DATE=5/14/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-232230
TITLE=U-N/ INDIA NUKES (L-O)
BYLINE=BARBARA SCHOETZAU
DATELINE=UNITED NATIONS
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: IN NEW YORK (THURSDAY), THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY
COUNCIL ISSUED A STRONG STATEMENT CONDEMNING THE FIVE NUCLEAR
TESTS CONDUCTED BY INDIA THIS WEEK. CORRESPONDENT BARBARA
SCHOETZAU REPORTS FROM THE UNITED NATIONS.
TEXT: THE SECURITY COUNCIL STATEMENT URGES INDIA TO RECOGNIZE
THE OVERWHEMING CONCERN OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY AND
REFRAIN FROM ANY FURTHER TESTS.
READING THE STATEMENT, SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT NJUGUNA MAHUGU
ALSO EXPRESSED CONCERN INDIA IS SETTING OFF A REGIONAL NUCLEAR
ARMS RACE IN SOUTH ASIA.
//// MAHUGU ACT ////
WITH A VIEW TO PREVENTING AN ESCALATION IN THE ARMS
RACE, IN PARTICULAR WITH REGARD TO NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND
AND THEIR DELIVERY SYSTEMS, AND TO PRESERVING PEACE IN
THE REGION, THE SECURITY COUNCIL URGES STATES TO
EXERCISE MAXIMUM RESTRAINT.
/// END ACT ///
THE SECURITY COUNCIL STATEMENT APPEALS TO INDIA TO SIGN
INTERNATIONAL TREATIES BANNING THE PROLIFERATION AND TESTING OF
NUCLEAR WEAPONS. THE STATEMENT URGES INDIA TO RESOLVE REGIONAL
TENSIONS THROUGH DIALOGUE, RATHER THAN A MILITARY BUILD-UP.
(SIGNED)
NEB/UN/BJS/LSF/RAE
14-May-98 1:53 PM EDT (1753 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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