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United Nations Conference to Negotiate a Legally Binding Instrument to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons, Leading Towards their Total Elimination

16 February, 27 - 31 March, 15 June - 7 July 2017

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UN Conference on Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons — Press Briefing by Amb. Elayne Whyte Gómez, Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva, on the negotiation of a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons

UN Conference on Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons — Elayne Whyte Gómez, Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the UN Office at Geneva (UNOG) and President of the United Nations conference to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination, briefs journalists on the conference.

UN Conference on Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons — Elayne Whyte Gómez (right), Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the UN Office at Geneva (UNOG) and President of the United Nations conference to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination, chairs a meeting of the conference. Currently taking place at UN headquarters from 27 to 31 March, the conference is scheduled to resume from 15 June to 7 July.

UN Conference on Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons — Elayne Whyte Gómez (left), Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the UN Office at Geneva (UNOG) and President of the United Nations conference to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination, chairs a meeting of the conference. Currently taking place at UN headquarters from 27 to 31 March, the conference is scheduled to resume from 15 June to 7 July.

UN Conference on Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons — Elayne Whyte Gómez (centre left), Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the UN Office at Geneva (UNOG) and President of the United Nations conference to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination, chairs a meeting of the conference.

UN Conference on Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons — Elayne Whyte Gómez (shown on screens), Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the UN Office at Geneva (UNOG) and President of the United Nations conference to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination, addresses the opening meeting the conference.

UN Conference on Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons — Elayne Whyte Gómez (centre), Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the UN Office at Geneva (UNOG) and President of the United Nations conference to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination, chairs the opening meeting of the conference.

UN Conference on Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons — Organizational session of a 2017 "United Nations conference to negotiate a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination".

UN Conference on Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons — Organizational session of a 2017 "United Nations conference to negotiate a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination".

UN Conference on Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons — Organizational session of a 2017 "United Nations conference to negotiate a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination".

UN Conference on Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons — Organizational session of a 2017 "United Nations conference to negotiate a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination".

UN Conference on Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons — The representative of Iran arrives for the opening of the United Nations conference to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination.

UN Conference on Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons — The representative of the the Holy See addresses the opening the UN conference to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination.

UN Conference on Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons — The representative of Costa Rica addresses the United Nations conference to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination.

UN Conference on Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons — The representative of Austria addresses the United Nations conference to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination.

UN Conference on Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons — The representative of Chile addresses the United Nations conference to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination.

UN Conference on Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons — The representative of the Republic of the Philippines addresses the United Nations conference to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination.

UN Conference on Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons — Elayne Whyte Gómez, Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the UN Office at Geneva (UNOG) and President of the United Nations Conference to Negotiate a Legally Binding Instrument to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons, Leading Towards their Total Elimination, chairs a meeting of the conference.

UN Conference on Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons — Rubén Ignacio Zamora Rivas, Permanent Representative of El Salvador, addresses the United Nations conference to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination. Text here

UN Conference on Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons — José Luis Fialho Rocha, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Cabo Verde, addresses the United Nations conference to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination.

UN Conference on Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons — Walton Alfonso Webson, Permanent Representative of Antigua and Barbuda, addresses the United Nations conference to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination.

UN Conference on Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons — The representative of Japan addresses the United Nations conference to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination.

UN Conference on Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons — Sabri Boukadoum, Permanent Representative of Algeria, addresses the United Nations conference to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination.

UN Conference on Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons — Fujimori Toshiki, Assistant Secretary General of Nihon Hidankyo, addresses the United Nations conference to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination.

UN Conference on Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons — Masud Bin Momen, Permanent Representative of the People's Republic of Bangladesh to the UN and Acting President of the General Assembly, addresses the opening the UN conference to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination.

UN Conference on Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons — Peter Maurer (on screens), President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), addresses via video teleconference the UN conference to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination.

UN Conference on Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons — Khalifa Ali Issa Al Harthy, new Permanent Representative of the Sultanate of Oman, addresses the United Nations conference to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination.

UN Conference on Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons — Ambassador Miguel Ruiz Cabañas, Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights of the Foreign Ministry of Mexico, addresses the United Nations conference to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination.

UN Conference on Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons — The representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran addresses the United Nations conference to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination.

UN Conference on Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons — Ray Acheson, Director of Reaching Critical Will, addresses the United Nations conference to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination.

UN Conference on Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons — Participants during the United Nations Conference to Negotiate a Legally Binding Instrument to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons, Leading Towards their Total Elimination.

UN Conference on Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons — Wide view of United Nations Conference to Negotiate a Legally Binding Instrument to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons, Leading Towards their Total Elimination.

UN Conference on Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons — A view of the United Nations conference to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination, taking place at UN headquarters from 27 to 31 March. The conference is scheduled to resume from 15 June to 7 July.

UN Conference on Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons — Particpants at the United Nations conference to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination. Currently taking place at UN headquarters from 27 to 31 March, the conference is scheduled to resume from 15 June to 7 July.

UN Conference on Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons — Particpants at the United Nations conference to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination. Currently taking place at UN headquarters from 27 to 31 March, the conference is scheduled to resume from 15 June to 7 July.

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