Disarmament

1 July 1997

Press Release
DCF/307

DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE APPOINTS 'SPECIAL COORDINATORS' ON AGENDA, METHODS OF WORK AND EXPANSION OF MEMBERSHIP

19970701 (Delayed in transmission; reissued as received.)

1 July 1997

Press Release
DCF/305

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT APPOINTS SPECIAL COORDINATOR ON ISSUE OF LAND-MINES

19970701 (Delayed in transmission; reissued as received.)

1 July 1997

Press Release
DCF/306

DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE SEARCHES FOR AGREEMENT ON APPOINTMENT OF PANEL ON 'NEGATIVE SECURITY ASSURANCES'

19970701 (Delayed in transmission; reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 27 June (UN Information Service) -- The Conference on Disarmament, despite appeals from a number of developing countries, was unable to reach consensus this morning on establishment of an ad hoc committee on "negative security assurances" to non-nuclear-weapons States.

1 July 1997

Press Release
DCF/304

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DECIDES TO APPOINT SPECIAL COORDINATOR ON LAND-MINES

19970701 (Delayed in transmission; reproduced as received.)

GENEVA, 26 June (UN Information Service) -- The Conference on Disarmament approved this morning a proposal to appoint a "Special Coordinator" to explore the establishment of a possible mandate on the question of anti-personnel land-mines.

24 June 1997

Press Release
DCF/303

UNITED STATES CALLS FOR ACTION ON PROPOSAL TO APPOINT SPECIAL COORDINATOR ON LAND-MINES, BUT DECISION DELAYED

19970624 President Calls on Delegations to Prepare to Act on Draft on Thursday

(Reproduced as received.)

23 June 1997

Press Release
DCF/302

FOREIGN MINISTER OF SLOVAKIA URGES NEGOTIATIONS ON FISSILE MATERIALS, END TO STALEMATE ON DISARMAMENT WORK PROGRAMME

19970623 (Delayed in transmission.)

12 June 1997

Press Release
DCF/301

FOREIGN MINISTER OF SENEGAL ADDRESSES CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT

19970612 (Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 12 June (UN Information Service) -- Senegal strongly supported appointment by the Conference on Disarmament of an ad hoc committee to begin negotiations on a phased programme of nuclear disarmament, the country's Minister for Foreign Affairs said in an address to the Conference this morning.

5 June 1997

Press Release
DCF/300

RUSSIAN MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS ADDRESSES CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT

19970605 Reaffirms Position on NATO Enlargement; Calls for States To Sign CTBT; Urges Negotiation of Cut-Off Treaty On Fissile Materials Production

(Reissued as received.)

30 May 1997

Press Release
DCF/299

4 April 1997

Press Release
DC/2578