Turkey To Chair Disarmament Conference Session

Turkey will chair last session of the ongoing 2018 disarmament conference in Geneva, it was announced on Monday.

GENEVA, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 20th Aug, 2018 ) :Turkey will chair last session of the ongoing 2018 disarmament conference in Geneva, it was announced on Monday.

The disarmament conference is expected to conclude on September 14.

Turkey will be In-charge of the preparation and authentication of the annual disarmament report from 65 member countries.

Established in 1979 after the UN general assembly special session decision in 1978, the conference aims to controlled arm employment and disarmament. It has 65 member states, including all nuclear weapons owners.

Each member is presiding over four weeks in a session in which the members rotate inalphabetical order. Turkey's leadership will be the second this time after 2008.