Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
1998 United Nations News
1998 Global Special Weapons News
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- GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEPLORES SOUTH ASIA NUCLEAR TESTS, AS IT ACTS ON RECOMMENDATIONS OF FIRST COMMITTEE Press Release GA/9526-- 4 December 1998 -- Adopts 48 Resolutions, 1 Decision, On Wide Range of Disarmament, International Security Issues
- DISARMAMENT COMMISSION HOLDS ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING Press Release DC/2621 2 December 1998
- URGENT STEPS TO REDUCE RISK OF ACCIDENTAL USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS CALLED FOR IN DRAFT TEXT APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE 13 November 1998 Press Release GA/DIS/3135
- GENERAL ASSEMBLY WOULD STRONGLY DEPLORE SOUTH ASIA NUCLEAR TESTS UNDER TERMS OF DRAFT TEXT APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE CORRECTION 13 November 1998 Press Release GA/DIS/3134/C1
- GENERAL ASSEMBLY WOULD STRONGLY DEPLORE SOUTH ASIA NUCLEAR TESTS UNDER TERMS OF DRAFT TEXT APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE 12 November 1998 Press Release GA/DIS/3134 -- Resolution Approved by Recorded Vote of 98-6-31; Committee Votes to Take No Action on Four Proposed Amendments
- SECOND UN CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT ISSUES TO BE HELD IN NAGASAKI, 24 TO 27 NOVEMBER 12 November 1998 Press Release DC/2618
- UNITED STATES, RUSSIAN FEDERATION URGED TO CONTINUE NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT EFFORTS, IN DRAFT RESOLUTION APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE Press Release GA/DIS/3133 -- 12 November 1998
- ISRAEL'S FAILURE TO ACCEDE TO NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY SUBJECT OF DRAFT RESOLUTION APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE Press Release GA/DIS/3131 -- 9 November 1998
- INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT ON SECURITY FOR NON-NUCLEAR-WEAPON STATES SUBJECT OF TEXT APPROVED BY DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE Press Release GA/DIS/3130 -- 6 November 1998
- MEASURES CALLED FOR IN FIRST COMMITTEE TEXT Press Release GA/DIS/3129 -- 5 November 1998 -- The Assembly would call upon all States, in particular those with major space capabilities, to contribute actively to the peaceful use of outer space and to the prevention of an outer space arms race, according to a draft resolution approved by a recorded vote of 140 in favour to none against, with 5 abstentions (Argentina, Federated States of Micronesia, Israel, Marshall Islands, United States) (Annex IX).
- DRAFT RESOLUTION ON NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE APPROVED BY DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE 4 November 1998 Press Release GA/DIS/3128 -- Texts Also Approved on Nuclear Disarmament, Ottawa Convention, Objective Information on Military Matters
- NEGOTIATIONS ON CONVENTION PROHIBITING NUCLEAR-WEAPON USE CALLED FOR IN TEXT APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE 3 November 1998 Press Release GA/DIS/3127 -- Resolutions Concerning Biological and Chemical Weapons, Radioactive Waste, Regional Arms Control, Small Arms Traffic Also Approved
- ASSEMBLY CALLS ON IRAQ TO COOPERATE WITH IAEA, STRESSES NEED FOR GREATER TRANSPARENCY BY IRAQ 2 November 1998 Press Release GA/9494 -- The Assembly urged all States to cooperate fully in carrying out the Agency's work, in promoting the use of nuclear energy, to strengthen the safety of nuclear installations, and to provide technical cooperation assistance
for developing countries.
- DRAFT TEXT CALLING FOR REVIEW OF NUCLEAR DOCTRINES, INTRODUCED IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE 2 November 1998 Press Release GA/DIS/3126 -- Eleven Other Drafts Introduced Concerning, among Others, Nuclear Testing, Middle East, Regional Disarmament, Small Arms in Africa
- FIVE ADDITIONAL DISARMAMENT DRAFT RESOLUTIONS INTRODUCED IN FIRST COMMITTEE 30 October 1998 Press Release
GA/DIS/3125 -- Texts Concern Small Arms Traffic, Practical Disarmament, Transparency in Armaments, Disarmament Conference, Mediterranean Security
- DRAFT RESOLUTION ON BILATERAL NUCLEAR ARMS NEGOTIATIONS INTRODUCED BY UNITED STATES IN FIRST COMMITTEE 30 October 1998 Press Release
GA/DIS/3124 -- Texts Also Introduced on Fissile Material, Middle East, Register of Conventional Arms, Military Expenditures, Information Programme
- TEN DISARMAMENT DRAFT RESOLUTIONS INTRODUCED IN FIRST COMMITTEE 29 October 1998 Press Release GA/DIS/3123 -- Global Nuclear Weapons Reductions, Nuclear Weapons Convention, Central Asia Nuclear-Free-Zone among
Issues Addressed
- EIGHT DISARMAMENT DRAFT RESOLUTIONS INTRODUCED IN FIRST COMMITTEE 28 October 1998 Press Release GA/DIS/3122 -- Texts Address, Among Others, Information Security, Security Assurances to Non-Nuclear-Weapon States,
Conference on Small Arms
- DRAFT RESOLUTION AIMING FOR 'NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE WORLD' INTRODUCED IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE 27 October 1998 Press Release
GA/DIS/3121 -- Nuclear-Weapon States Say Text Fails to Recognize Disarmament Progress; Chemical Weapons, Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Among Six Other Texts Introduced
- PAKISTAN'S NUCLEAR TESTS ATTEMPT TO RESTORE MUTUAL DETERRENCE, PAKISTAN TELLS DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE 20 October 1998 Press Release
GA/DIS/3115 -- Says India's Tests Provocation, Pakistan's Tests a Reaction; Nine Other Speakers Address Committee in Continued General Debate
- CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION VERIFICATION MECHANISM 'EARNING ITS PLACE' IN INTERNATIONAL SECURITY, DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE TOLD 19 October 1998 Press Release GA/DIS/3114 -- Director-General of Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Says Inspections Proceed Steadily, Apprehension Gives Way to Mutual Confidence
- 'GLOBAL DEMILITARIZATION FUND' SHOULD AID CONVENTIONAL ARMS CONTROL EFFORTS, DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE TOLD 16 October 1998 Press Release
GA/DIS/3113 -- Small Arms Trafficking Contributes to 'Culture of Violence' Says Belarus; Other Speakers Stress Global Action, Financial Assistance to Combat Arms Trade
- 'BARBARIC' USE OF LANDMINES, PROLIFERATION OF SMALL ARMS HIGHLIGHTED IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE DEBATE 16 October 1998 Press Release
GA/DIS/3112 -- Benin, Citing Risks to Children, Appeals for Ottawa Convention Adherence; Some Speakers Resist Total Mine Ban, Reserving Legitimate Use in Self-Defence
- COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY 'MAJOR MILESTONE', BUT SOUTH ASIA TESTS WARN OF COMPLACENCY, FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD 15 October 1998 Press Release GA/DIS/3111 -- Confidence Expressed in Evolving Nuclear Test Verification Regime; Proposed Treaty on Fissile Material Also Discussed in Continued General Debate
- FOURTH COMMITTEE BEGINS CONSIDERATION OF EFFECTS OF ATOMIC RADIATION 14 October 1998 Press Release GA/SPD/138 -- Sixty-seven nuclear-weapon tests were carried out in the Marshall Islands over 12 years without the population
knowing the true extent of personal injuries and environmental damage caused by the nuclear blasts, the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) was told this afternoon as it began its consideration of the effects of atomic radiation.
- 'MUSHROOM CLOUDS IN SOUTH ASIA' MUST SHARPEN WORLD'S FOCUS ON NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION DANGERS, UNITED STATES TELLS FIRST COMMITTEE 14 October 1998 Press Release GA/DIS/3110 -- India Cites Failures of Nuclear Disarmament, Non-Proliferation Regime; Nine Others Address Committee in Continuing Disarmament General Debate
- NUCLEAR TESTS BY INDIA, PAKISTAN UNDERMINED NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION REGIME, JAPAN TELLS DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE 13 October 1998 Press Release GA/DIS/3109 -- Australia Acknowledges Threat of Testing, but Highlights Recent Disarmament Achievements, As General Debate Continues
- GLOBAL NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT MUST REMAIN AT TOP OF UNITED NATIONS AGENDA, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE 12 October 1998
Press Release GA/DIS/3107 -- Kofi Annan Stresses Link between Disarmament And Development, Says 'Conflict Is Worst Enemy of Development Everywhere'
- IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE CONCLUDES IN VIENNA ADDITIONAL RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED 28 September 1998 Press Release IAEA/1327
- IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE CONCLUDES IN VIENNA STATES BACK STRONGER PROGRAMMES 25 September 1998 Press Release IAEA/1326
- NON-PROLIFERATION, NUCLEAR SAFETY VITAL IAEA TASKS, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS AGENCY'S GENERAL CONFERENCE 21 September 1998 Press Release SG/SM/6708 IAEA/1325
- CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT CONCLUDES 1998 SESSION 10 September 1998 Press Release DCF/350
- DISARMAMENT COMMISSION CONCLUDES SESSION WITHOUT AGREEMENT ON ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION ON DISARMAMENT 28 April 1998 - Press Release DC/2606 -- Agrees to Continue Work on Conventional Arms Guidelines, Establishment of Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones, at 1999 Session.
- DISARMAMENT COMMISSION HEARS PROGRESS REPORTS BY CHAIRMAN OF WORKING GROUPS 20 April 1998 Press Release DC/2604
- Disarmament Conference adopts programme of work, breaking political deadlock UNITED NATIONS REPORT Thursday, 26 March 1998 -- The Conference established a committee to work to assure non-nuclear weapon States against the use or
threat of use of nuclear weapons. The Conference also decided to deal with: the prevention of an arms race in outer space; a comprehensive programme of disarmament; and
transparency in armaments.
