DATE=5/12/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-232094
TITLE=U-N / INDIA (S - ONLY)
BYLINE=MAX RUSTON
DATELINE=UNITED NATIONS
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL IS PREPARING A
STATEMENT CRITICIZING INDIA FOR ITS UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR TESTS
EARLIER THIS WEEK. FROM THE UNITED NATIONS, V-O-A'S MAX RUSTON
REPORTS THE STATEMENT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED AND RELEASED
TOMORROW (WEDNESDAY).
TEXT: SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT NJUGUNA MAHUGU OF KENYA SAYS
THE COUNCIL HELD TALKS TUESDAY ON INDIA'S NUCLEAR TESTS. COUNCIL
MEMBERS SAY THE ISSUE WAS RAISED BY SWEDEN AND JAPAN. THEY SAY
THE COUNCIL WILL DENOUNCE THE TESTS AS AN ACTION THAT RISKS
RAISING TENSION IN AN ALREADY VOLATILE AREA OF THE WORLD.
CHINA'S MISSION TO THE UNITED NATIONS ON TUESDAY SAID THE TESTS
ARE NOT CONDUCIVE TO PEACE AND STABILITY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA. U-N
SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN, SPEAKING IN PARIS, SAID HE WAS
DISAPPOINTED BY INDIA'S DECISION TO CARRY OUT THE TESTS. HE
CALLED ON ALL STATES TO EXERCISE WHAT HE CALLED "MAXIMUM
RESTRAINT" IN HALTING THE PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS.
AT THE UNITED NATIONS IN GENEVA, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND HAVE
PROPOSED THAT A SPECIAL SESSION OF THE CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT
BE HELD THIS WEEK TO DISCUSS THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE NUCLEAR
TESTS. (SIGNED)
NEB/PT
NEB/UN/MPR/LSF
12-May-98 4:18 PM EDT (2018 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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