30 October 1995 GA/DIS/3029/
FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD CURRENT INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE FAVOURS RESOLUTION OF NUCLEAR TEST-BAN TREATY ISSUES 19951030Disarmament Conference Chairman Cites Remaining Differences; Russian Federation Anticipates Completion of Negotiations by 1996CORRECTION On page eight of Press Release GA/DIS/3029, issued 26 October, the final paragraph should read: RENATO MARTINO, observer of the Holy See, referred to a statement by Pope John Paul II during his recent visit to the United Nations, in which he said that while the threat of nuclear war seemed to have receded, "'everything that might make it return needs to be rejected firmly and universally.'" Archbishop Martino said it was not enough to merely extend the life of the NPT indefinitely. It contained a legal obligation to comply with what the Treaty was intended to do, prevent the horizontal and vertical proliferation of nuclear weapons. * *** *
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