First Committee

18 November 1996

Press Release
GA/DIS/3075

MIDDLE EAST NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION, NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE ZONE SUBJECT OF FIRST COMMITTEE DRAFT TEXTS

19961118 Committee Also Approves Drafts on Chemical Weapons, Proposed Fourth Special Session of General Assembly Devoted to Disarmament

18 November 1996

Press Release
GA/DIS/3074/

PREVENTION OF VIOLENT DISINTEGRATION OF STATES CALLED FOR IN FIRST COMMITTEE DRAFT TEXT

19961118 CORRECTION

In Press Release GA/DIS/3074 issued 15 November, the second paragraph on page 12 should read:

15 November 1996

Press Release
GA/DIS/3074

PREVENTION OF VIOLENT DISINTEGRATION OF STATES CALLED FOR IN FIRST COMMITTEE DRAFT TEXT

19961115 Seven Texts Approved, Five by Recorded Vote; Conference on Disarmament, NPT Review Conference among Topics Addressed

14 November 1996

Press Release
GA/DIS/3072

1997 NEGOTIATIONS FOR CONVENTION TO ELIMINATE NUCLEAR WEAPONS CALLED FOR BY FIRST COMMITTEE DRAFT TEXT

19961114

Resolution Takes Note of ICJ Opinion on Nuclear Weapons; Texts Also Approved on Conventional Arms, Transparency Concerns

14 November 1996

Press Release
GA/DIS/3073

13 November 1996

Press Release
GA/DIS/3070/

FIRST COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT TEXTS ENCOURAGING BILATERAL DISARMAMENT BETWEEN RUSSIAN FEDERATION, UNITED STATES CORRECTION

19961113

In Press Release GA/DIS/3070 of 12 November, the fifth paragraph on page 8 should read:

"The representative of Algeria said that despite the draft's shortcomings, his delegation had voted in favour of it, because it favoured all nuclear disarmament measures."

12 November 1996

Press Release
GA/DIS/3070

FIRST COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT TEXTS ENCOURAGING BILATERAL DISARMAMENT BETWEEN RUSSIAN FEDERATION, UNITED STATES

19961112 Two Resolutions Require Recorded Votes; Differ Over Provisions on Nuclear Weapon Elimination, Existing Agreements

11 November 1996

Press Release
GA/DIS/3068

SYSTEMATIC GLOBAL REDUCTION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS WITH GOAL OF ELIMINATION CALLED FOR IN RESOLUTION APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE

19961111 Also Approves Texts on South Asia Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone, Treaty for Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America, Caribbean

11 November 1996

Press Release
GA/DIS/3069

7 November 1996

Press Release
GA/DIS/3067

RUSSIAN FEDERATION, UNITED STATES ENCOURAGED IN NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT EFFORTS IN FIRST COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION

19961107 Points to 'Step-by-Step' Approach to Disarmament, Says United States; Middle East, Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones among Topics of Ten Texts Introduced