International Herald Tribune

Wendesday, January 22, 1997

(AFP)

GENEVA - President Bill Clinton urged the UN Disarmament Conference on Tuesday to work speedily toward treaties banning land mines and materials for making nuclear bombs.

Foreign Minister Lamberto Dini of Italy opened the conference by calling for similar measure.

In a massage read by the U.S. ambassador to the conference, Mr. Clinton told the 61 nations attending the two-month session. "All children of the world deserve to walk the earth in safety".