Letter dated 9 May 1997 from the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

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Transmits message from the President and the appeal by the State Duma of the Russian Federation addressed to the 1st session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, 6 May and 25 Apr. 1997 respectively.