Current press releases on disarmament-related activities of the Conference on Disarmament can also be found on the UNOG press releases' website. The General Assembly has at times established ad hoc committees to deal with specific disarmament issues. In 1971, the General Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Indian Ocean as a Zone of Peace . The Security Council met on a number of occasions in 1960 in response to the heightening of international tensions. In 1995, the Review and Extension Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons extended the Treaty indefinitely.
Discussions are ongoing.
To get a sense of meetings held in the Security Council and actions taken within recent years on disarmament-related matters, one can consult the tables maintained elsewhere in this Guide. Bear in mind that searches can be limited to certain types of material by the use of codes.