17 October 1995

Press Release
UNU/163

UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY SPONSORS THREE-DAY CONFERENCE ON CONTINUING RESEARCH INTO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

19951017

Joint Project with Environmental Studies Group in Japan; Meeting Will Consider Alternative Policy Options for Global Action

17 October 1995

Press Release
DC/2535

REVIEW CONFERENCE OF STATES PARTIES TO CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS CONVENTION VIENNA, 25 SEPTEMBER - 13 OCTOBER

19951017 Adopts Ban on Use, Transfer of Blinding Laser Weapons, To Continue Negotiations on Land-Mine Protocol at Two Sessions Next Year

17 October 1995

Press Release
DH/2001

DAILY HIGHLIGHTS FOR: 17 October 1995

19951017 * Security Council welcomes progress made by Rwandan Government in reconciliation process; reaffirms important role played by UNAMIR in Rwanda and subregion.

* General Assembly takes up Secretary-General's report on work of Organization; United States introduces draft resolution aimed at reducing volume of paperwork.

Draft Resolution Introduced on Limiting Tide of Documents Flooding the Organization

Consideration of Proposed 1996-1997 Budget, Medium-Term Plan, Pattern of Conferences Continues

Says World's Nuclear Arsenals More Than Sufficiently Tested; Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones, Recent Nuclear Testing Also Addressed

17 October 1995

Press Release
GA/DIS/3024

CHINA'S NUCLEAR TESTING WILL CEASE WITH ENACTMENT OF TEST BAN, FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD

19951017 China Says Ban Should Not Restrict Peaceful Nuclear Explosions; Control of Conventional Arms, Trust Fund for Land-Mines, Also Discussed

17 October 1995

Press Release
GA/EF/2683

INNOVATIVE APPROACHES CALLED FOR TO RESOLVE PROBLEMS OF DEVELOPMENT FINANCING

19951017 'Whatever Happened to Peace Dividend?', Economic Committee Is Asked; Debate on External Debt Continues

17 October 1995

Press Release
GA/L/2867

17 October 1995

Press Release
GA/SHC/3305

DEVELOPMENT, PEACE AND SECURITY THREATENED BY INCREASED CRIME AND VIOLENCE, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD

19951017 Head of United Nations Drug Control Programme Urges 'Commensurate Response' from Global Community; Social Development Debate Concluded