Disarmament

15 May 1998

Press Release
DCF/333

COUNTRIES IN DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE CALL ON INDIA TO ADHERE TO TEST-BAN AND NON-PROLIFERATION TREATIES

19980515

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 14 May (UN Information Service) -- The Conference on Disarmament this afternoon heard further statements of condemnation of the underground nuclear tests conducted by India earlier this week.

28 April 1998

Press Release
DC/2606

DISARMAMENT COMMISSION CONCLUDES SESSION WITHOUT AGREEMENT ON ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION ON DISARMAMENT

19980428 Agrees to Continue Work on Conventional Arms Guidelines, Establishment of Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones, at 1999 Session

23 April 1998

Press Release
DC/2605

SECOND SESSION OF PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR REVIEW CONFERENCE OF PARTIES TO NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY, GENEVA, 27 APRIL - 8 MAY

19980423 Background Release (Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 22 April (UN Information Service) -- The Preparatory Committee for the year 2000 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) will hold its second session in Geneva from 27 April to 8 May.

20 April 1998

Press Release
DC/2604

9 April 1998

Press Release
DC/2601/

CUBA'S REPRESENTATIVE LINKS RATIFICATION OF TLATELOLCO TREATY TO IMPROVED RELATIONS WITH UNITED STATES CORRECTION

19980409

On page 5 of Press Release DC/2601 of 6 April, the third paragraph of the statement by Emilia Castro de Barish (Costa Rica) should read as follows:

8 April 1998

Press Release
DC/2602

DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA CALLS FOR SECURITY ASSURANCES FROM UNITED STATES ON THREAT OR USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS

19980408 Calls for United Nations Action to End Confrontational Relations in Korean Peninsula

8 April 1998

Press Release
DC/2603

IAEA REPRESENTATIVE OUTLINES SHIFT IN AGENCY'S SAFEGUARDS REGIME TO INCLUDE DETECTION OF UNDECLARED NUCLEAR PROGRAMMES

19980408 Cites Discovery of Iraq's Secret Nuclear Programme, Changed Security Perceptions, in Statement to Disarmament Commission

6 April 1998

Press Release
DC/2601

CUBA'S REPRESENTATIVE LINKS RATIFICATION OF TLATELOLCO TREATY TO IMPROVED RELATIONS WITH UNITED STATES

19980406 Addressing Disarmament Commission, Calls for End to United States Restrictions against Cuba

6 April 1998

Press Release
DC/2600

EUROPEAN UNION ENCOURAGES ARMS EXPORTERS TO ADOPT CODE OF CONDUCT, AS DISARMAMENT COMMISSION BEGINS SUBSTANTIVE SESSION

19980406 Also, Chairman Announces Ratification Today By United Kingdom, France, of Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban

27 March 1998

Press Release
DC/2599

DISARMAMENT COMMISSION APPROVES PROVISIONAL AGENDA, ELECTS FIVE MEMBERS OF ITS BUREAU

19980327

At an organizational meeting this morning, the Disarmament Commission approved the provisional agenda for its forthcoming session, to be held from 6 to 28 April, and elected five members of its Bureau.