Disarmament

26 January 1996

Press Release
DCF/249

25 January 1996

Press Release
DCF/248

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT OPENS FIRST PART OF 1996 SESSION

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GENEVA, 23 January (UN Information Service) -- The Conference on Disarmament today heard appeals for the rapid conclusion of a comprehensive nuclear test-ban treaty by June 1996 and reestablished its Ad Hoc Committee on a Nuclear-Test Ban, as it began the first part of its 1996 session.

24 January 1996

Press Release
DCF/247*

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT TO HOLD FIRST PART OF 1996 SESSION AT GENEVA, 22 JANUARY - 29 MARCH

19960124 Background Release Priority to Be Given to Negotiations To Conclude Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty

(Delayed in transmission.)

22 January 1996

Press Release
DC/2541

REVIEW CONFERENCE ON CONVENTION ON CERTAIN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS CONCLUDES FIRST RESUMED SESSION, GENEVA, 15-19 JANUARY

19960122 Conference Defines Framework for Final Agreement On Land-mines; Will Resume Deliberations in Geneva, 22 April-3 May

16 January 1996

Press Release
DC/2540

15 January 1996

Press Release
DC/2539
IHA/585

10 January 1996

Press Release
DC/2538

11 December 1995

Press Release
DC/2537

DISARMAMENT COMMISSION ELECTS WOLFGANG HOFFMAN (GERMANY) AS ITS CHAIRMAN FOR 1996

19951211 To Continue Consultations on Dates and Agenda of 1996 Substantive Session

27 October 1995

Press Release
DC/2536
GA/8977

PLEDGES ANNOUNCED FOR UN DISARMAMENT INFORMATION PROGRAMME

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Fourteen countries pledged $279,755 this morning for disarmament trust funds at the thirteenth United Nations Pledging Conference for the United Nations Disarmament Information Programme, while three additional countries indicated their intention to pledge at a later date. The pledging campaign will remain open until 31 March 1996 for additional contributions.

17 October 1995

Press Release
DC/2535

REVIEW CONFERENCE OF STATES PARTIES TO CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS CONVENTION VIENNA, 25 SEPTEMBER - 13 OCTOBER

19951017 Adopts Ban on Use, Transfer of Blinding Laser Weapons, To Continue Negotiations on Land-Mine Protocol at Two Sessions Next Year