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September 1991

5 Sept

The Soviet Congress of Peoples Deputies, before disbanding, agrees to hand over key powers to the Republics.

10 Sept-4 Oct

Third CSCE Meeting of the Conference on the Human Dimension, in Moscow. Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania become participating CSCE States.

17 Sept

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are admitted to the UN.

27 Sept

US President Bush announces sweeping cuts in US nuclear weapons and calls upon the Soviet Union to do likewise. The US cuts include the destruction of all US ground-launched tactical nuclear missiles and the removal of nuclear cruise missiles from submarines and warships.