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First Committee
Agenda Issues

(not exhaustive)
  • terms of international disarmament agreements, especially in reference to the structure of disarmament "machinery" (mechanisms in place for continued disarmament progress)

  • reduction of military budgets

  • "confidencebuilding" between States, especially those at political odds, in matters of security and disarmament

  • the role of information, technology and science in the context of international security and disarmament

  • the relationship of development to disarmament and security policy

  • prevention of an accelerated arms race, including in outer space

  • notification of nuclear tests and transparency in all nuclear activities

  • disarmament and nonproliferation education and training

  • observance of environmental norms in disarmament

  • small arms and light weapon control measures, including assistance to States in implementing these reforms

  • control of conventional arms

  • the role of regional UN Centres for Peace and Disarmament, especially in "confidence-building" among neighbor States

  • the role of specialized United Nations organs, especially the Secretary-General's Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters, the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research and the Disarmament Commission, in matters of peace and security

  • discussion of a comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
 
 
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