UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL TO VISIT CENTRAL ASIA

FOR TALKS ON NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE ZONE

NEW YORK, 12 August (Department for Disarmament Affairs) -- Jayantha Dhanapala, Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs, will visit Central Asia from 14 to 26 August.  Mr. Dhanapala will visit Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan and will meet with the political leadership of these countries and senior officials.

CHALLENGE OF TERRORISM FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY, DISARMAMENT:

GLOBAL AND REGIONAL IMPACT ASIA-PACIFIC REGIONAL MEETING

2001 UNITED NATIONS DISARMAMENT YEARBOOK RELEASED

The 2001 United Nations Disarmament Yearbook was released yesterday and a copy was presented to the Secretary-General by Jayantha Dhanapala, Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs.  The Yearbook describes developments in the field of disarmament in the United Nations during the year 2001.  The contents include:

ADVISORY BOARD ON DISARMAMENT MATTERS TO MEET IN GENEVA, 17 - 19 JULY

NEW YORK, 15 July (Department for Disarmament Affairs) -- The Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters will meet for a three-day closed session in Geneva from 17 to 19 July 2002.  Its last session was held in New York from 30 January to 1 February 2002.  The Board meets twice a year.

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT CONCLUDES SECOND PART OF 2002 SESSION

Russian Federation, China Present Joint Working Paper on Prevention

Of Deployment of Weapons in Outer Space; Germany Assumes Presidency of Conference

(Reissued as received.)

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FIRST SESSION OF GROUP OF EXPERTS ON EXPLOSIVE REMNANTS

OF WAR TO MEET FROM 21 TO 24 MAY IN GENEVA

(Reissued as received.)

PARLIAMENTARIANS SEMINAR ON IMPLEMENTING PROGRAMME OF ACTION ADOPTED AT 2001 UN

CONFERENCE ON ILLICIT TRADE IN SMALL ARMS AND LIGHT WEAPONS IN ALL ITS ASPECTS

3-5 May, San José, Costa Rica

(Received from a UN Information Officer; delayed in transmission.)

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT STARTS SECOND PART OF 2002 SESSION

President Encouraged by Consultations

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 16 May (UN Information Service) -- The Conference on Disarmament this morning held the first plenary of the second part of its 2002 session by hearing its President say that he was encouraged by consultations on how to de-block the current impasse in the Conference.

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