FIRST SESSION OF GROUP OF EXPERTS ON EXPLOSIVE REMNANTS

OF WAR TO MEET FROM 21 TO 24 MAY IN GENEVA

(Reissued as received.)

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.

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.)

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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.

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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