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Disarmament


DC/2828
10/04/2002
Press Release
DC/2828


Disarmament Commission

250th Meeting (AM)


DISARMAMENT COMMISSION DICUSSES POSSIBLE DELAY IN HOLDING 2002 SUBSTANTIVE SESSION


The Disarmament Commission will meet next week to decide whether or not to delay its 2002 substantive session owing to extraordinary circumstances, primarily the packed United Nations calendar.

DC/2825
26/03/2002
Press Release
DC/2825


UNITED NATIONS AND CHINA TO HOLD INTERNATIONAL DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE IN BEIJING


NEW YORK, 26 March (Department for Disarmament Affairs) -- On 2 April, the United Nations Department for Disarmament Affairs and the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs will co-host a three-day international conference on “A Disarmament Agenda for the 21st Century.” 

DCF/412
18/01/2002
Press Release
DCF/412


CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT TO OPEN 2002 SESSION ON 21 JANUARY


(Reissued as received.)


GENEVA, 18 January (UN Information Service) -- The Conference on Disarmament, the world's sole multilateral forum for disarmament negotiations, will open its 2002 session on Monday, 21 January at the Palais des Nations.  The first public plenary will take place at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, 22 January.

DC/2820
13/11/2001
Press Release
DC/2820


Conference on Facilitating the Entry

into Force of the Comprehensive

 Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

5th Meeting (AM)


STATES PARTIES STRESS DETERMINATION TO PROMOTE EARLY ENTRY INTO FORCE


OF NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY, AS CONFERENCE CONCLUDES AT HEADQUARTERS


Final Declaration Calls for Moratorium on Nuclear Testing;

Treaty Has 87 Ratifications, but Needs 13 More States from ‘Annex 2’

DC/2819
12/11/2001
Press Release
DC/2819


Conference on Facilitating Entry

into Force of the Comprehensive

 Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

4th Meeting (PM)


FRANCE’S FOREIGN MINISTER URGES STATES CRUCIAL TO NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY’S

SUCCESS TO RATIFY IT WITHOUT DELAY, AS HEADQUARTERS CONFERENCE CONTINUES


Twenty-two More Speakers Address Conference;