PRESS BRIEFING BY UNDP ON CIS COUNTRIES REPORT

2 August 1999



Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING BY UNDP ON CIS COUNTRIES REPORT

19990802

There was enormous strain on the societies of the former Soviet Union whose situation resembled a ticking time-bomb, Anton Kruiderink, Director of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Regional Bureau for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), said at a Headquarters press briefing today.

PRESS BRIEFING ON PLANS TO LIMIT ILLICIT TRADE IN SMALL ARMS

4 August 1999



Press Briefing

PRESS BRIEFING ON PLANS TO LIMIT ILLICIT TRADE IN SMALL ARMS

19990804

The proposed United Nations conference on illicit arms trade should focus mainly on small arms and light weapons manufactured to military specifications, according to a panel of experts in a report released at United Nations Headquarters today and presented at a press briefing.