61.   France will push for a global ban on blinding lasers at an international weapons conference later this month, a newspaper reported Wednesday.

62.   Gorbovsky said that building the bomblet would represent a violation of the global ban on developing biological weapons.

63.   Government leaders and humanitarian officials called Tuesday for an complete and immediate global ban on land mines, on the first day of an international conference on the weapons.

64.   He and other world leaders are also expected to sign a global ban on nuclear test explosions.

65.   He balked at a global ban on land mines and had U.S. negotiators boycott a U.N. racism conference.

66.   He urged a global ban on the production of plutonium and highly enriched uranium be negotiated as the next step towards ridding the world of nuclear weapons.

67.   He urged a global ban on the production of plutonium and highly enriched uranium be negotiated as the next step toward ridding the world of nuclear weapons.

68.   His speech was pointedly absent any mention of a proposed global ban on land mines.

69.   In a breakthrough deal with U.S. negotiators, China has agreed to support a historic global ban on nuclear test explosions, Western diplomats said.

70.   In return, Britain demanded that the EU lift its global ban on British exports of cattle, beef and beef products.