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.

REPUBLIC OF KOREA TO HOST MEETING ON DISARMAMENT,

 

NON-PROLIFERATION ISSUES FROM 6-8 DECEMBER

 

2004 UNITED NATIONS PROGRAMME OF FELLOWSHIPS

 

ON DISARMAMENT STARTS THIRD SEGMENT TODAY

 

The third segment of the 2004 United Nations Programme of Fellowships on Disarmament starts today at United Nations Headquarters, for a period of four weeks, with the participation of young diplomats from 29 Member States of the Organization.  [The Programme started on 30 August in Geneva.]

2003 United Nations Disarmament Yearbook released today

 

NEW YORK, 21 September (Department for Disarmament Affairs) -- The 2003 United Nations Disarmament Yearbook was released today.  As discussed by Secretary-General Kofi Annan in his message to the Peace Memorial Ceremony in Hiroshima, Japan, on 6 August 2003, contained in chapter 1 of the Yearbook:

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT CONCLUDES 2004 SESSION

GENEVA, 7 September (UN Information Service) -- The Conference on Disarmament, the world’s sole multilateral forum for disarmament negotiations, today concluded the third and last part of its 2004 session after adopting its annual report.

2004 UNITED NATIONS PROGRAMME OF FELLOWSHIPS ON DISARMAMENT STARTS IN GENEVA

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GENEVA, 30 August (UN Information Service) -- The 2004 United Nations Programme of Fellowships on Disarmament starts today at the United Nations Office at Geneva with the participation of young diplomats from 30 Member States of the United Nations.  The programme will last for a period of almost 10 weeks.

BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION EXPERT MEETING CONCLUDES

Experts Exchange Ideas for Strengthening National

And International Measures against Infectious and Deliberate Diseases

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