Disarmament Commission                                      DC/2829*

Disarmament Commission

250^th 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.

Disarmament Commission                                      DC/2829*

Background Release

PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY REVIEW CONFERENCE

TO MEET, 8 - 19 APRIL

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 21^st Century.” 

ADVISORY BOARD ON DISARMAMENT MATTERS TO HOLD THIRTY-EIGHTH SESSION

FROM 30 JANUARY TO 1 FEBRUARY

Public Symposium on Biological Weapons to Be Held at 11:30 a.m., 30 January

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.

CONFERENCE APPEALS FOR WIDER ADHERENCE TO PROTOCOL ON PROHIBITION OF MINES

(Reissued as received.)

Conference on Facilitating the Entry

into Force of the Comprehensive

 Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

5^th 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’

Conference on Facilitating Entry

into Force of the Comprehensive

 Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

4^th 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;