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UN General Assembly - 1st Committee (Disarmament)

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10 October, 2008
GA/DIS/3365AMID CONFLUENCE OF CRISES, UNITED NATIONS MEMBER STATES CAPABLE OF RIDDING PLANET OF ‘WEAPONS THAT WE FALSELY BELIEVE PROTECT US’, DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE TOLD

9 October, 2008
GA/DIS/3364DELEGATES BLAME NON-COMPLIANCE WITH TREATY OBLIGATIONS, DOUBLE STANDARDS FOR HOLDING UP INTERNATIONAL DISARMAMENT, NON-PROLIFERATION EFFORTS

8 October, 2008
GA/DIS/3363UNITED STATES COMMITTED TO NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, BUT ONLY ONCE SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PERMITS; PRUDENT NOW TO MAINTAIN NUCLEAR CAPABILITIES, FIRST COMMITTEE HEARS

7 October, 2008
GA/DIS/3362RELIANCE ON ILLUSION OF UNIPOLAR WORLD, CONNIVANCE AT DOUBLE STANDARDS IN GLOBAL SECURITY AGGRAVATE DISARMAMENT CRISIS, FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD

6 October, 2008
GA/DIS/3361 HUMANKIND STILL ‘CONFRONTS SELF-EXTINCTION ARISING FROM MASSIVE, COMPETITIVE BUILD-UP OF MOST DESTRUCTION WEAPONS EVER PRODUCED’, FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD

2 October, 2008
GA/DIS/3360FIRST COMMITTEE WILL BEGIN DEBATE ON 6 OCTOBER; ITEMS INCLUDE NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, NON-PROLIFERATION, AVERTING OUTER SPACE ARMS RACE, STAUNCHING ILLICIT ARMS TRADE

16 September, 2008
BIO/4023-GA/DIS/3359MARCO ANTONIO SUAZO OF HONDURAS CHAIRMAN OF FIRST COMMITTEE

UN General Assembly -1st Committee (Disarmament)

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2 November, 2007
GA/DIS/3358CONCLUDING WORK, DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE WOULD HAVE GENERAL ASSEMBLY URGE STATES TO SECURE NUCLEAR PLANTS TO PREVENT TERRORISTS’ USE OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS

1 November, 2007
GA/DIS/3357CONCERNED ABOUT HIGH-ALERT STATUS OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS, GENERAL ASSEMBLY WOULD CALL FOR DECREASE IN OPERATIONAL READINESS, BY NEW DRAFT APPROVED IN FIRST COMMITTEE

31 October, 2007
GA/DIS/3356APPROVING 15 DRAFTS, FIRST COMMITTEE URGES ALL STATES TO REMAIN SEIZED ‘AT HIGHEST POLITICAL LEVEL’ OF NEED TO OPERATIONALIZE COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY

30 October, 2007
GA/DIS/3355GENERAL ASSEMBLY WOULD CALL FOR IMMEDIATE, URGENT STEPS TO REDUCE UNINTENTIONAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS USE, ACCORDING TO ONE OF 21 TEXTS APPROVED IN FIRST COMMITTEE

29 October, 2007
GA/DIS/3354‘LOOPHOLES’ IN SMALL ARMS NORMS MUST BE CLOSED, AS ILLICIT WEAPONS WEAKEN STATE STABILITY, DESTROY ECONOMIC FABRIC, KILL HUNDREDS DAILY, FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD

26 October, 2007
GA/DIS/3353SIGNING WEAPONS REDUCTION TREATIES, TALKING ABOUT NON-PROLIFERATION NOT ENOUGH; NATIONS MUST HAVE ‘POLITICAL STRENGTH’ FOR COMPLIANCE, FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD

25 October, 2007
GA/DIS/3352RUSSIAN FEDERATION, UNITED STATES CALL ON STATES TO JOIN TREATY REGIME REJECTING INTERMEDIATE-RANGE, SHORTER-RANGE MISSILES, IN FIRST COMMITTEE DEBATE

24 October, 2007
GA/DIS/3351DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE TACKLES BROAD RANGE OF ITEMS, INCLUDING CLUSTER MUNITIONS, SMALL ARMS, LANDMINES, VERIFICATION OF ARMS CONTROL, DISARMAMENT TREATIES

23 October, 2007
GA/DIS/3350IRRESPONSIBLE WEAPONS TRANSFERS, SOARING DEATH TOLL FROM SMALL ARMS, LIGHT WEAPONS UNDERSCORE ‘PRESSING NEED’ FOR ARMS TRADE TREATY, DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE TOLD

22 October, 2007
GA/DIS/3349UNITED STATES SAYS DISCUSSING MERITS OF TREATIES TO PREVENT ‘WEAPONIZATION’ OF OUTER SPACE ‘POINTLESS’, AS FIRST COMMITTEE CONTINUES THEMATIC DEBATES

19 October, 2007
GA/DIS/3348CHEMICAL WEAPONS’ CONVENTION DEADLINE OF 2012 FOR DESTRUCTION OF REMAINING CHEMICAL WEAPONS STOCKPILES ‘ENORMOUS CHALLENGE’, FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD

18 October, 2007
GA/DIS/3347DE-ALERTING NUCLEAR WEAPONS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR SLASHING NUMBER OF NUCLEAR WARHEADS, DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE TOLD AS IT CONCLUDES THEMATIC DEBATE SEGMENT

17 October, 2007
GA/DIS/3345/Corr.1DELAY IN REAPING ‘DISARMAMENT DIVIDEND’ DIVERTS RESOURCES FOR DEVELOPMENT, FUELS CONFLICT, FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD TODAY AS IT CONCLUDES GENERAL DEBATE

GA/DIS/3346NUCLEAR THREATS MORE DANGEROUS AND COMPLEX, WITH EMERGENCE OF ILLICIT NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY TRADE, PRODUCTION TOUGHER TO VERIFY, IAEA TELLS FIRST COMMITTEE

16 October, 2007
GA/DIS/3345DELAY IN REAPING ‘DISARMAMENT DIVIDEND’ DIVERTS RESOURCES FOR DEVELOPMENT, FUELS CONFLICT, FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD TODAY AS IT CONCLUDES GENERAL DEBATE

15 October, 2007
GA/DIS/3344REVIVAL OF COMMITMENT TO COLLECTIVE SECURITY, BASED ON EQUITY, BALANCE, RESTRAINT, COOPERATION AMONG STATES, CALLED FOR IN FIRST COMMITTEE AS DEBATE CONTINUES

11 October, 2007
GA/DIS/3343CONTOURS OF COLLECTIVE SECURITY, CONSTRUCTED BY INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY OUT OF COLD WAR DEBRIS, REMAIN UNDEFINED, DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE WARNED

10 October, 2007
GA/DIS/3342IMPLEMENTATION OF UNILATERAL PLANS TO BUILD GLOBAL MISSILE DEFENCE WHILE IGNORING SECURITY INTERESTS OF OTHERS WOULD UPSET BALANCE OF FORCES, FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD

9 October, 2007
GA/DIS/3341DENUCLEARIZATION OF KOREAN PENINSULA WELCOME, BUT RACE TO POSSESS NUCLEAR WEAPONS, NOW JOINED BY TERRORISTS, CONTINUES UNABATED, DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE TOLD

8 October, 2007
GA/DIS/3340‘IT IS A HARSH REALITY THAT OVER HALF OF HUMANITY LIVES IN COUNTRIES THAT POSSESS NUCLEAR WEAPONS,’ HIGH REPRESENTATIVE FOR DISARMAMENT TELLS FIRST COMMITTEE

4 October, 2007
GA/DIS/3339DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE HOLDS ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING; GENERAL DEBATE WILL BEGIN 8 OCTOBER

18 September, 2007
BIO/3933-GA/DIS/3338PAUL BADJI OF SENEGAL CHAIRMAN OF FIRST COMMITTEE

30 October, 2006
GA/DIS/3337DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXT WELCOMING ESTABLISHMENT OF NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE ZONE IN CENTRAL ASIA, AS IT CONCLUDES SESSION

27 October, 2006
GA/DIS/3336FIRST COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXT CONDEMNING NUCLEAR-WEAPON TEST BY DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA, URGING RETURN TO NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY

26 October, 2006
GA/DIS/3335INTERNATIONAL ARMS TRADE TREATY AIM OF DRAFT RESOLUTION APPROVED BY DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

25 October, 2006
GA/DIS/3334DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXT REAFFIRMING URGENCY OF PREVENTING OUTER SPACE ARMS RACE, NEED FOR REINFORCING EXISTING LEGAL REGIME

23 October, 2006
GA/DIS/3333MIDDLE EAST NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION, TERRORIST ACQUISITION OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED, AS FIRST COMMITTEE APPROVES 12 TEXTS

20 October, 2006
GA/DIS/3332DISARMAMENT FAILURES REVEAL SERIOUS EROSION IN CONSENSUS ON MOST CRITICAL ISSUES –- NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, NON-PROLIFERATION -– FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD

19 October, 2006
GA/DIS/3331MIDDLE EAST NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION, CONFIDENCE-BUILDING IN CONVENTIONAL ARMS ADDRESSED IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE DRAFT TEXTS

18 October, 2006
GA/DIS/3330DRAFT RESOLUTION ON INTERNATIONAL ARMS TRADE TREATY ONE OF EIGHT TEXTS INTRODUCED IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

17 October, 2006
GA/DIS/3329HUGE, SOPHISTICATED CONVENTIONAL ARMS TRADE FLOURISHING IN MORAL, LEGAL VACUUM, FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD IN CONTINUED DEBATE

16 October, 2006
GA/DIS/3328REDUCTION OF NUCLEAR ARSENALS VERIFICATION, CLUSTER MUNITIONS, AMONG ISSUES RAISED, AS FIRST COMMITTEE CONTINUES DEBATE

13 October, 2006
GA/DIS/3327SMALL ARMS TRAFFIC FUELS CONFLICTS, UNDERMINES STABILITY, DEVELOPMENT, FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD IN CONTINUED DEBATE

12 October, 2006
GA/DIS/3326CANADA SEEKS TREATY TO PREVENT ILLICIT FLOW OF SMALL ARMS TO CONFLICT AREAS AS ASSEMBLY’S DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE RECEIVES RANGE OF NEW TEXTS

11 October, 2006
GA/DIS/3325SUSTAINABLE PEACE IN OUTER SPACE LINKED TO NATIONAL SECURITY, DEVELOPMENT; INACTION COULD LEAD TO WEAPONIZATION OF SPACE, FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD

10 October, 2006
GA/DIS/3324JAPAN INTRODUCES DRAFT ON ‘RENEWED DETERMINATION TO ELIMINATE NUCLEAR WEAPONS’, IN WAKE OF NUCLEAR WEAPON TEST BY DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA

9 October, 2006
GA/DIS/3323DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA, IRAN DEFEND NUCLEAR PROGRAMMES IN UNITED NATIONS DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

6 October, 2006
GA/DIS/3322THOUSANDS OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS ON HIGH ALERT MAKES MOCKERY OF DISARMAMENT PROGRESS, WITH NON-PROLIFERATION THREATENED BY LOPSIDED APPROACH, FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD

5 October, 2006
GA/DIS/3321UNITED STATES TELLS FIRST COMMITTEE 2006 ‘WATERSHED’, AS SECURITY COUNCIL, AFTER LONG DELAY, TAKES UP THREATS POSED BY IRAN, NORTH KOREA

4 October, 2006
GA/DIS/3320JAPAN, REPUBLIC OF KOREA URGE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA TO REFRAIN FROM NUCLEAR WEAPON TEST, IN FIRST COMMITTEE DEBATE

3 October, 2006
GA/DIS/3319NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE ZONES, DUMPING OF NUCLEAR WASTE AMONG ISSUES AS DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE CONTINUES GENERAL DEBATE

2 October, 2006
GA/DIS/3318WORLD NOT POWERLESS IN FACE OF NUCLEAR DANGER, ‘PRACTICAL, POSITIVE STEPS’ WITHIN REACH, UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

28 September, 2006
GA/DIS/3317DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE HOLDS ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING; DEBATE WILL BEGIN 2 OCTOBER

12 September, 2006
BIO/3801-GA/DIS/3316MONA JUUL OF NORWAY CHAIRPERSON OF FIRST COMMITTEE

18 July, 2006
GA/DIS/3315DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE ELECTS MONA JUUL OF NORWAY CHAIRPERSON

1 November, 2005
GA/DIS/3313COMPLIANCE WITH DISARMAMENT AGREEMENTS, FOLLOW-UP TO NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE OBLIGATIONS ADDRESSED IN FIRST COMMITTEE TEXTS

GA/DIS/3314TRANSPARENCY IN ARMS, PRESERVING ANTARCTICA, DISARMAMENT COMMISSION WORK PROGRAMME ADDRESSED IN FIRST COMMITTEE TEXTS, AS SESSION CONCLUDES

31 October, 2005
GA/DIS/3312STRENGTHENED STEPS TO ADDRESS THREAT FROM ‘RADIOLOGICAL TERRORISM’ CALLED FOR IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION

27 October, 2005
GA/DIS/3311TOTAL ELIMINATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS, TRACING SMALL ARMS AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED AS DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE ADOPTS 10 DRAFT TEXTS

25 October, 2005
GA/DIS/3309NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE ZONES, BOLSTERING GLOBAL NON-PROLIFERATION REGIME, AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED, AS FIRST COMMITTEE APPROVES 21 DRAFT TEXTS

GA/DIS/3310PREVENTION OF OUTER SPACE ARMS RACE, MEDITERRANEAN SECURITY AMONG ISSUES, AS DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE APPROVES SEVEN MORE TEXTS

20 October, 2005
GA/DIS/3308SECURITY FOR NON-NUCLEAR-WEAPON STATES, BALLISTIC MISSILE PROLIFERATION ADDRESSED IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE DRAFT TEXTS

19 October, 2005
GA/DIS/3307DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE TEXT CALLS FOR EARLY ENTRY INTO FORCE OF COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY

18 October, 2005
GA/DIS/3306RELUCTANCE TO BE BOUND BY GLOBAL AGREEMENTS ‘PARTICULARLY DISTURBING’, AT TIME WHEN WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY MORE ACCESSIBLE, FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD

17 October, 2005
GA/DIS/3305SECURITY THREATS TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES, DISARMAMENT AGREEMENT COMPLIANCE ADDRESSED IN FIRST COMMITTEE DEBATE, DRAFT TEXTS

14 October, 2005
GA/DIS/3303LEGALLY BINDING INSTRUMENT NEEDED TO COMBAT ILLICIT SMALL-ARMS TRADE, WHICH FUELS CONFLICT, UNDERMINES DEVELOPMENT, FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD

GA/DIS/3304WORLD COMMUNITY HAS ‘BLIND SPOT’ ON GRAVE THREAT FROM GLOBAL TRADE IN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS, DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE TOLD

12 October, 2005
GA/DIS/3302OUTER SPACE ARMS RACE NOW CREDIBLE THREAT, NEW LEGAL AGREEMENT NEEDED TO BLOCK ANY POSSIBLE WEAPON DEPLOYMENT, FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD

11 October, 2005
GA/DIS/3300FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION BEST WAY TO ADDRESS RISK OF PROLIFERATION, TERRORIST ACQUISITION, FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD

GA/DIS/3301NPT DISARMAMENT OBLIGATIONS, NUCLEAR-WEAPON CONVENTION, REDUCING NUCLEAR DANGER AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED IN FIRST COMMITTEE TEXTS

7 October, 2005
GA/DIS/3299FAILURES IN MULTILATERAL SECURITY MECHANISMS RAISE NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION RISKS, DIMINISH PROSPECTS FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD

6 October, 2005
GA/DIS/3298GROWTH OF GLOBAL MILITARY SPENDING, RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DISARMAMENT, DEVELOPMENT FOCUS OF DEBATE IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

5 October, 2005
GA/DIS/3296WORLD COMMUNITY UNABLE TO GRASP GRAVITY OF EXISTING, EMERGING DISARMAMENT, NON-PROLIFERATION THREATS, FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD

GA/DIS/3297GLOBAL COMMUNITY COULD NOT GLOSS OVER BREAKDOWN IN DISARMAMENT, NON-PROLIFERATION NEGOTIATIONS AT WORLD SUMMIT, PAKISTAN TELLS FIRST COMMITTEE

3 October, 2005
GA/DIS/3295WORLD COMMUNITY ‘STUMBLING’ IN FACING DISARMAMENT, NON-PROLIFERATION CHALLENGES, UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS FIRST COMMITTEE

29 September, 2005
GA/DIS/3294DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE HOLDS ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING; DEBATE WILL BEGIN 3 OCTOBER

13 September, 2005
BIO/3692-GA/DIS/3293Y.J CHOI OF REPUBLIC OF KOREA FIRST COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN

5 November, 2004
GA/DIS/3292DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXT ON IMPROVING WORK METHODS, AS IT CONCLUDES CURRENT SESSION

4 November, 2004
GA/DIS/3291TEXT URGING NEGOTIATIONS ON FISSILE MATERIAL TREATY APPROVED BY DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

3 November, 2004
GA/DIS/3290MOSCOW TREATY, MAN-PORTABLE AIR DEFENCE SYSTEMS AMONG ISSUES, AS DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE APPROVES FIVE TEXTS

1 November, 2004
GA/DIS/3289VERIFICATION, NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE AMONG ISSUES, AS FIRST COMMITTEE APPROVES NINE DRAFT TEXTS

28 October, 2004
GA/DIS/3288TOTAL ELIMINATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS’ AIM OF DRAFT TEXT APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE

27 October, 2004
GA/DIS/3287SECURITY ASSURANCES FOR NON-NUCLEAR-WEAPON STATES, MIDDLE EAST NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION AMONG ISSUES, AS FIRST COMMITTEE APPROVES 21 DRAFT TEXTS

26 October, 2004
GA/DIS/3286HAGUE CODE OF CONDUCT AGAINST BALLISTIC MISSILE PROLIFERATION WELCOMED IN TEXT APPROVED BY DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

25 October, 2004
GA/DIS/3285COMPLIANCE WITH SECURITY AGREEMENTS, MEDITERRANEAN STABILITY AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED IN FIRST COMMITTEE DRAFT TEXTS

22 October, 2004
GA/DIS/3284WEST AFRICAN ARMS TRAFFIC, MAN-PORTABLE AIR DEFENCE SYSTEMS AMONG ISSUES, AS 30 TEXTS INTRODUCED IN FIRST COMMITTEE

21 October, 2004
GA/DIS/3283MINE BAN CONVENTION, ILLICIT TRADE IN SMALL ARMS, AMONG ISSUES IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE THEMATIC DEBATE

20 October, 2004
GA/DIS/3282TEXTS ON OUTER SPACE ARMS RACE, UNITED STATES-RUSSIAN FEDERATION NUCLEAR ARMS REDUCTION INTRODUCED IN FIRST COMMITTEE

19 October, 2004
GA/DIS/3281SECURITY FOR NON-NUCLEAR-WEAPON STATES, ACCELERATING NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT AMONG ISSUES, AS 19 TEXTS INTRODUCED IN FIRST COMMITTEE

18 October, 2004
GA/DIS/3280POSSIBLE TREATY BANNING PRODUCTION OF FISSILE MATERIAL FOR WEAPONS PURPOSES DEBATED IN FIRST COMMITTEE

14 October, 2004
GA/DIS/3279DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE CONCLUDES GENERAL DEBATE

13 October, 2004
GA/DIS/3278ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES, ILLICIT SMALL ARMS TRADE, NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE ZONES AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED IN CONTINUING DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE DEBATE

12 October, 2004
GA/DIS/3277‘TENSION BETWEEN NUCLEAR LEGALITY AND NUCLEAR REALITY’ CAUSE OF CRISIS IN NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION REGIME, DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE TOLD

11 October, 2004
GA/DIS/3276MIDDLE EAST NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION HIGHLIGHTED, AS DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE CONTINUES GENERAL DEBATE

8 October, 2004
GA/DIS/3275SPEAKERS ADDRESS PROPOSED CHANGES AIMED AT IMPROVING DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE’S EFFECTIVENESS, AS GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES

7 October, 2004
GA/DIS/3274SELECTIVE INTERPRETATION OF TREATIES SHAKING ‘PILLARS’ OF INTERNATIONAL SECURITY, DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE TOLD

5 October, 2004
GA/DIS/3273TERRORIST THREATS DEMAND NEW DEFINITION OF SECURITY, DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE TOLD

4 October, 2004
GA/DIS/3272ADAPTING TO WORLD’S CHANGING REALITY, WHILE NOT RENEGOTIATING BASIC PRINCIPLES GREATEST CHALLENGE FOR CURRENT SESSION, DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE TOLD

30 September, 2004
GA/DIS/3271DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE HOLDS ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING; DEBATE WILL BEGIN 4 OCTOBER

14 September, 2004
BIO/3598-GA/DIS/3270LUIS ALFONSO DE ALBA OF MEXICO CHAIRMAN OF FIRST COMMITTEE

6 November, 2003
GA/DIS/3269DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS 2006 CONFERENCE TO REVIEW PROGRESS AGAINST ILLICIT SMALL ARMS TRADE, AS IT CONCLUDES SESSION

5 November, 2003
GA/DIS/32686COMMITTEE REFORM, MULTILATERALISM, SPECIAL SESSION ON DISARMAMENT ADDRESSED BY TEXTS APPROVED IN FIRST COMMITTEE

4 November, 2003
GA/DIS/3267RISK OF PROLIFERATION, UNAUTHORIZED USE OF ‘NON-STRATEGIC’ NUCLEAR WEAPONS ADDRESSED IN ONE OF FIVE TEXTS APPROVED BY DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

3 November, 2003
GA/DIS/3266NUCLEAR WEAPON STATES CALLED ON TO HALT IMPROVEMENT, STOCKPILING OF NUCLEAR WARHEADS, IN TEXT APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE

30 October, 2003
GA/DIS/3265TEXT OUTLINING ‘PATH’ TO TOTAL ELIMINATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS APPROVED IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

29 October, 2003
GA/DIS/3264DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE CONSENSUS TEXT CALLS ON ALL STATES TO SUPPORT EFFORTS TO PREVENT TERRORISTS FROM ACQUIRING WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION

28 October, 2003
GA/DIS/3263DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXT TO ENSURE EFFECTIVENESS OF UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONAL ARMS REGISTER

27 October, 2003
GA/DIS/3262URGENCY OF EARLY ENTRY INTO FORCE OF NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY, STRESSED IN ONE OF 15 TEXTS APPROVED BY DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

24 October, 2003
GA/DIS/3261IMPACT OF STATE DISPUTES ON ARMS RACE, NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED, AS SEVEN MORE DRAFT TEXTS INTRODUCED IN FIRST COMMITTEE

23 October, 2003
GA/DIS/3260TWENTY DRAFT TEXTS INTRODUCED IN FIRST COMMITTEE; EFFECTIVE CONTROL OVER ARMS TRANSFERS, ENHANCED COMMITTEE ROLE IN SECURITY AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED

22 October, 2003
GA/DIS/3259CURBING ILLICIT SMALL ARMS TRADE FOCUS IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE, AS EIGHT DRAFT TEXTS INTRODUCED

21 October, 2003
GA/DIS/3258DISARMAMENT DRAFT TEXT CALLS FOR STRENGTHENED OUTER SPACE LEGAL REGIME TO AVERT ‘GRAVE DANGER’ OF ARMS RACE

20 October, 2003
GA/DIS/3257DANGERS POSED BY PROLIFERATION OF ‘NON-STRATEGIC’ NUCLEAR WEAPONS, ADDRESSED IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION

16 October, 2003
GA/DIS/3256DISARMAMENT ‘DOUBLE STANDARDS’, SMALL ARMS THREAT AMONG ISSUES RAISED, AS FIRST COMMITTEE CONCLUDES GENERAL DEBATE

15 October, 2003
GA/DIS/3255NON-PROLIFERATION FRAMEWORK BESET BY CRISIS OF IDENTITY, RELEVANCE, EFFECTIVENESS, DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE TOLD

14 October, 2003
GA/DIS/3254THREAT POSED BY NON-COMPLIANCE WITH NON-PROLIFERATION REGIME FOCUS OF DEBATE IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

13 October, 2003
GA/DIS/3253NON-PROLIFERATION OBLIGATIONS MARKED MORE OFTEN BY BREACH THAN COMPLIANCE, DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE TOLD

10 October, 2003
GA/DIS/3252NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT GIVEN ‘LIP SERVICE’, WHILE POSSESSION, DEVELOPMENT OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS CONTINUES, FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD

9 October, 2003
GA/DIS/3251NEW DISARMAMENT APPROACHES IMPERATIVE IN CHANGED POLITICAL CLIMATE FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD, AS GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES

8 October, 2003
GA/DIS/3250FIRST COMMITTEE, ‘CUSTODIAN’ OF INTERNATIONAL DISARMAMENT STRUCTURE, MUST ENSURE INTEGRITY, RELEVANCE, DELEGATES TOLD

7 October, 2003
GA/DIS/3249ANACHRONISTIC, COLD WAR-ERA THINKING IMPEDES DISARMAMENT EFFORTS, FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD, AS GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES

6 October, 2003
GA/DIS/3248‘CRISIS OF CONFIDENCE’ IN COLLECTIVE SECURITY, DIVERSION OF SCARCE RESOURCES TO ARMS AMONG ISSUES RAISED, AS FIRST COMMITTEE BEGINS DEBATE

3 October, 2003
GA/DIS/3247GLOBAL EVENTS CHALLENGE TREATY REGIMES FOR MASS DESTRUCTION WEAPONS, PROVIDE CORE QUESTION FOR DISARMAMENT DEBATE BEGINNING 6 OCTOBER

29 September, 2003
GA/DIS/3246DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE ELECTS OFFICERS, ADOPTS WORK PROGRAMME

16 September, 2003
BIO/3527-GA/DIS/3245JARMO SAREVA OF FINLAND CHAIRMAN OF FIRST COMMITTEE

1 November, 2002
GA/DIS/3244ANTARCTIC TREATY RECOGNIZED AS FURTHERING UN CHARTER PRINCIPLES, IN DRAFT RESOLUTION APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE

30 October, 2002
GA/DIS/3243DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE BEGINS DISCUSSION ON ANTARCTICA

29 October, 2002
GA/DIS/3242FIRST COMMITTEE CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF DISARMAMENT, INTERNATIONAL SECURITY DRAFT TEXTS, AS CHAIRMAN WITHDRAWS MULTILATERALISM DRAFT

28 October, 2002
GA/DIS/3241RUSSIAN FEDERATION, UNITED STATES CALLED ON TO REDUCE NON-STRATEGIC NUCLEAR WEAPONS BY DRAFT TEXT APPROVED IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

25 October, 2002
GA/DIS/3240STRENGTHENED MEANS TO KEEP TERRORISTS FROM ACQUIRING MASS DESTRUCTION WEAPONS CALLED FOR IN ONE OF NINE DRAFT RESOLUTIONS APPROVED BY DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

23 October, 2002
GA/DIS/3239COMMITMENT TO NUCLEAR WARHEAD REDUCTION BY UNITED STATES, RUSSIAN FEDERATION WELCOMED IN DRAFT RESOLUTION APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE

22 October, 2002
GA/DIS/3238STRENGTHENED LEGAL REGIME TO PREVENT OUTER SPACE ARMS RACE CALLED FOR IN DRAFT RESOLUTION APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE

21 October, 2002
GA/DIS/3237URGENT RATIFICATION OF COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY CALLED FOR IN ONE OF NINE TEXTS APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE

18 October, 2002
GA/DIS/3236IMPLEMENTATION OF DISARMAMENT AGREEMENTS, TERRORISM AND MASS DESTRUCTION WEAPONS AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED IN 17 TEXTS INTRODUCED IN FIRST COMMITTEE

17 October, 2002
GA/DIS/3235BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL WEAPONS, MIDDLE EAST NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED BY 13 TEXTS INTRODUCED IN FIRST COMMITTEE

16 October, 2002
GA/DIS/3234CONVENTIONAL ARMS, INCLUDING ILLICIT SMALL ARMS TRADE, ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES, FOCUS OF DRAFT RESOLUTIONS INTRODUCED IN FIRST COMMITTEE

15 October, 2002
GA/DIS/3233PREVENTION OF OUTER SPACE ARMS RACE, RATIFICATION OF NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED BY TEXTS INTRODUCED IN FIRST COMMITTEE

14 October, 2002
GA/DIS/3232‘NEW STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK’ BETWEEN UNITED STATES, RUSSIAN FEDERATION SUBJECT OF DRAFT RESOLUTION INTRODUCED IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

10 October, 2002
GA/DIS/3231THREAT OF CONFLICT IN SOUTH ASIA, USE OF TERROR AS ‘STRATEGIC WEAPON’ AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED, AS FIRST COMMITTEE CONCLUDES GENERAL DEBATE

9 October, 2002
GA/DIS/3230DIMINISHING ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, WITHDRAWAL FROM KEY AGREEMENTS WEAKENS WORLD SAFETY, RUSSIAN FEDERATION TELLS FIRST COMMITTEE

7 October, 2002
GA/DIS/3229MULTILATERAL DISARMAMENT SETBACKS, MIDDLE EAST NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION, NUCLEAR WASTE TRANSPORT IN CARIBBEAN AMONG ISSUES RAISED IN FIRST COMMITTEE DEBATE

4 October, 2002
GA/DIS/3228TRADITIONAL SECURITY CALCULATIONS SHATTERED BY TERRORIST THREATS, YET RESPONSE FURTHER AGGRAVATES SITUATION, FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD

3 October, 2002
GA/DIS/3227WORLD TURNS AWAY FROM ‘BALANCE OF TERROR’, BUT NOW FACES DRAMATICALLY INCREASED TERRORIST THREAT, UNITED STATES TELLS FIRST COMMITTEE

2 October, 2002
GA/DIS/3226DISARMAMENT APPARENTLY 'OUT OF FASHION', BANGLADESH TELLS FIRST COMMITTEE AS IT CONTINUES GENERAL DEBATE

1 October, 2002
GA/DIS/3225CUBA SAYS IT WILL ACCEDE TO NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY, AS DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE CONTINUES GENERAL DEBATE

30 September, 2002
GA/DIS/3224CHALLENGES TO DISARMAMENT FORMIDABLE, BUT BENEFITS WIDE AND RICH SAYS UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL, AS FIRST COMMITTEE BEGINS DEBATE

27 September, 2002
GA/DIS/3222STALLED GLOBAL DISARMAMENT EFFORTS, TERRORIST USE OF MASS DESTRUCTION WEAPONS BACKDROP FOR DISARMAMENT DEBATE BEGINNING 30 SEPTEMBER

GA/DIS/3223FIRST COMMITTEE ELECTS OFFICERS, ADOPTS WORK PROGRAMME; WILL HOLD GENERAL DEBATE 30 SEPTEMBER - 11 OCTOBER

11 September, 2002
BIO/3448-GA/DIS/3221MATIA MULUMBA SEMAKULA KIWANUKA: CHAIRMAN OF FIRST COMMITTEE

6 November, 2001
GA/DIS/3215/Corr.1SCOPE OF UN CONVENTIONAL ARMS REGISTER TO REMAIN UNDER REVIEW, BY DRAFT RESOLUTION APPROVED IN FIRST COMMITTEE

GA/DIS/3219DISARMAMENT PROGRESS NEEDED AS PART OF ANTI-TERRORISM EFFORT, BY TERMS OF DRAFT RESOLUTION APPROVED IN FIRST COMMITTEE

5 November, 2001
GA/DIS/3217DISARMAMENT AIMED AT ELIMINATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS CALLED FOR IN DRAFT RESOLUTION APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE

GA/DIS/3218‘PRACTICAL STEPS’ ON PATH TO NUCLEAR-WEAPON ELIMINATION STRESSED IN DRAFT TEXT APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE

2 November, 2001
GA/DIS/3216RUSSIAN FEDERATION, UNITED STATES CALLED ON TO STRENGTHEN ABM TREATY UNDER DRAFT RESOLUTION APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE

31 October, 2001
GA/DIS/3214FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF ANTI-PERSONNEL MINE CONVENTION STRESSED IN DRAFT RESOLUTION APPROVED BY DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

GA/DIS/3215SCOPE OF UN CONVENTIONAL ARMS REGISTER TO REMAIN UNDER REVIEW, BY DRAFT RESOLUTION APPROVED IN FIRST COMMITTEE

GA/DIS/3215SCOPE OF UN CONVENTIONAL ARMS REGISTER TO REMAIN UNDER REVIEW, BY DRAFT RESOLUTION APPROVED IN FIRST COMMITTEE

30 October, 2001
GA/DIS/3212TERRORIST USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS, BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION REVIEW AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED BY 14 TEXTS INTRODUCED IN FIRST COMMITTEE

GA/DIS/3213URGENT STEPS TO REDUCE RISK OF ACCIDENTAL USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS CALLED FOR IN DRAFT RESOLUTION APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE

29 October, 2001
GA/DIS/3211MEDITERRANEAN SECURITY, ARMS TRANSPARENCY, REGIONAL DISARMAMENT CENTRES ADDRESSED BY FIVE DRAFT TEXTS INTRODUCED IN FIRST COMMITTEE

26 October, 2001
GA/DIS/3210FIRST COMMITTEE TEXT CALLS FOR SMALL ARMS REVIEW CONFERENCE BY 2006, BIENNIAL MEETINGS TO ASSESS ILLICIT ARMS TRADE ACTION PROGRAMME

24 October, 2001
GA/DIS/3209OUTER SPACE ARMS RACE, DEPLETED URANIUM, LANDMINES, CHEMICAL WEAPONS ADDRESSED IN DRAFT TEXTS INTRODUCED IN FIRST COMMITTEE

23 October, 2001
GA/DIS/3208DISARMAMENT PROGRESS CONTRIBUTES TO GLOBAL EFFORT AGAINST TERRORISM STATES DRAFT TEXT INTRODUCED BY CHAIRMAN IN FIRST COMMITTEE

22 October, 2001
GA/DIS/3207UN CONFERENCE BY 2006 ON ELIMINATING NUCLEAR DANGERS CALLED FOR, AS FIRST COMMITTEE HEARS INTRODUCTION OF SEVEN DRAFT TEXTS

17 October, 2001
GA/DIS/3206NEW SECURITY PARADIGM NEEDED FOLLOWING 11 SEPTEMBER TERRORIST ATTACK FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD, AS GENERAL DEBATE CONCLUDES

16 October, 2001
GA/DIS/3205RISK OF UNAUTHORIZED NUCLEAR-WEAPON USE, MIDDLE EAST SECURITY AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED IN FIRST COMMITTEE’S GENERAL DEBATE

15 October, 2001
GA/DIS/3204GLOBAL ECONOMIC DISPARITY INCOMPATIBLE WITH GLOBAL SECURITY FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD, AS GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES

12 October, 2001
GA/DIS/3203‘STALLED’ DISARMAMENT AGENDA, SMALL ARMS TRADE, ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED, AS FIRST COMMITTEE DEBATE CONTINUES

11 October, 2001
GA/DIS/3201REAL DISARMAMENT POSSIBLE ONLY THROUGH COMMON SECURITY, STRENGTHENING EXISTING AGREEMENTS, SAYS RUSSIAN FEDERATION IN FIRST COMMITTEE

GA/DIS/3202MASS DESTRUCTION WEAPONS POSE GREATEST THREAT, YET DISARMAMENT PLEDGES LARGELY UNMET, SAYS NIGERIA IN FIRST COMMITTEE’S GENERAL DEBATE

10 October, 2001
GA/DIS/3200RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENTS CANNOT STAND ASIDE WHEN CITIZENS SLAUGHTERED SAYS UNITED STATES, AS FIRST COMMITTEE CONTINUES GENERAL DEBATE

9 October, 2001
GA/DIS/3199NEW CONCEPT OF SECURITY NEEDED FOLLOWING 11 SEPTEMBER TERRORIST ATTACK CHINA TELLS FIRST COMMITTEE, AS GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES

8 October, 2001
GA/DIS/3198REMARKABLE UNITY IN WAKE OF 11 SEPTEMBER TERRORIST ATTACK MUST BE USED TO REINFORCE MULTILATERAL DISARMAMENT REGIME, FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD

5 October, 2001
GA/DIS/3197FIRST COMMITTEE BEGINS DEBATE 8 OCTOBER FACING UNFINISHED DISARMAMENT AGENDA, INCLUDING NUCLEAR, BIOLOGICAL, CHEMICAL WEAPON THREATS

4 October, 2001
GA/DIS/319611 SEPTEMBER TERRORIST ATTACK CREATES NEW CONCEPT OF SECURITY THREAT FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD, AS IT ELECTS OFFICERS, ADOPTS WORK PROGRAMME

13 September, 2001
BIO/3385-GA/DIS/3195ANDRÉ ERDOS OF HUNGARY ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF FIRST COMMITTEE

1 November, 2000
GA/DIS/3193FIRST COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXTS CALLING FOR STRENGHTHENED ABM TREATY, ‘NEW AGENDA’ TO ACHIEVE NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE WORLD

GA/DIS/3194DRAFT RESOLUTION ON ‘PATH TO TOTAL ELIMINATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS’ APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE, AS IT CONCLUDES CURRENT SESSION

31 October, 2000
GA/DIS/3192PROMOTION OF NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE STATUS OF SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE CALLED FOR IN DRAFT RESOLUTION APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE

30 October, 2000
GA/DIS/3191FIRST COMMITTEE APPROVES SIX DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON WIDE RANGE OF ISSUES, INCLUDING TEXT ON COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY

27 October, 2000
GA/DIS/3190TEXT OF PROMOTION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR PEACEFUL PURPOSES ONE OF 7 DRAFT RESOLUTIONS APPROVED IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

26 October, 2000
GA/DIS/3189FIRST COMMITTEE APPROVES 14 DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON WIDE RANGE OF DISARMAMENT, SECURITY ISSUES

29 September, 2000
GA/DIS/3168DISARMAMENT AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY COMMITTEE BEGINS DEBATE 2 OCTOBER

14 September, 2000
GA/DIS/3167DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE HOLDS ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING

11 November, 1999
GA/DIS/3165FIRST COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXT ON ANTARCTICA CONCLUDES WORK FOR CURRENT SESSION

9 November, 1999
GA/DIS/3163DRAFT TEXT CALLING FOR DISARMAMENT AIMED AT ELIMINATING NUCLEAR WEAPONS APPROVED IN DISARMEMENT COMMITTEE BY VOTE OF 128-0-12

GA/DIS/3164FIRST COMMITTEE CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF DISARMAMENT DRAFT RESOLUTIONS

8 November, 1999
GA/DIS/3162GENERAL ASSEMBLY WOULD CONVENE 2001 CONFERENCE ON ILLICIT ARMS TRADE UNDER TERMS OF DRAFT TEXT APPROVED IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

5 November, 1999
GA/DIS/3161DRAFT RESOLUTION CALLING FOR COMPLIANCE WITH 1972 ABM TREATY APPROVED IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE BY VOTE OF 54-4-73

4 November, 1999
GA/DIS/3160INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE ADVISORY OPINION ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS SUBJECT OF ONE OF NINE DRAFT TEXTS APPROVED IN FIRST COMMITTEE

2 November, 1999
GA/DIS/3159RESOLUTIONS ON INDIAN OCEAN, SCIENCE AND SECURITY, ENVIRONMENTAL NORMS APPROVED BY RECORDED VOTE IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

1 November, 1999
GA/DIS/3157GENERAL ASSEMBLY WOULD CALL FOR STEPS TO PREVENT OUTER SPACE ARMS RACE, IN ONE OF SIX RESOLUTIONS APPROVED BY DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

GA/DIS/3158FIRST COMMITTEE APPROVES 11 DRAFT RESOLUTIONS, ONE DECISION ON WIDE RANGE OF DISARMAMENT MEASURES

29 October, 1999
GA/DIS/3156FIFTEEN MORE DISARMAMENT TEXTS INTRODUCED IN FIRST COMMITTEE

28 October, 1999
GA/DIS/3155DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON REGIONAL DISARMAMENT, NUCLEAR WEAPON ELIMINATION, ASIA/PACIFIC CENTRE, SMALL ARMS INTRODUCED IN FIRST COMMITTEE

27 October, 1999
GA/DIS/3154DRAFT RESOLUTION CALLING FOR REVIEW OF NUCLEAR DOCTRINES ONE OF THIRTEEN TEXTS INTRODUCTED IN FIRST COMMITTEE

26 October, 1999
GA/DIS/3153FIRST COMMITTEE DRAFT TEXT, INTRODUCED BY NEW ZEALAND, CALLS FOR "NEW AGENDA" IN NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT

25 October, 1999
GA/DIS/3152NEGOTIATIONS ON CONVENTION TO PROHIBIT USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS CALLED FOR IN TEXT INTRODUCED IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

22 October, 1999
GA/DIS/3151DRAFT TEXT ON BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION INTRODUCED IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

21 October, 1999
GA/DIS/3150TEXT CALLING FOR PRESERVATION OF ANTI-BALLISTIC MISSLE TREATY INTRODUCED IN FIRST COMMITTEE BY RUSSIAN FEDERATION

20 October, 1999
GA/DIS/3149DESPITE TEST-BAN REJECTION, COMMITMENT TO ARMS CONTROL 'UNWAVERING', UNITED STATES TELLS FIRST COMMITTEE, AS GENERAL DEBATE CONCLUDES

19 October, 1999
GA/DIS/3148TEST-BAN TREATY CROWNED 40-YEAR EFFORT TO HALT TEST EXPLOSIONS, DISARMAMENT AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY COMMITTEE TOLD

18 October, 1999
GA/DIS/3147CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT PRESIDENT, SPEAKING TO FIRST COMMITTEE, DESCRIBES 'DISAPPOINTING' OUTCOME TO 1999 CONFERENCE SESSION

15 October, 1999
GA/DIS/3145INDIA EMPHASIZES COMMITMENT TO GLOBAL NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, AS FIRST COMMITTEE CONTINUES DISARMAMENT DEBATE

GA/DIS/3146MILITARY POWER NOW USED UNHESITATINGLY AGAINST SMALL, WEAKER COUNTRIES, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE"S REPUBLIC OF KOREA TELLS FIRST COMMITTEE

14 October, 1999
GA/DIS/3143TWENTIETH CENTURY WARS DASHED HOPES OF MANY FOR GROWTH, PROSPERITY, OBSERVER OF HOLY SEE TELLS FIRST COMMITTEE

GA/DIS/3144TEST-BAN REJECTION BY UNITED STATES PROMPTS DISTRESS, ALARM, BOLIVIA TELLS DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

13 October, 1999
GA/DIS/3142RUSSIAN FEDERATION WARNS OF RETURN TO "COLD WAR" DIALOGUE, AS FIRST COMMITTEE CONTINUES DISARMAMENT DEBATE

12 October, 1999
GA/DIS/3141WITHOUT NUCLEAR-TEST BAN, "FLOODGATES" TO NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION OPEN, MYANMAR TELLS DISARMAMENT AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY COMMITTEE

11 October, 1999
GA/DIS/3140WAR MUST NOT BE ACCEPTED AS HALLMARK OF NATURAL HUMAN CONDITION DISARMAMENT UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS FIRST COMMITTEE

8 October, 1999
GA/DIS/3139DISARMAMENT DEBATE BEGINS 11 OCTOBER AMID GROWING CONCERN ABOUT NUCLEAR ARMS RACE, RELIANCE ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS

23 September, 1999
GA/DIS/3138FIRST COMMITTEE APPROVES PROGRAMME OF WORK SCHEDULES, ELECTIONS AND OPENING OF GENERAL DEBATE FOR 11 OCTOBER

13 November, 1998
GA/DIS/3134/GENERAL ASSEMBLY WOULD STRONGLY DEPLORE SOUTH ASIA NUCLEAR TESTS UNDER TERMS OF DRAFT TEXT APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE CORRECTION

GA/DIS/3135URGENT STEPS TO REDUCE RISK OF ACCIDENTAL USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS CALLED FOR IN DRAFT TEXT APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE

GA/DIS/3136CHAIRMAN CITES `DAUNTING GLOBAL CHALLENGE' OF DISARMAMENT AS FIRST COMMITTEE CONCLUDES WORK FOR CURRENT SESSION

12 November, 1998
GA/DIS/3133UNITED STATES, RUSSIAN FEDERATION URGED TO CONTINUE NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT EFFORTS, IN DRAFT RESOLUTION APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE

GA/DIS/3134GENERAL ASSEMBLY WOULD STRONGLY DEPLORE SOUTH ASIA NUCLEAR TESTS UNDER TERMS OF DRAFT TEXT APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE

10 November, 1998
GA/DIS/3132NUCLEAR RESTRAINT URGED FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE IN DRAFT RESOLUTION APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE

9 November, 1998
GA/DIS/3131ISR"L'S FAILURE TO ACCEDE TO NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY SUBJECT OF DRAFT RESOLUTION APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE

6 November, 1998
GA/DIS/3130INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT ON SECURITY FOR NON-NUCLEAR-WEAPON STATES SUBJECT OF TEXT APPROVED BY DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

5 November, 1998
GA/DIS/3129MEASURES TO PREVENT VIOLENT DISINTEGRATION OF STATES CALLED FOR IN FIRST COMMITTEE TEXT

4 November, 1998
GA/DIS/3128DRAFT RESOLUTION ON NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE APPROVED BY DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

3 November, 1998
GA/DIS/3127NEGOTIATIONS ON CONVENTION PROHIBITING NUCLEAR-WEAPON USE CALLED FOR IN TEXT APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE

2 November, 1998
GA/DIS/3126DRAFT TEXT CALLING FOR REVIEW OF NUCLEAR DOCTRINES, INTRODUCED IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

30 October, 1998
GA/DIS/3124DRAFT RESOLUTION ON BILATERAL NUCLEAR ARMS NEGOTIATIONS INTRODUCED BY UNITED STATES IN FIRST COMMITTEE

GA/DIS/3125FIVE ADDITIONAL DISARMAMENT DRAFT RESOLUTIONS INTRODUCED IN FIRST COMMITTEE

29 October, 1998
GA/DIS/3123TEN DISARMAMENT DRAFT RESOLUTIONS INTRODUCED IN FIRST COMMITTEE

28 October, 1998
GA/DIS/3122EIGHT DISARMAMENT DRAFT RESOLUTIONS INTRODUCED IN FIRST COMMITTEE

27 October, 1998
GA/DIS/3121DRAFT RESOLUTION AIMING FOR 'NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE WORLD' INTRODUCED IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

26 October, 1998
GA/DIS/3120FIRST COMMITTEE CONTINUES THEMATIC DISCUSSION

23 October, 1998
GA/DIS/3119FIRST COMMITTEE BEGINS DISCUSSION OF SPECIFIC DISARMAMENT THEMES

22 October, 1998
GA/DIS/3116/ELIMINATION OF MIDDLE EAST'S WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION STRESSED IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE DEBATE CORRECTION

GA/DIS/3116/ELIMINATION OF MIDDLE EAST'S WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION STRESSED IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE DEBATE

GA/DIS/3118DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE DISCUSSES AGENDA REFORM

21 October, 1998
GA/DIS/3117INCREASED TRANSPARENCY IN CONVENTIONAL ARMS STRESSED IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

20 October, 1998
GA/DIS/3115PAKISTAN'S NUCLEAR TESTS ATTEMPT TO RESTORE MUTUAL DETERRENCE, PAKISTAN TELLS DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

GA/DIS/3116ELIMINATION OF MIDDLE EAST'S WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION STRESSED IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE DEBATE

19 October, 1998
GA/DIS/3114CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION VERIFICATION MECHANISM 'EARNING ITS PLACE' IN INTERNATIONAL SECURITY, DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE TOLD

16 October, 1998
GA/DIS/3112'BARBARIC' USE OF LANDMINES, PROLIFERATION OF SMALL ARMS HIGHLIGHTED IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE DEBATE

GA/DIS/3113'GLOBAL DEMILITARIZATION FUND' SHOULD AID CONVENTIONAL ARMS CONTROL EFFORTS, DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE TOLD

15 October, 1998
GA/DIS/3111COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY 'MAJOR MILESTONE', BUT SOUTH ASIA TESTS WARN OF COMPLACENCY, FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD

14 October, 1998
GA/DIS/3110'MUSHROOM CLOUDS IN SOUTH ASIA' MUST SHARPEN WORLD'S FOCUS ON NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION DANGERS, UNITED STATES TELLS FIRST COMMITTEE

13 October, 1998
GA/DIS/3109NUCLEAR TESTS BY INDIA, PAKISTAN UNDERMINED NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION REGIME, JAPAN TELLS DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

12 October, 1998
GA/DIS/3107GLOBAL NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT MUST REMAIN AT TOP OF UNITED NATIONS AGENDA, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

9 October, 1998
GA/DIS/3106DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE OPENS GENERAL DEBATE 12 OCTOBER, WITH FOCUS ON NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION, SMALL ARMS

17 September, 1998
GA/DIS/3105DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE ADOPTS WORK PROGRAMME

29 June, 1998
GA/DIS/3103FIRST COMMITTEE APPROVES DECISIONS TO STREAMLINE UNITED NATIONS DISARMAMENT MACHINERY

11 December, 1997
GA/DIS/3102*NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT ISSUES DOMINATE FIRST COMMITTEE DEBATE, WITH DIFFERENCES OVER PACE, FORM, GOAL OF NEGOTIATIONS

26 November, 1997
GA/DIS/3087/RISKS OF MIDDLE EAST NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION HIGHLIGHTED IN FIRST COMMITTEE CORRECTION

GA/DIS/3097/FIRST COMMITTEE APPROVES FOUR DRAFT TEXTS ON RISK OF NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION IN MIDDLE EAST, NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE, LANDMINES CORRECTION

17 November, 1997
GA/DIS/3101FIRST COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFTS ON NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, TRANSPARENCY IN ARMAMENTS, AS IT CONCLUDES SESSION

14 November, 1997
GA/DIS/3100NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT ACCORDED HIGHEST PRIORITY BY FIRST COMMITTEE TEXT

13 November, 1997
GA/DIS/3099FIRST COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS TEXT CALLING ON MEDITERRANEAN STATES TO ADHERE TO MULTILATERAL DISARMAMENT INSTRUMENTS

12 November, 1997
GA/DIS/3096/URGENT CONSIDERATION OF CONVENTIONAL ARMS CONTROL AT REGIONAL LEVEL CALLED FOR BY FIRST COMMITTEE CORRECTION

GA/DIS/3097FIRST COMMITTEE APPROVES FOUR DRAFT TEXTS ON RISK OF NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION IN MIDDLE EAST, NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE, LANDMINES

11 November, 1997
GA/DIS/3096URGENT CONSIDERATION OF CONVENTIONAL ARMS CONTROL AT REGIONAL LEVEL CALLED FOR BY FIFTH COMMITTEE

10 November, 1997
GA/DIS/3095MULTILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS FOR NUCLEAR-WEAPON ELIMINATION CALLED FOR IN FIRST COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION

7 November, 1997
GA/DIS/3094ELEVEN DISARMAMENT TEXTS INTRODUCED IN FIRST COMMITTEE

6 November, 1997
GA/DIS/3093TEXT URGING RATIFICATION OF ANTI-PERSONNEL MINE CONVENTION INTRODUCED IN FIRST COMMITTEE

5 November, 1997
GA/DIS/3092FIVE DRAFT RESOLUTIONS INTRODUCED IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

4 November, 1997
GA/DIS/3091FIRST COMMITTEE CONCLUDES TWO-DAY REFORM DISCUSSION

3 November, 1997
GA/DIS/3090FIRST COMMITTEE BEGINS TWO-DAY DISCUSSION OF AGENDA REFORM

24 October, 1997
GA/DIS/3089CONCERN OVER SHORTCOMINGS IN DISARMAMENT AGREEMENTS VOICED AS FIRST COMMITTEE CONTINUES GENERAL DEBATE

23 October, 1997
GA/DIS/3088COMPREHENSIVE TEST-BAN TREATY WILL ENCOURAGE GREATER NUCLEAR ARSENAL CUTS, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF PREPARATORY COMMISSION TELLS FIRST COMMITTEE

22 October, 1997
GA/DIS/3087RISKS OF MIDDLE EAST NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION HIGHLIGHTED IN FIRST COMMITTEE

21 October, 1997
GA/DIS/3086PRESIDENT OF DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE, CHAIRMAN OF SMALL ARMS PANEL, ADDRESS DISARMAMENT, INTERNATIONAL SECURITY COMMITTEE

20 October, 1997
GA/DIS/3082/DIVERGENT APPROACHES TOWARDS NUCLEAR-WEAPON ELIMINATION HIGHLIGHTED IN FIRST COMMITTEE DEBATE

GA/DIS/3085'PLAGUE' OF CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS IN AFRICA HIGHLIGHTED IN DISARMAMENT, INTERNATIONAL SECURITY COMMITTEE

17 October, 1997
GA/DIS/3084NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY PROMPTING NUCLEAR-WEAPON TECHNOLOGY RACE, INDIA TELLS DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

16 October, 1997
GA/DIS/3083RUSSIAN FEDERATION'S CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION RATIFICATION 'LITMUS TEST' OF DISARMAMENT LEADERSHIP, FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD

15 October, 1997
GA/DIS/3082DIVERGENT APPROACHES TOWARDS NUCLEAR-WEAPON ELIMINATION HIGHLIGHTED IN FIRST COMMITTEE DEBATE

14 October, 1997
GA/DIS/3081DISARMAMENT PACE ACCELERATING THROUGH BOLD, PRACTICAL INCREMENTS, UNITED STATES TELLS FIRST COMMITTEE

13 October, 1997
GA/DIS/3080DEADLOCKED DELIBERATIONS IN CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT REFLECT IMPASSE ON NUCLEAR QUESTION, FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD

9 October, 1997
GA/DIS/3078FIRST COMMITTEE APPROVES PROGRAMME OF WORK

GA/DIS/3079FIRST COMMITTEE TO BEGIN DISARMAMENT, INTERNATIONAL SECURITY DEBATE MONDAY, 13 OCTOBER

25 November, 1996
GA/DIS/3076FIRST COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT TEXT ON ANTARCTICA

18 November, 1996
GA/DIS/3074/PREVENTION OF VIOLENT DISINTEGRATION OF STATES CALLED FOR IN FIRST COMMITTEE DRAFT TEXT

GA/DIS/3075MIDDLE EAST NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION, NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE ZONE SUBJECT OF FIRST COMMITTEE DRAFT TEXTS

15 November, 1996
GA/DIS/3074PREVENTION OF VIOLENT DISINTEGRATION OF STATES CALLED FOR IN FIRST COMMITTEE DRAFT TEXT

14 November, 1996
GA/DIS/30721997 NEGOTIATIONS FOR CONVENTION TO ELIMINATE NUCLEAR WEAPONS CALLED FOR BY FIRST COMMITTEE DRAFT TEXT

GA/DIS/3073DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE CHARGED WITH NEGOTIATING AGREEMENT TO PREVENT ARMS RACE IN OUTER SPACE, IN FIRST COMMITTEE DRAFT TEXT

13 November, 1996
GA/DIS/3070/FIRST COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT TEXTS ENCOURAGING BILATERAL DISARMAMENT BETWEEN RUSSIAN FEDERATION, UNITED STATES CORRECTION

12 November, 1996
GA/DIS/3070FIRST COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT TEXTS ENCOURAGING BILATERAL DISARMAMENT BETWEEN RUSSIAN FEDERATION, UNITED STATES

11 November, 1996
GA/DIS/3068SYSTEMATIC GLOBAL REDUCTION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS WITH GOAL OF ELIMINATION CALLED FOR IN RESOLUTION APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE

GA/DIS/3069DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE REQUESTED TO BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS ON CONVENTION TO PROHIBIT NUCLEAR WEAPON USE, IN FIRST COMMITTEE TEXT

7 November, 1996
GA/DIS/3067RUSSIAN FEDERATION, UNITED STATES ENCOURAGED IN NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT EFFORTS IN FIRST COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION

6 November, 1996
GA/DIS/3065ASSEMBLY WOULD URGE MULTILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS ON TRANSFER OF DUAL-USE TECHNOLOGIES, BY FIRST COMMITTEE TEXT

GA/DIS/3066ASSEMBLY WOULD CALL FOR CONTINUED ACTION TO PREVENT VIOLENT DISINTEGRATION OF STATES, UNDER FIRST COMMITTEE DRAFT

4 November, 1996
GA/DIS/3064ASSEMBLY WOULD URGE BAN ON ANTI-PERSONNEL LAND-MINES BY DRAFT RESOLUTION INTRODUCED THIS MORNING IN FIRST COMMITTEE

24 October, 1996
GA/DIS/3062CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION LIKELY TO ENTER INTO FORCE WITHOUT WORLD'S TWO LARGEST CHEMICAL POWERS, FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD

GA/DIS/3063NICARAGUA SUPPORTS ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERNATIONAL REGISTRY OF ANTI-PERSONNEL LAND-MINES

22 October, 1996
GA/DIS/3061ASSEMBLY WOULD CALL FOR UNIVERSAL ADHERENCE TO BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION, UNDER DRAFT RESOLUTION

21 October, 1996
GA/DIS/3059UNITED NATIONS MEDIUM-TERM PLAN SHOULD FOCUS ON NUCLEAR, NOT CONVENTIONAL DISARMAMENT, FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD

GA/DIS/3060PAKISTAN SAYS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOUTH ASIA COULD HELP REMOVE CAUSES OF CONFLICT WITH INDIA

18 October, 1996
GA/DIS/3058'VIRTUALLY UNRESTRAINED TRANSFER OF WEAPONS' A MATTER OF IMMENSE CONCERN, ICRC OBSERVER SAYS

17 October, 1996
GA/DIS/3056DEPLOYMENT OF WEAPONS NEAR RUSSIAN FEDERATION WOULD FORCE IT TO REVIEW APPROACH TO ARMS CONTROL, FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD

16 October, 1996
GA/DIS/3055RATIFICATION PROCESS FOR CHEMICAL WEAPONS TREATY TO RESUME SOON `WITHOUT POLITICAL DISTRACTIONS', FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD

15 October, 1996
GA/DIS/3054RECENT SUCCESSES IN DISARMAMENT TEMPERED BY LINGERING SENSE OF PROMISES UNFULFILLED, CANADA TELLS FIRST COMMITTEE

14 October, 1996
GA/DIS/3052RACE FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT SHOULD BECOME AS RELENTLESS AS WAS NUCLEAR ARMS RACE, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

10 October, 1996
GA/DIS/3050FIRST COMMITTEE HOLDS ORGANIZATIONAL SESSION

GA/DIS/3051FIRST COMMITTEE TO BEGIN DISARMAMENT AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY DEBATE ON MONDAY, 14 OCTOBER

17 September, 1996
BIO/3036*-GA/DIS/3049ALYAKSANDR SYCHOU OF BELARUS ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF FIRST COMMITTEE

21 November, 1995
GA/DIS/3048GENERAL ASSEMBLY WOULD CONVENE FOURTH SPECIAL SESSION ON DISARMAMENT ACCORDING TO FINAL DRAFT APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE

20 November, 1995
GA/DIS/3046INCLUSION OF ENVIRONMENTAL NORMS IN DISARMAMENT, ARMS CONTROL AGREEMENTS CALLED FOR BY FIRST COMMITTEE-APPROVES DRAFT

GA/DIS/3047CAUSES, PREVENTION OF EXCESSIVE ACCUMULATION AND TRANSFER OF SMALL ARMS, FOCUS OF TEXT APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE

17 November, 1995
GA/DIS/3044TEXT URGING HIGH PRIORITY SUPPORT FOR COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY APPROVED WITHOUT VOTE BY FIRST COMMITTEE

GA/DIS/3045NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, LAND-MINE EXPORT, NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION IN MIDDLE EAST, ILLICIT SMALL ARMS TRAFFIC, AMONG TEXTS APPROVED IN FIRST COMMITTEE

16 November, 1995
GA/DIS/3042ASSEMBLY ASKED TO URGE NUCLEAR POWERS TO STOP PRODUCING NUCLEAR WEAPONS BY DRAFT APPROVED IN FIRST COMMITTEE VOTE

GA/DIS/3043FIRST COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT STRONGLY DEPLORING ALL CURRENT NUCLEAR TESTS, URGES IMMEDIATE STOP TO ALL TESTING

15 November, 1995
GA/DIS/3040