High Representative's Speaking Events

2009

November

"Bringing Democracy to Disarmament", keynote address by Sergio Duarte, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs at the International Conference - Reaching Nuclear Disarmament – The Role of Civil Society in Strengthening the NPT, Stockholm, Sweden. 6 November 2009

October

Perspectives for an Increase in Accountability and Transparency through International Mechanisms for Non-Proliferation, 29 October 2009

Special Event: Closing in on Entry-into-Force of the Convention on Cluster Munitions by Sergio Duarte, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, 21 October 2009

Decreasing the Operational Readiness of Nuclear Weapons Systems in the U.S.-Russia Context: Reframing the Issue by Sergio Duarte, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, 15 October 2009

Follow-up of resolutions and decisions adopted by the First Committee at its past session - Statement before the First Committee of the General Assembly by Sergio Duarte, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, 13 October 2009

Current state of affairs in the field of arms control and disarmament and the role of the respective organizations - Statement before the First Committee of the General Assembly by Sergio Duarte, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, 13 October 2009

"The Secretary-General’s Five-Point Plan on Nuclear Disarmament" by Sergio Duarte, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, 12 October 2009

Pugwash Consultation on the Status of the CTBT and Prospects for its Entry into Force by Sergio Duarte, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, 12 October 2009

September

"The Partnership between the United Nations and Civil Society to Achieve a World Free of Nuclear Weapons",
United Nations, 18 September 2009

"Disarm Now for a Better World", remarks at the International Day of Peace
18 September 2009
The future of the Comprehensive Nuclear-test-Ban Treaty
September 2009
Cluster Munitions and International Peace and Security
Santiago, Chile, 15 September 2009

Closing remarks at the 62nd Annual DPI/NGO Conference For Peace and Development: Disarm Now! [E] [S]
Mexico City, Mexico, 11 September 2009

Remarks to the OPANAL Council
10 September 2009
Introductory remarks at the 62nd Annual DPI/NGO Conference
Mexico City, Mexico, 3 September 2009

August

Opening remarks at the 21st UN Conference on Disarmament Issues. From Niigata to the World:
"Renewed Determination and Action Toward a Nuclear Weapon-Free World"
Niigata City, Japan, 26-28 August 2009

July

Opening Remarks to the 52nd Session of The Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters, Geneva, 1 July 2009

June
- Global Week of Action Against Gun Violence, 15-21 June 2009

May

The United Nations and Nuclear Disarmament, "Voices of Experience", A Panel Event Hosted by UN Office for Disarmament Affairs and Pugwash Conferences, United Nations, 7 May 2009

An Update on the Disarmament Cascade, Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission, Final Meeting, Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C. 1 May 2009

April

An Effective and Legitimate Strategy for Nuclear Non-Proliferation, "Nuclear Nonproliferation : Time for Critical Decisions" Geneva Centre for Security Policy, 20 April 2009

Opening Remarks at the Special Briefing and Strategy Session: Contributions of the United Nations System in Advancing the Entry Into Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty,
Permanent Mission of Austria to the United Nations, New York, NY, 3 April 2009

Recovering from the disarmament recession, "Weapons of Mass Destruction: Can the UN Build Momentum for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation?", International Peace Institute, New York seminar, Rye Brook, 1 April 2009

Achieving a nuclear-weapon-free world: How parliaments can help, April 2009
- Published article

March

Opening remarks at the International Symposium on Nuclear Security, International Atomic Energy Agency,Vienna,30 March 2009

Remarks to the Group of Francophone Ambassadors, New York, 17 March 2009

Response to Remarks by Chairman Boniface G. Chidyausiku, Meeting on Prospects for 2009 NPT PrepCom, Annecy, 14 March 2009

First substantive session of the Open-ended Working Group towards an Arms Trade Treaty, New York, US, 02 March 2009

February
- Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters, New York, US, 18 February 2009

January

"New Imperatives and Openings for a Nuclear Weapons-Free World", Rathaus Schönberg
Berlin, Germany, 29 January 2009

2008

December

Conference on Nuclear Non-Proliferation at the Crossroads?
Wilton Park, West Sussex, 19 December 2008

Setting the Agenda for Nuclear Disarmament, Conference on Peace and Disarmament: A World without Nuclear Weapons?
Brussels, 9 December 2008

Toward the Control of International Arms Transfers, Conference on the Control of International Arms Transfers
Buenos Aires, 1 December 2008

November

"Earth Dialogues on the Water Planet"
Organized by: Green Cross International
Government of the State of Minas Gerais
Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 27 November 2008

Opening remarks by Hannelore Hoppe: Nuclear Renaissance and the NPT: Reinforcing the Three Pillars of the NPT
The Seventh United Nations-Republic of Korea Joint Conference
on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Issues, 24 November 2008

International Conference on Arms Control Revisited: Non-Proliferation and Denuclearization
Warsaw, 20 November 2008

October

September

The Ban on Testing Nuclear Weapons
The Ministerial Meeting (Follow-Up Article XIV Conference) for Latin American and Caribbean States San José, Costa Rica 30 September 2008

Moral Leadership and Nuclear Weapons 2008
Sarah Smith Memorial Conference on Moral Leadership: Are We Safe Yet? Vulnerability and Security in an Anxious Age Center for Faith and Culture
Yale Divinity School New Haven, CT 19 September 2008

Reversing the Spread of Nuclear Weapons:
The Future of the Non-Proliferation Regime
The Council on Christian Approaches to Defense and Disarmament, Washington, D.C., 19 September 2008

The Art of Peace Charitable Trust Inaugural Reception and Dinner Honoring Lin Evola-Smidt
United Nations, New York 11 September 2008

Promoting Non-Proliferation: The Role of International Organizations, INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON THE NUCLEAR CHALLENGE, Latin American Faculty of Social Science (FLACSO-Chile),
Santiago, Chile, 5 September 2008

August

Nuclear Energy and Disarmament: The Challenges of Regulation, Development, and Prohibition
73rd International Law Association Biennial Conference Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 18 August 2008

The World Conference against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs
Hiroshima, Japan 4 August 2008

July

Geneva Forum event at Glen Cove
delivered by Ms. Pamela Maponga
Harrison Conference Centre, New York 25 July 2008

June

Luncheon Address by Sergio Duarte, "Making the 2010 NPT Review Conference a Success," Annual Meeting and Luncheon, Arms Control Association
Washington, D.C., 16 June 2008

Keynote address by Sergio Duarte, “Towards a World Free of Nuclear Weapons,” Conference Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the Rajiv Gandhi Action Plan, Hosted by the Centre for Strategic and International Studies and The Indian Council for World Affairs.
Delhi, India, 9 June 2008

Remarks by Sergio Duarte to the Panel of Governmental Experts on the Issue of Missiles in All its Aspects
United Nations, 2 June 2008

Statement by Sergio Duarte, High Representative on Disarmament Affairs, on the occasion of the Global Week of Action Against Gun Violence
(2-8 June 2008)

May

Opening Remarks by Sergio Duarte, Peace and Disarmament: An Evening of Dialogue on the United Nations and Its Common Purposes, sponsored by the NGO Committee on Spirituality, Values and Global Concerns, the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, and the Global Security Institute,
New York, 21 May 2008.

April

Opening remarks by Sergio Duarte for an Exhibition, "From a Culture of Violence to a Culture of Peace: Transforming the Human Spirit," hosted by Soka Gakkai International
Geneva, 30 April 2008

Statement by Sergio Duarte on "40 Years of NPT Implementation: A UN Point of View," Geneva Centre for Security Policy
Geneva, 28 April 2008

Opening remarks by Sergio Duarte at the Second Session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2010 NPT Review Conference
Geneva, 28 April 2008

Keynote Address by Sergio Duarte on "Conference on Problems of Arctic Security in the 21st Century" at Morris J. Wosc Centre for Dialogue, Simon Fraser University
Vancouver, Canada, 11 April 2008

Informal Remarks on Behalf of Jayantha Dhanapala
upon his Receipt of the Simons Foundation Award
Vancouver 11 April 2008

Introductory remarks by Sergio Duarte, for lecture by Hans Blix on "Time for a Revival of Disarmament?", New York University's Center on International Cooperation
9 April 2008

March

"Disarmament and the Rule of Law," address by Mr. Sergio Duarte at the Spring Meeting of the 2008 American Bar Association Section on International Law, United Nations,
New York, 31 March 2008.

Sergio Duarte's Keynote Address, NPT: Pathfinder to a Nuclear Weapons-Free World,Fifth Meeting of the Article VI Forum, Middle Powers Initiative, Dublin Castle, Dublin, Ireland, 27 March 2008

Speech by Sergio Duarte, "The Future of Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones: Maintaining their Relevance and Expanding their Scope"
Annecy, France, 7 March 2008

Speech by Sergio Duarte, "New Perspectives in the United Nations for Disarmament", Seminar,Netherlands Institute of International Relations (Clingendael)
The Hague, Netherlands, 4 March 2008.

February

Public lecture by Sergio Duarte on "The United Nations and Disarmament: Challenges and Opportunities", Series of Changing Institutions, hosted by SIPRI/SITE
Stockholm, Sweden, 28 February 2008

Remarks of Sergio Duarte, "What does it mean to advance the vision of a world free of nuclear weapons?", Seminar on Nuclear Disarmament, Oslo, Norway, 26 February 2008

Sérgio Duarte, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs:
“The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime: Debilitation and Risk of Collapse”, Conference on Nuclear Weapons – The Greatest Peril to Civilization,
The Yale Center for the Study of Globalization,
New Haven, Connecticut, 21 February 2008.

Opening Remarks by Sérgio Duarte, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs at the Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters, 49th session
20 February 2008

Speech by Sergio Duarte on “NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT AND THE NPT: The Responsibility of the Nuclear-Weapon States”, at Global Summit for a Nuclear Weapon-Free World,
London, England, 16 February 2008.

Statement of Mr. Duarte to the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States, Committee on Hemispheric Security, Washington, D.C., USA
7 February 2008

2007

December

Keynote address by Mr. Duarte at a Symposium on the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, hosted by the Brazilian Center of International Relations (CEBRI), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 6 December 2007

Opening Statement by Mr. Duarte to the Sixth ROK-UN Joint Conference on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Issues, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 3 December 2007

November

Statement delivered by Sergio Duarte in Rome at the CTBT seminar organized by the Landau Network-Centro Volta and the Italian MFA on 5 November 2007

October

Opening remarks of Sergio Duarte, conference on "Reykjavik Revisited: Steps Toward a World Free of Nuclear Weapons", Hoover Institution, Stanford University, 24 October 2007

Statement of Sergio Duarte to a Panel of the First Committee on “Current state of affairs in the field of arms control and disarmament and the role of the respective organizations”, 17 October 2007.

Mr. Sergio Duarte's Statement before the First Committee on the follow-up of resolutions and decisions adopted by the First Committee, 15 October 2007

August

Remarks by the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Mr. Sergio Duarte, at The 19th United Nations Conference on Disarmament Issues in Sapporo; New vision and required leadership towards a world free from nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction,
Sapporo City, Hokkaido, Japan, 27-29 August 2007 [Presented 27 August]

Remarks by the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Mr. Sergio Duarte, at the launch of the Biological Weapons Convention Implementation Support Unit on 21 August 2007

Statement to the Conference on Disarmament on 20 August 2007 by Sergio Duarte High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, United Nations

Challenges and Opportunities in Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Today Remarks by Sergio Duarte
at the Brainstorming session on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation: Breaking the Stalemate

July

Opening Remarks by Sérgio Duarte, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs at Secretary-General's Advisory Board for Disarmament Matters 48th Session, which was held in New York from 16-18 July 2007
16 July 2007

February

Statement by Under-Secretary-General Nobuaki Tanaka before the Security Council cooperation between the security council and international organizations in the implementation of resolutions 1540 (2004) and 1673 (2006)

Message from Under-Secretary-General Nobuaki Tanaka "advancing Cooperative Security in Space" to the meeting hosted by the Global Security Institute, New York, 9 February 2007

2006

December

Opening by Nobuaki Tanaka, Under-Secretary Ge3neral for Disarmament Affairs, Jeju Island, 13 December 2006

November

Message from Under-Secretary-General Nobuaki Tanaka to to 7th World Summit of the Nobel Peace Laureates, Rome, 18 November 2006

Message from Under-Secretary-General Nobuaki Tanaka to Seminar On Strengthening Global Disarmament And Non-Proliferation Bali, 2 November 2006

October

Statement by Under-Secretary-General Nobuaki Tanaka before the First Committee of the General Assembly, United Nations, New York, 17 October 2006

Statement by Under-Secretary-General Nobuaki Tanaka before the Panel of the First Committee of the United Nations General Assembly, 9 October 2006

Statement by Under-Secretary-General Nobuaki Tanaka before the First Committee of the General Assembly, United Nations, New York, 2 October 2006

May

Statement by Under-Secretary-General Nobuaki Tanaka to the Berlin Seminar on Peace and Security in the 21st Century organized by Center for Strategic Decision Research, 20 May 2006

April

Statement by Under-Secretary-General Nobuaki Tanaka to the United Nations Disarmament Commission (UNDC), 10 April 2006

2005

October

Statement by Under-Secretary-General Nobuyasu Abebefore the First Committee of the General Assembly, United Nations, New York, 3 October 2005

August

Statement by Under-Secretary-General Nobuyasu Abe on Multilateralism Versus Unilateralism: Overcoming the Dichotomy in Disarmament, 17 August 2005

July

Under-Secretary-General Nobuyasu Abe's Talk at the Plenary Session: The Future of Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, 24 July 2005

March

Statement by Under-Secretary-General Nobuyasu Abe on Challenges and Legal Issues for the 2005 Non-proliferation Treaty Review Conference: a Transatlantic Dialogue, Part I. Challenges and Opportunities for the 2005 NPT Review Conference: Strengthening the Non-Proliferation Regime,
17 March 2005

2004

December

Opening Address, How to Address Challenges in the Field of Disarmament and Non-Proliferation TDDAy, Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, 6 December 2004

November

Closing WMD Proliferation Gaps: The United Nations Challenge and the Asian Perspective, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 9 November 2004

October

2004 United Nations Programme of Fellowships on Disarmament, Statement by Under-Secretary-General Nobuyasu Abe, United Nations, New York, 28 October 2004

September
- The Future Role of the United Nations in Asian Peace and Security, Sydney, Australia, 3 September 2004

July

Opening Remarks, United Nations Conference on Disarmament Issues "Mounting challenges to peace and security and disarmament tDDAy", Sapporo, Japan, 26 July 2004

June

Open-ended Working Group to negotiate an international instrument to enable States to identify and trace, in a timely and reliable manner, illicit small arms and light weapons, United Nations, New York, 14 June 2004

May

Women, Weapons of Mass Destruction, and Preventing War, Panel on Women, Weapons of Mass Destruction, and Preventing War, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, United Nations, New York, 4 May 2004

April
- Statement before the United Nations Disarmament Commission, Opening Session, United Nations, New York, 5 April 2004

January

Controlling the Spread of Nuclear Weapons, Warnke Conference on the Past, Present, and Future of Arms Control, Hosted by The Arms Control Association, Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service and its Center for Peace and Security Studies, Washington, D.C., 28 January 2004

2003

December

Opening Remarks, Conference on the Implementation, by the Arab States, of the UN Programme of Action on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons, Cairo, Egypt, 16 December 2003

Opening Remarks, Jeju Process, Conference on Challenges to Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Norms in East Asia, Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, 3 December 2003

November

The United Nations and Nuclear Disarmament, Parliamentary Network for Nuclear Disarmament, Liu Institute for Global Issues, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 8 November 2003

October

The Future of Multilateral Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Treaties, Peace and Security Funders Group, United Nations, New York, 29 October 2003

Keynote Address - The Non-Proliferation Regime in the "Second Nuclear Age", Forum of the Middle Powers Initiative on Challenges of the Second Nuclear Age: Preserving Multilateralism, Advancing Disarmament, United Nations, New York, 6 October 2003

Statement before the First Committee of the General Assembly, United Nations, New York, 6 October 2003

September

Non-Proliferation and the Challenge of Compliance, Second Moscow International Non-Proliferation Conference, Hosted by Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Center for Policy Studies (PIR Center), Metropol Hotel, Moscow ,19 September 2003

August

Opening Remarks, "Arms Control, Disarmament and Their Future", United Nations Conference on Disarmament Issues, Osaka, Japan, 19 August 2003

May

Opening Remarks, "Multilateral Disarmament after the Iraq War", Panel Discussion sponsored by DDA on the occasion of the 25th Anniversary of SSOD-I, UN Headquarters, New York, 20 May 2003

Remarks at NGO Farewell Reception, Organized by the Hague Appeal for Peace, Lawyers Committee for Nuclear Policy and NGO Committee on Disarmament, Peace and Security, New York, 13 May 2003

April

The NPT -- Yesterday, TDDAy, and Tomorrow: Keynote Address, Event hosted by Middle Powers Initiative, A Programme of the Global Security Institute, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, 29 April 2003

Introduction of DDA's Gender Action Plan: Keynote Address, Panel Discussion "Making Disarmament More Effective: Men and Women Working Together", UN Headquarters, New York, 15 April 2003

Special Remarks at the Alan Cranston Peace Awards 2003 Ceremony, Organized by the Global Security Institute, San Francisco California, 12 April 2003

March

Statement before the UN Disarmament Commission, UN Headquarters, New York, 31 March 2003

Opening Remarks for the "UN-OSCE Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects in South Eastern Europe", Ljubljana, Slovenia, 11 March 2003

February

" Transparency in Armaments", Subregional Workshop. Bali, Indonesia 14 February 2003

"Implementation of the Programme of Action adopted at the United Nations Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects: The Asia-Pacific Perspective", Bali, Indonesia 10 February 2003

January
- "A Realistic View of Global Weapons Norms", IPS UN Journal, 20 January 2003, Vol. 11, No. 6, page 6
- "Disarmament Inches Forward in a Period of Setbacks", Disarmament Times, Volume XXV, Number 4, pages 1-3

2002

December

Opening Statement for the UN-ROK Joint Conference on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Issues: Changing Security Dynamics and their Implications for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, Cheju Island, Republic of Korea 3 December 2002

November

The Relevance of Regimes, Plenary Address at the Carnegie International Non-Proliferation Conference - Ronald Reagan International Trade Center, Washington, D.C., 15 November 2002

Opening Statement for the BioWeapons Prevention Project Launch - Palais des Nations, Geneva, 11 November 2002

Gender and Disarmament, Key Note Address at the Fourth Annual Women Waging Peace Policy Day - John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 8 November 2002

Global Security and Civil Society, Statement before the Threshold Foundation - New York, 7 November 2002

October

Remarks at the Certificate Awarding Ceremony, 2002 UN Programme of Fellowships on Disarmament - United Nations, New York, 28 October 2002

Statement at the Symposium marking the Tenth Anniversary of the UN Register of Conventional Arms - United Nations, New York, 15 October 2002

Opening Remarks at "The Outer Space Treaty at Thirty-Five" Panel Discussion - United Nations, New York, 14 October 2002

Statement to the Open Debate of the Security Council on the Question of Small Arms - United Nations, New York, 11 October 2002

Remarks at the Launch of the UN Study on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Education - United Nations, New York, 9 October 2002

Message to the Survivors of the Atomic Bombings - Hill of Grace, Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Home for the Elderly, 6 October 2002

Opening Remarks: Panel Discussion on "The Impact of 11 September 2001 on the Disarmament Agenda for the 21st Century" - United Nations, 3 October 2002

"Help schools to promote a safer world", by Jayantha Dhanapala and William C. Potter, International Herald Tribune, 3 October 2002

Opening Remarks: Panel Discussion on "Disarmament in Conflict Prevention" - United Nations, New York, 1 October 2002

September

Statement before the First Committee of the General Assembly - United Nations, New York, 30 September 2002

Statement on the Occasion of the Launching of the Joint Ministerial Statement on the CTBT - United Nations, New York, 14 September 2002

Remarks to DPI/NGO Conference, Session on "Demobilizing the War Machines: Making Peace Last" - United Nations, New York, 11 September 2002

"Making Peace Last: Disarmament as an Essential Element", NGO Committee on Disarmament, Peace and Security Workshop, DPI/NGO Conference - United Nations, New York, 10 September 2002

August
- On eve of Johannesburg forum, UN official flags links between disarmament, development, 25 August 2002

July

The NPT and the Future of Nuclear Weapons - Workshop on the Outcome and Implementation of the 2002 NPT PrepCom - Monterey Institute of International Studies, L'Imperial Palace, Annecy, France, 14 July 2002

June

Nuclear Disarmament: Towards Securing a Global Future for Humanity - Seminar on Nuclear Disarmament: Towards Securing a Global Future for Humanity, Hosted by Pax Christi, Dublin, Ireland, 19 June 2002

"Preventing a new dark age", by Jayantha Dhanapala and Ramesh Thakur, The Japan Times, 16 June 2002

"Let's get together against terrorism: A threatened world", by Jayantha Dhanapala and Ramesh Thakur, International Herald Tribune, 4 June 2002

May

Multilateralism and the U.S. National Interest in Disarmament - Casper Committee on Foreign Relations, Casper, Wyoming, 30 May 2002

The Canberra Commission: Lessons Learned for a Future Commission - The Ideas-Institutional Nexus, A Conference Co-Hosted by the University of Waterloo and United Nations University, Waterloo (Ontario), Canada, 18 May 2002

International Law, Security, and Weapons of Mass Destruction - Showcase Program 2002 Spring Meeting of the Section of International Law and Practice American Bar Association, New York, New York, 9 May 2002

April

Remarks upon Accepting the Alan Cranston Peace Award, Award Ceremony Hosted by the Global Security Institute - United Nations, New York, 16 April 2002

"The Challenge of Results-Based Disarmament", Synthesis, Spring/March 2002, published by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, pages 5-7.

The NPT, Nuclear Disarmament, and Terrorism, Conference on Nuclear Dangers and the State of Security Treaties, Hosted by the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research - United Nations, New York, 9 April 2002

Opening Remarks: A Disarmament Agenda for the 21st Century, An International Conference Sponsored by the United Nations and the People's Republic of China - Beijing, China, 2 April 2002

March

"The Impact of September 11 on Multilateral Arms Control", Arms Control TDDAy, March 2002, pages 9-14

The Role of Civil Society in the Implementation of the UN Programme of Action on Small Arms, African Conference on the Implementation of the UN Programme of Action on Small Arms: Needs and Partnerships - Pretoria, South Africa, 20 March 2002

Coordinating Regional Initiatives of the UN Programme of Action on Small Arms, African Conference on the Implementation of the UN Programme of Action on Small Arms: Needs and Partnerships - Pretoria, South Africa, 18 March 2002

January

Multilateral Approaches to WMD Threats After September 11 - Annual Luncheon of the Arms Control Association, Washington, DC, 22 January 2002

2001

December

"Assembly Talk of New Era Followed by 'Business As Usual'," Disarmament Times, Vol. XXIV, No. 4, Winter 2001, pages 1, 3.

"Multilateralism and the Future of the Global Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime," The Nonproliferation Review, CNS, MIIS, Fall 2001

Keynote Address - Regional Seminar: International Security Issues: A Call for Regional Cooperation, Bangkok, Thailand, 14 December 2001

November

Disarmament, Non-Proliferation, and the Rule of Law - 20th Anniversary of the Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy, New York, New York, 27 November 2001

October

Remarks at the Certificate Awarding Ceremony - United Nations Programme of Fellowships on Disarmament, UN New York, 31 October 2001

The Work of the Department of Disarmament Affairs in Implementing Security Council Resolution 1325 - UN Inter-agency Panel to Commemorate the First Anniversary of Security Council resolution 1325, New York, 31 October 2001

The NPT Regime: Progress and Promises - Symposium on International Safeguards: Verification and Nuclear Material Security, IAEA, Vienna, Austria, 29 October 2001

August

Communicating the Disarmament Message - Centre for International Communication, Macquarie University Sydney, Australia 30 August 2001

Opening Statement - United Nations Conference on Disarmament Issues in Ishikawa-Kanazawa, Kanazawa, Japan, 28 August 2001

July

"A Disarming Proposition: Meeting the Challenge of Sustainable Disarmament," Harvard International Review, Summer 2001, vol. XXIII, no. 2, p. 48-52.

May

The Agenda: Ecology, Poverty Reduction, Disarming - International Herald Tribune 23 May 2001 P.8. (Note: based on the author's Commencement Address at the Monterey Institute for International Studies, 12 May 2001)

The State of the Global Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime: 2001 - Monterey Institute of International Studies, Annecy, France, 21 May 2001

April

Keynote Address: Towards NPT 2005: An Action Plan for the 13 Steps - MPI Strategy Consultation, United Nations, 29 April 2001

March

Opening Address - Ka hao te rangatahi: A Pacific Way to Disarmament, UN Regional Meeting in Asia and the Pacific, Wellington, New Zealand, 27 March, 2001

February

Disarmament and Development, International Conference on Small Arms Proliferation and Trade in the Asia Pacific, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 19 February 2001

2000

December

Two Cheers for First Committee - or One-Handed Applause?, DISARMAMENT TIMES, vol. XXIII, no. 4, Winter 2000, page 1.

A Peace Dividend for Developing Countries Would Pay Off, by Nitin Desai and Jayantha Dhanapala, International Herald Tribune, 22 December 2000, page 8.

MESSAGE TO GENSUIKYO, 12 December 2000

Keynote Address at the Final Expert Seminar on Smart Sanctions --The Next Step: Arms Embargoes and Travel Sanctions, Berlin, Germany, 3-5 December 2000

Opening Statement, Ministerial Conference on the Illicit Proliferation, Circulation, and Trafficking of Small Arms and Light Weapons in Africa, Organization of African Unity, Bamako, Mali, 30 November - 1 December 2000

November

Keynote Address by Under-Secretary-General Dhanapala at the Regional Preparatory Meeting for the 2001 United Nations Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects, 22-24 November 2000

October
- Remarks by Under-Secretary-General Dhanapala at the opening of the disarmament exhibit, 23 October 2000
- Remarks by Under-Secretary-General Dhanapala before the First Committee, 2 October 2000

September

Statement on the occasion of the “Flamme de la Paix” Ceremony, Agadez (Niger), 25 September 2000 (English), (French)

Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones – Challenges and Opportunities, International Seminar "Nuclear Weapons-Free Zones: Crucial Steps Towards a Nuclear-Free World", Uppsala, Sweden, 1-4 September 2000

August

Statement at the Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders, New York, 31 August 2000

Disarmament and the New Democratic Diplomacy, GLOBAL SOLIDARITY: The Way to Peace and International Cooperation, Fifty-Third Annual Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations Associated with the United Nations Department of Public Information, United Nations, New York, 29 August 2000

July

Eliminating Nuclear Arsenals: The NPT Pledge and What It Means, All-Party Group on Global Security and Non-Proliferation House of Commons, London, 3 July 2000

April

The Prospects for Disarmament in the 21st Century; Five College Program in Peace and World Security Studies, Hampshire College , Amherst, MA, 28 April 2000

Arms Control and Multilateralism:The Problem of Political Will, Tenth Annual International Arms Control Conference – Conundrums in Arms Control:The New Millennium, Panel II: Arms Control, Leadership, and Multilateralism, Sandia National Laboratory, Albuquerque, New Mexico,14-16 April 2000

February

Strategic Stability, Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament and the 2000 NPT Review Conference, Opening Address, The 12 Regional Disarmament Meeting in the Asia-Pacific Region, Kathmandu, Nepal, 15-17 February 2000

January

The United Nations and Civil Society, Rotary International, Kandy, Sri Lanka, 22 January 2000

The Prospects for Global Nuclear Disarmament, Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University, 12 January 2000

1999

December

Disarmament and Security: A New Latin American and Caribbean Agenda for the Next Millennium. The Role of the United Nations in Disarmament and the Search for Peace, United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, Lima, Peru, 1 December 1999

November

Reinforcing the NPT Regime, International Workshop on the 2000 Conference of the Strengthened NPT Review Process, Monterey Institute of International Studies, Regal UN Plaza Hotel, New York, NY, 1 November 1999

October
- Remarks by Under-Secretary-General Dhanapala before the First Committee, New York, 11 October 1999.

September

1999 Olof Palme Memorial Lecture, A Future Arms Control and Disarmament Agenda, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, 30 September 1999

June

Forum on Security and Development, World Bank, Washington, D.C., 29 June 1999

Opening statement on the occasion of the opening of the Workshop on Illicit Trafficking in Small Arms: Latin America and Caribbean Issues in Lima (Peru), 23-25 June 1999

May

Civil Society and the Verification of Disarmament,Statement before Workshop on "Societal Verification -- Whistleblowing -- Citizens’s Reporting, The Hague Appeal For Peace, 13 May 1999

Remarks before Hague Appeal for Peace 1999, 13 May 1999

April

Opening Statement at the Symposium on Missile Development and the Impact on Global Security, United Nations, New York, 22 April 1999

Statement before the Disarmament Commission, United Nations, New York, 12 April 1999

Reinforcing the NPT Regime: International Challenges and Opportunities, IAEA Bulletin. Vol. 41, No. 4, April 1999, pages 5-8

February

Prospects for Nuclear Disarmament, Sir Kenneth Bailey Memorial Lecture, Commemoration of the Centenary of the 1899 Hague Peace Conference, University of Melbourne, Australia, Faculty of Law, 19 February 1999

January

The NPT Regime: External and Internal Challenges, Seventh Carnegie International Non-Proliferation Conference, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, D.C., 11 January 1999

Peace through Sustainable Disarmament, Article in IPS Terraviva, IPS Columnist Service, 7 January 1999

1998

November

Sustainable Disarmament for Sustainable Development, Lalith Athulathmudali Foundation, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 27 November 1998

The Second United Nations Conference on Disarmament Issues in Nagasaki, Opening statement by Mr. Jayantha Dhanapala, Under-Secretary-General, Department of Disarmament Affairs, United Nations

Building Consensus on Disarmament: Key Role for the United Nations, Disarmament Times, Vol. XXI, No. 4, November 1998, pages 1 and 4.

"The Future of the Non-Proliferation Regime": UNA-USA, George Washington University, Washington, D.C., 6 November 1998

October

The Small Arms Issue: Achieving Sustainable Disarmament, International Conference on Sustainable Disarmament for Sustainable Development, Brussels, 12 October 1998

"Every Second Counts: Gaining Time to Avert a Nuclear War ": Seminar Cosponsored by Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society, Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Swedish Institute of International Affairs, Stockholm, 10 October 1998

April

"The Phenomenon of Small Arms and Light Weapons from an International Perspective", Ad Hoc Meeting on Small Arms organized by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace (PCJP), Rome, 2 April 1998

"The Challenge of Controlling International Small Arms Transfers", International Conference on the Proposed Moratorium for Small Arms Transfers in West Africa, Oslo, Norway, 1 April 1998

March

Meeting of the Group of Interested States established pursuant to GA Resolution 52/38G "Consolidation of Peace through Practical Disarmament Measures", 3 March 1998, UN Headquarters, New York


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