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UN General Assembly - 1st Committee (Disarmament)
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| 2 November, 2009 | | GA/DIS/3403 | Reframing Disarmament Debate in First Committee, Strengthening Multilateralism Advanced Momentum, Led to Approval of 54 Drafts, Chair Says as Session Closes |
| 30 October, 2009 | | GA/DIS/3402 | Sending Six Drafts to General Assembly, First Committee Calls for International Day for World Free of Nuclear Weapons, Conference on Arms Trade Treaty in 2012 |
| 29 October, 2009 | | GA/DIS/3401 | First Committee Advances Bold, Sweeping Plans to Reduce Nuclear Weapons Arsenals, Build Confidence, Boost Transparency, Submitting Nine Texts to General Assembly |
| 28 October, 2009 | | GA/DIS/3400 | Disarmament Committee Sends 25 Texts to General Assembly, Seeking to Avert Outer Space Arms Race, Unilateral Actions, Unverified Non-Compliance Accusations |
| 27 October, 2009 | | GA/DIS/3399 | Gravely Concerned at Danger of Possible Nuclear Weapons Use, First Committee Draft Resolution Calls on States to Prevent Proliferation, Promote Nuclear Disarmament |
| 23 October, 2009 | | GA/DIS/3398 | Barriers Blocking Disarmament Negotiations Beginning to Yield, First Committee Told, Examining Strength of Disarmament Machinery Following Years of Paralysis |
| 22 October, 2009 | | GA/DIS/3397 | Robust Regional Action, Combined with Strict Compliance with Arms Control Accords, Contains Arms Races, First Committee Told during Debate on Regional Disarmament |
| 21 October, 2009 | | GA/DIS/3396 | Time for General Discussion on Arms Trade Treaty Is Over, First Committee Hears, Seeking in One of Five Drafts to Prevent Diversion of Weapons to Illicit Market |
| 20 October, 2009 | | GA/DIS/3395 | Divergent Paths Emerge as First Committee Debates Issues of Cluster Munitions, Transparency of Weapons Sales, Viability of International Arms Trade Treaty |
| 19 October, 2009 | | GA/DIS/3394 | First Committee Wraps Up Debate on Disarmament Aspects of Outer Space, Opens Discussion on Conventional Weapons, Hearing Introduction of Six Draft Texts |
| 16 October, 2009 | | GA/DIS/3393 | Chemical Weapons Ban Took a Century to Enact, But ‘Living Example’ of Success in Field, First Committee Told, Taking Up Weapons of Mass Destruction Debate |
| 15 October, 2009 | | GA/DIS/3392 | First Committee Hears Introduction of Five Drafts, Detailed Accounts by Russian Federation, United States of Reductions in Nuclear Warheads, Ballistic Missiles |
| 14 October, 2009 | | GA/DIS/3391 | Proposal for International Day to Rid World of Nuclear Weapons Submitted in First Committee, with Traditional Text on Nuclear-Weapon-Free Southern Hemisphere |
| 13 October, 2009 | | GA/DIS/3390 | Efforts to Stem Spread of Violence, Armed Conflict Finds Diverse Allies, Boosting Chances of Achieving Disarmament Goals, Disarmament Chief Tells First Committee |
| 12 October, 2009 | | GA/DIS/3389 | New Brand of Nuclear Arms Race, Ballooning Defence Budgets, Still-Full Nuclear Arsenals Challenge Renewal of Non-Proliferation Regime, First Committee Hears |
| 9 October, 2009 | | GA/DIS/3388 | New Winds Blowing through the Halls of Disarmament, but Real Menace -– Small Arms, Light Weapons -- Destabilizing Societies Everywhere, First Committee Told |
| 8 October, 2009 | | GA/DIS/3387 | Exploiting Renewed Focus on Nuclear Disarmament Requires Political Will, Reversal of Past Policies, Understanding New Dynamics Among Nations, First Committee Told |
| 7 October, 2009 | | GA/DIS/3386 | For First Time in Years, Notion of Nuclear-Weapon-Free World Supported by Leaders of All Major Industrialized Countries, Disarmament Committee Hears in Debate |
| 6 October, 2009 | | GA/DIS/3385 | One Nuclear Weapon Exploded in One Major City Could Kill Hundreds of Thousands; No Single Nation Could Halt Spread Alone, United States Tells First Committee |
| 5 October, 2009 | | GA/DIS/3384 | Disarmament Remains ‘Burning Problem of Our Time’, But Today’s World Capable of Solving Problem, Disarmament Chief Tells First Committee as Debate Opens |
| 1 October, 2009 | | GA/DIS/3383 | Disarmament Committee Prepares for Start of General Debate on Monday, 5 October, with Adoption of Agenda, Work Programme, in Brief Organizational Meeting |
| 15 September, 2009 | | BIO/4125-GA/DIS/3382 | José Luis Cancela of Uruguay Chair of First Committee |
| 14 July, 2009 | | GA/DIS/3381 | First Committee Completes Bureau for Sixty-Fourth General Assembly Session |
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