NON-PROLIFERATION EDUCATION

TO BE RELEASED AT HEADQUARTERS

                                                      DC/2842

MORE THAN 130 COUNTRIES AGREE TO STEP UP ACTION

TO ENSURE SUCCESS OF LANDMINES TREATY

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA (UN Information Service), 20 September -- States Parties to the Convention banning anti-personnel mines have confirmed their commitment to take strong action to fulfil the humanitarian aims of the landmark international treaty.

FOURTH MEETING OF STATES PARTIES TO OTTAWA CONVENTION

TO BE HELD IN GENEVA FROM 16 TO 20 SEPTEMBER

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT ADOPTS ANNUAL REPORT, CONCLUDES 2002 SESSION

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 12 September (UN Information Service) -- The Conference on Disarmament today adopted its annual report and concluded its 2002 session after hearing statements welcoming the "Five Ambassadors" initiative to end the stalemate in the work of the Conference, marking the first anniversary of the

UN ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON CENTRAL AFRICA SECURITY QUESTIONS

TO MEET IN BANGUI, 26-30 AUGUST

NEW YORK, 19 August (Department for Disarmament Affairs) -- The United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa will be holding its eighteenth ministerial meeting from 26 to 30 August, in Bangui, the Central African Republic.