REGIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON IMPLEMENTATION OF UN PROGRAMME OF ACTION

ON ILLICIT SMALL ARMS TRADE TO BE HELD IN ALGIERS, 11-13 APRIL

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS FROM JAPAN, NEW ZEALAND,

 

MEXICO, UNITED KINGDOM, INDONESIA

Concludes First Part of 2005 Session

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GENEVA, 31 March (UN Information Service) -- The Conference on Disarmament this morning concluded the first part of its 2005 session after hearing statements from Japan, New Zealand, Mexico, United Kingdom and Indonesia.

GROUP OF EXPERTS ON CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS CONVENTION CONCLUDES TENTH SESSION

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GENEVA, 16 March (UN Information Service) -- The Tenth Session of the Group of Governmental Experts of the States Parties to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects (CCW), concluded on Friday, 11 March 2005. 

GROUP OF GOVERNMENTAL EXPERTS ON CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS

 

TO MEET IN GENEVA FROM 7 TO 11 MARCH

 

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ADVISORY BOARD ON DISARMAMENT MATTERS TO ADDRESS NUCLEAR MATERIAL CONTROL,

SMALL ARMS THREAT AT FORTHCOMING SESSION IN NEW YORK

NEW YORK, 22 February (DDA) -- The Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters will meet for a three-day closed session in New York from 23 to 25 February.  The last session of the Board was held in Geneva from 30 June to 2 July 2004.  The Board meets twice a year.

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT OPENS FIRST PART OF 2005 SESSION

UN Secretary-General Says Disarmament Critical

For Conflict Prevention, Peace-Building, Realizing Millennium Goals

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Background Release

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT TO OPEN 2005 SESSION ON 24 JANUARY

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GENEVA, 20 January (UN Information Service) -- The Conference on Disarmament, the world's sole multilateral forum for disarmament negotiations, will open its 2005 session on Monday, 24 January, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.  The first public plenary will take place at 10 a.m. on Thursday, 27 January.

INTERNATIONAL DATA CENTRE OF PREPARATORY COMMISSION FOR CTBTO

IN VIENNA RECORDED SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE DATA

 

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Disarmament Commission

2005 Organizational Session

266^th Meeting (PM)

NAIROBISUMMIT ENDS WITH POWERFUL ACTION PLAN: INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

 

RENEWS COMMITMENT TO WORLD FREE OF ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES

 

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NAIROBI, 3 December -- The landmark Nairobi Summit on a Mine-Free World has closed with the international community recommitted to ending the suffering caused by anti-personnel mines.