Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 09:41:26 -0400
 
30 may 1996 (Reuter) - Western negotiators on Thursday
generally backed a new draft treaty banning nuclear tests, but
said China's concerns must be addressed if a global agreement
is to be reached in just one month. Under the compromise, the
pact would still ban all tests, including peaceful ones, but
would be reviewed in 10 years. To meet the demands of India
and Pakistan, the preamble expresses the conviction that the
pact would "end the development of advanced new types of
nuclear weapons" -- a formula deemed ambiguous and dangerous
by some Western envoys.  

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30 may 1996 (Reuter) - China said on Thursday it hoped a
nuclear test ban treaty would be signed as soon as possible
and urged the environmental group  Greenpeace not to send a
ship to Shanghai to protest against its nuclear testing.