In recent years there has been a lot of discussion on the issue of nuclear disarmament. In spite of great importance of the subject for world peace and national security, important documents on nuclear disarmament are not available at one place. The present book fulfills this gap. This will enable the experts and the common man to have better understanding of the ongoing debate on the subject. The present two Volumes include documents mainly on 2000 NPT Review Conference, Nuclear Tests of India and Pakistan, 1995 Review and Extension Conference and Safety Standards. The response to the first two Volumes of the book released last year was so encouraging that it has led to the publication of the present third and fourth Volumes. It is hoped that the Volumes would be of great value to the researchers and students of defence studies, parliamentarians, senior executives concerned with defence and the common readers.

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38. Text of the Announcement Made by the Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on 11 May 1998 on Nuclear Tests 39. Statement Made by the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister Brajesh Mishra on Nuclear Tests on 11 May 1998 40. Statement Made by the Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee in Lok Sabha on 27 May 1998 on Nuclear Tests 41. Reply Made by Atal Behari Vajpayee, the Prime Minister, on 29 May 1998 in the Rajya Sabha on Nuclear Tests in Pokhran 42. Statements Made by Dr. A.J.P. Abdul Kalam, Scientific Advisor to Defence Minister and DRDO and Dr. R. Chidambaram, Chairman, AEC Addressing a Joint Press Conference on 17 May 1998 in New Delhi (Excerpts) 43. Statement of the Chairman of the Association of South-East Asian Nations Regional Forum on Nuclear Tests Issued on 25 May 1998 on the Recent Nuclear Tests Conducted by India 44. Statement Made by the President of the UN Security Council on 29 May 1998 at a Meeting of the Council on India and Pakistan Nuclear Tests 45. Sino-US Presidential (Jiang Zemin and Bill Clinton) Joint Statement on India-Pakistan Nuclear Tests and South Asian Security at Beijing on 27 June 1998 46. Letter Dated 2 July 1998 from Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the UN Addressed to the Secretary-General Submitting Pakistan's Position and Proposals on Nuclear Crisis in South Asia 47. Explanatory Memorandum Submitted Jointly by Australia, Canada, Japan and New Zealand to the Director-General of the IAEA on 11 August 1998 48. Statement Made by the Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee on 3 September 1998 at the XII NAM Summit Held at Durban (South Africa) During 29 August-3 September, 1998 (Extracts) 49. Draft Resolution Submitted by Australia, Canada, Japan and New Zealand Before the IAEA General Conference Meeting Held on 23 September 1998 Including Amendments Proposed by India 50. Statement Made by the Prime Minister of India Atal Behari Vajpayee in the UN General Assembly on 24 September 1998 (Extracts) 51. Speech Made by the Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee before the Asian Society, New York, on 28 September 1998 (Extracts) 52. Text of the UN General Assembly Resolution 53/77 F on 'Reducing Nuclear Danger' Adopted on 4 December 1998 (India Favoured) 53. Text of the UN General Assembly Resolution 53/77 G on 'CTBT and Nuclear Testing' Adopted on 4 December 1998 (India Voted Against) 1995 REVIEW AND EXTENSION CONFERENCE 54. Statement By The Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations Office in Geneva on "Conclusion of Effective International Arrangements to Assure Non-Nuclear Weapon States Against the Use or Threat of Use of Nuclear Weapons" on 7 November 1995 55. Decisions and Resolutions of the 1995 Review and Extension Conference SAFETY STANDARDS 56. Convention on Nuclear Safety First Review Meeting of the Contracting Parties 57. Radiation Safety 58. Statement by Dr. R. Chidambaram, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission and Leader of the Indian delegation at the 43rd General Conference of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna, 27 September — 01 October 99 59. Statement by Dr. R. Chidambaram, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission and Leader of the Indian delegation at the 44th General Conference of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna, 20 September 2000 60. Historical Development of Safety Standards 61. Radiation Monitoring and Protection Services 62. Waste Safety 63. International Radiation and Waste Safety Standards 64. Hierarchy of Safety Standards Series 65. Preparation and Review Process of Safety Standards Series Documents 66. The Radioactive Waste Safety Programme and its Review by the Waste Safety Standards Committee (WASSC) 67. Radiation and Waste Safety Programme : Organization of the Division of Radiation and Waste Safety OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS 68. Arms Control : U.S. Assailed on NMD/ABM; Outlook Dim for NPT Meeting 69. Text : IAEA on U.S., Russian Nuclear Weapons material Initiative (Officials meet to discuss Trilateral Initiative Sept. 18) (870) 70. Text of the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 53/77 L on 1925 Geneva Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare Adopted on 4 December 1998 (India Favoured) 71. Text of the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 53/77 P on "Conventional Arms Control" Adopted on 4 December 1998 (India Voted Against) 72. Text of the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 53/77X on 'Nuclear Disarmament' Adopted on 4 December 1998 (India Favoured) 73. Text of the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 53/77Y on 'Towards a Nuclear Weapon-Free World' Adopted on 4 December 1998 (India Voted Against) 74. Security Assurances, U.N. Doc. — Resolution 984 (1995) — Adopted by the Security Council at its 3514th meeting, on 11 April 1995 75. Text of the Resolution 52/36 of the UN General Assembly Adopted on 9 December 1997 on to Assure Non-Nuclear Weapon States Against the Use or Threat of Use nf Nuclear Weapons 76. Text of the Resolution 52/38 K, L, M, N, O of the UN General Assembly Adopted on 9 December 1997 on Nuclear Disarmament 77. General John M. Shalikashvili (USA, ret.) Special Advisor to the President and the Secretary of State for the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Letter to the President and Report on the Findings and Recommendations Concerning the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Washington, DC. January 4, 2001