IMPORTANCE OF COOPERATION, COMPLIANCE, SUPPORT FOR MINE VICTIMS RAISED,

AS PARTIES TO MINE-BAN CONVENTION CONCLUDE GENERAL EXCHANGE OF VIEWS

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

MANAGUA, 19 September -– The importance of cooperation among States, and between States and civil society, was emphasized today as States Parties to the Ottawa Convention concluded their general exchange of views.

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CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS STATEMENTS STRONGLY CONDEMNING

TERRORIST ATTACKS ON UNITED STATES

Adopts Annual Report and Concludes 2001 Session

(Reissued as received.)

STATES PARTIES TO OTTAWA CONVENTION MAINTAIN DATES OF MANAGUA MEETING

The Government of Nicaragua, in consultation with the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personal Mines and on Their Destruction, has decided to maintain the dates of the Third Meeting of States Parties to the Ottawa Convention in Managua, from 18 to 21 September.

HOST COUNTRY AGREEMENT FOR MANAGUA MEETING ON MINE-BAN CONVENTION SIGNED

PROSPECTS OF CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT MOVING AHEAD

IN 2001 ARE NOT ENCOURAGING, PRESIDENT SAYS

(Reissued as received)

UN DISARMAMENT YEARBOOK 2000 HIGHLIGHTS POSITIVE

AND NEGATIVE TRENDS DURING MILLENNIUM YEAR

EXPERT GROUP ON DISARMAMENT AND NON-PROLIFERATION EDUCATION

TO MEET FROM 8-10 AUGUST IN CALIFORNIA

NEW YORK, 7 August (Department for Disarmament Affairs) -- A group of governmental experts undertaking a United Nations study on disarmament and non-proliferation education will hold its second session from 8 to 10 August 2001, at the Center for Non-proliferation Studies of the Monterey Institute of International Studies.

TRANSPARENCY IN MILITARY MATTERS GROWS

ASIAN-PACIFIC REGION MEETING:  EVOLUTION OF SCOPE OF SECURITY,

DISARMAMENT IN TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

NEW YORK, 30 July (Department for Disarmament Affairs) -- A United Nations Conference will examine the scope of security and disarmament in the Asian and Pacific region in the coming years in Kanazawa, Japan, from 28 to 31 August.