First Committee

20 October 1998

Press Release
GA/DIS/3115

PAKISTAN'S NUCLEAR TESTS ATTEMPT TO RESTORE MUTUAL DETERRENCE, PAKISTAN TELLS DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

19981020 Says India's Tests Provocation, Pakistan's Tests a Reaction; Nine Other Speakers Address Committee in Continued General Debate

19 October 1998

Press Release
GA/DIS/3114

CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION VERIFICATION MECHANISM 'EARNING ITS PLACE' IN INTERNATIONAL SECURITY, DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE TOLD

19981019 Director-General of Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Says Inspections Proceed Steadily, Apprehension Gives Way to Mutual Confidence

16 October 1998

Press Release
GA/DIS/3112

'BARBARIC' USE OF LANDMINES, PROLIFERATION OF SMALL ARMS HIGHLIGHTED IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE DEBATE

19981016 Benin, Citing Risks to Children, Appeals for Ottawa Convention Adherence; Some Speakers Resist Total Mine Ban, Reserving Legitimate Use in Self-Defence

16 October 1998

Press Release
GA/DIS/3113

'GLOBAL DEMILITARIZATION FUND' SHOULD AID CONVENTIONAL ARMS CONTROL EFFORTS, DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE TOLD

19981016 Small Arms Trafficking Contributes to 'Culture of Violence' Says Belarus; Other Speakers Stress Global Action, Financial Assistance to Combat Arms Trade

15 October 1998

Press Release
GA/DIS/3111

COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY 'MAJOR MILESTONE', BUT SOUTH ASIA TESTS WARN OF COMPLACENCY, FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD

19981015 Confidence Expressed in Evolving Nuclear Test Verification Regime; Proposed Treaty on Fissile Material Also Discussed in Continued General Debate

14 October 1998

Press Release
GA/DIS/3110

'MUSHROOM CLOUDS IN SOUTH ASIA' MUST SHARPEN WORLD'S FOCUS ON NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION DANGERS, UNITED STATES TELLS FIRST COMMITTEE

19981014 India Cites Failures of Nuclear Disarmament, Non-Proliferation Regime; Nine Others Address Committee in Continuing Disarmament General Debate

13 October 1998

Press Release
GA/DIS/3109

NUCLEAR TESTS BY INDIA, PAKISTAN UNDERMINED NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION REGIME, JAPAN TELLS DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

19981013 Australia Acknowledges Threat of Testing, but Highlights Recent Disarmament Achievements, As General Debate Continues

12 October 1998

Press Release
GA/DIS/3107

GLOBAL NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT MUST REMAIN AT TOP OF UNITED NATIONS AGENDA, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

19981012 Committee Begins General Debate, with Speakers Highlighting Weaknesses in Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime

9 October 1998

Press Release
GA/DIS/3106

DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE OPENS GENERAL DEBATE 12 OCTOBER, WITH FOCUS ON NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION, SMALL ARMS

19981009 Background Release Nuclear Disarmament Debate Given Renewed Intensity Following Nuclear Tests by India and Pakistan in May

17 September 1998

Press Release
GA/DIS/3105

DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE ADOPTS WORK PROGRAMME

19980917

The First Committee (Disarmament and International Security), in an organizational meeting this afternoon, approved its programme of work for the current session and elected three Vice-Chairmen to its Bureau.