First Committee Statements, Press releases and side events
Statements
- 3 October 2011
- Ambassador Jarmo Viinanen, Chair of the First Committee
Opening Statement
- Sergio Duarte, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs
Statement
- 11 October 2011
- 12 October 2011
- 17 October 2011
- 21 October 2011
Press Releases
- 31 October 2011
First Committee, Concluding Work for Session, Sends 52 Draft Texts to General Assembly Covering Broad Spectrum of Disarmament, Security Concerns (GA/DIS/3449)
- 28 October 2011
If Disarmament Conference Fails to Start Work by End of 2012 Session, General Assembly to Consider Options for Fissile Material Ban, Says First Committee (GA/DIS/3448)
- 27 October 2011
First Committee Seeks to Ban Development of New Types of Mass Destruction Weapons, by One of 22 Draft Texts Forwarded to General Assembly for Adoption (GA/DIS/3447)
- 26 October 2011
Voting Machine ‘Locks’ in Familiar Pattern as Disarmament Committee Sends 17 Drafts to General Assembly for Adoption (GA/DIS/3446)
- 25 October 2011
Perception in First Committee ‘World Cannot Afford to Stand Still’ on Disarmament, but Divergent Views Emerge on Reasons for Stagnation, Ways to Overcome It (GA/DIS/3445)
- 24 October 2011
Seven Draft Resolutions Introduced in First Committee, Two Reflecting Divergent Views on Solving Impasse in Multilateral Disarmament Forum (GA/DIS/3444)
- 21 October 2011
If Conference on Disarmament Cannot Break 15-Year-Long Deadlock, United Nations Could ‘Lose Legitimacy in Disarmament Affairs’, First Committee Told (GA/DIS/3443)
- 21 October 2011
General Assembly President points to Busy UN Disarmament Agenda in 2012
- 20 October 2011
Unregulated Information Highway is Non-Traditional Security Threat with Too Many ‘Traffic Accidents’, China Tells First Committee, Warning of Security Breaches(GA/DIS/3442)
- 19 October
World’s Weapons Stockpile ‘Over-Supplied’, as States Reshape True Aim of Charter-based Article on Self-Defence, First Committee Told (GA/DIS/3441)
- 18 October 2011
Stockpiled Instruments of Modern Violence — Conventional Weapons — Focus of Debate in First Committee, as Delegates Rally Support around Key Draft Resolutions (GA/DIS/3440)
- 17 October 2011
First Committee Hears Introduction of Eight Drafts on Range of Topics, from Threat of Outer Space Arms Race to Terrorist Acquisition of Mass Destruction Weapons (GA/DIS/3439)
- 14 October 2011
When It Comes to Non-Proliferation, Arms Limitation, Disarmament Agreements, ‘Rules Must Be Binding, Violations Must Be Punished’, First Committee Told (GA/DIS/3438)
- 13 October 2011
It Is ‘Bitter Reality’ in Complex, Dangerous World that Possession of Nuclear Weapons by Some Gives Others Excuse to Acquire Them, First Committee Told (GA/DIS/3437)
- 12 October 2011
‘Sorry to Report’, Conference on Disarmament Official Tells First Committee, No Key Disarmament, Non-Proliferation Treaties in Pipeline Now(GA/DIS/3436)
- 11 October 2011
‘Mantra’ of Nuclear-Armed States that Fissile Material Ban Ripe for Negotiation Follows Dictates of Convenience, Not Security, First Committee Told (GA/DIS/3435)
- 10 October 2011
International Community Wise to ‘Take Step Back, Seriously Question Approach as Mindless Arms Race Flourishes Unencumbered’, First Committee Hears(GA/DIS/3434)
- 7 October 2011
China Champions New Thinking on Security, Shaped by Mutual Trust, Mutual Benefit, Amid Calls in First Committee for Binding Pledges of Non Use of Nuclear Weapons (GA/DIS/3433)
- 6 October 2011
Membership in Conference on Disarmament Yields Rights but Also Responsibilities, First Committee Told, as Delegations Make Clear Deadlock Taking Its Toll (GA/DIS/3432)
- 5 October 2011
Nuclear Proliferation ‘Biggest Danger Facing Our Planet’, Says France, Warning in First Committee Debate ‘More Disarmament Will Not Suffice’ to Stop It (GA/DIS/3431)
- 4 October 2011
Path from Prague ‘Fast and Straight’, but Moving into ‘Uncharted Terrain’, United States Delegate Tells First Committee during General Debate (GS/DIS/3430)
- 3 October 2011
UN official highlights impact of democracy and rule of law on advancing disarmament (UN Press article)
- 3 October 2011
First Committee Must Not “Close Shop and Wait for World Peace” before Furthering Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Arms Control, Delegations Told as Debate Opens (GA/DIS/3429)
- 30 September 2011
First Committee, in Preparation for Start of Annual General Debate Monday, Holds Organizational Meeting to Adopt Agenda, Work Programme for Session (GA/DIS/3428)
- 15 September 2011
Biographical note on Jarmo Viinanen, Chair of the First Committee and Permanent Representative of Finland to the United Nations (GA/DIS/3426)
Side Events
Disarmament in Review
