Draft for Disarmament and Development Conference Agreed On

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Draft for Disarmament and Development Conference agreed on

A DRAFT FOR a final document describing disarmament and development as two of the most urgent challenges facing the contemporary world has emerged from the final session (21 April-1 May, New York) of the Preparatory Committee for the International Conference on the Relationship between Disarmament and Development. The global meeting is scheduled to be held at Headquarters, from 24 August to 11 September.

In 1984, the General Assembly decided to convene an international conference on disarmament and development (resolution 39/160) to be held in 1986 in Paris. In 1986 the Assembly decided the meeting would take …