Disarmament

26 February 1998

Press Release
DCF/326

REPRESENTATIVES OF BELARUS, SRI LANKA, FRANCE, HUNGARY, VENEZUELA AND CANADA ADDRESS CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT

19980226 (Reissued as received.)

20 February 1998

Press Release
DC/2597

19 February 1998

Press Release
DCF/325

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS STATEMENTS FROM CHILE, GERMANY, ITALY, POLAND AND RUSSIAN FEDERATION

19980219

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 19 February (UN Information Service) -- The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard the delegations of Chile, Germany, Italy and Poland outline their positions on such issues as nuclear disarmament, anti-personnel landmines and the future of the work of the Conference.

13 February 1998

Press Release
DCF/324

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS PROPOSALS ON ANTI-PERSONNEL LANDMINES AND NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT

19980213 (Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 12 February (UN Information Service) -- The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard proposals to create an ad hoc committee on nuclear disarmament and to reappoint a special coordinator on the question of anti-personnel landmines.

13 February 1998

Press Release
DC/2596

5 February 1998

Press Release
DCF/323

EGYPT, SYRIA, ROMANIA AND IRAN ADDRESS CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT ON LANDMINES AND NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT

19980205 (Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 5 February (UN Information Service) -- The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard statements from Egypt, Syria, Romania and Iran which raised issues related to anti-personnel landmines and nuclear disarmament.

3 February 1998

Press Release
DCF/322

FOREIGN MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA URGES CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT TO WORK ON FISSILE MATERIAL CUT-OFF TREATY, LANDMINES BAN

19980203 (Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 3 February (UN Information Service) -- The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia, Alexander Downer, today urged the Conference on Disarmament to focus its work on a fissile material cut-off treaty and a ban on anti-personnel landmines.

28 January 1998

Press Release
DCF/321

BANGLADESH EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR SOUTH AFRICAN PROPOSAL ON NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE AS CONFERENCE CONTINUES

19980128 (Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 27 January (UN Information Service) -- The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard a statement by Bangladesh supporting the proposal made by South Africa at the opening session last week for the establishment of an ad-hoc committee on nuclear disarmament.

26 January 1998

Press Release
DCF/320

21 January 1998

Press Release
DCF/319

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT BEGINS FIRST PART OF 1998 SESSION

19980121

GENEVA, 20 January (UN Information Service) -- Disarmament was of central importance to the global agenda, and the United Nations had an essential role and primary responsibility in that field, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said in a message to the opening of the first part of the 1998 session of the Conference on Disarmament this morning.