Information for the Media

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7 December 2015
On Recommendation of First Committee, General Assembly Adopts More than 50 Drafts, Including New One on ‘Ethical Imperatives’ for Nuclear Disarmament

6 November 2015
First Committee Sends Last of 57 Drafts to General Assembly at Close of Session After Record Participation in Thematic Debates

5 November 2015
First Committee Approves 20 Drafts, Including New One Containing Declaration Aimed at Relinquishing ‘They versus Us’ Approach to Nuclear Disarmament

4 November 2015
Speakers in First Committee Decry Destructive Force of Indiscriminate Weapons While Some Defend Need for National Protection, Approving 11 More Drafts 3 November 2015
First Committee Approves Texts on Disarmament Aspects of Outer Space, Weapons of Mass Destruction, in Voting Pattern Reflecting Complex Security Concerns

2 November 2015
First Committee Sends 16 Drafts on Nuclear Disarmament to General Assembly, Including New One on ‘Ethical Imperatives’, Following 21 Recorded Votes

30 October 2015
Potential Security Impacts of Cyberspace Misuse Considered in First Committee, as Speakers Warn of Arms Race, Emergence of New Theatre of Warfare

29 October 2015
Growing Complexity in Troubled Regions Shapes Debate in First Committee, as Calls Intensify to Rid Middle East of All Mass Destruction Weapons

28 October 2015
Speakers Urge Action on Membership Expansion, Adopting Balanced Work Programme of Disarmament Conference, as First Committee Concludes Debate on Key Forums

27 October 2015
Difficult to Imagine Conference on Disarmament Regaining Relevance after 17 Years of Dysfunction, Speaker Tells First Committee as Debate Begins on Key Forums

26 October 2015
Worrying Trends on ‘Conventional Weapons Horizon’, Speaker Tells First Committee, Alleging Devastation of Entire Regions from Arms Manufactured Elsewhere

23 October 2015
Divergent Paths Emerge in First Committee on Ways to Achieve Outer Space Security, Safety, Sustainability, through Legally or Non-Legally Binding Pacts

22 October 2015
As Fourth, First Committees Hold Joint Meeting, Speakers Stress Need for Holistic Handling of Outer Space Security, Sustainability

22 October 2015
Speakers Express Outrage in First Committee at Present-Day Chemical Weapons Use, as Some Stress Need to Avert Acquisition by Non-State Actors

21 October 2015
‘Strange Alchemy’ Suggesting Nuclear Weapons Elimination Will Breed Insecurity ‘Truly Offensive’, First Committee Hears, Amid Clamour for Legal Ban

20 October 2015
Nuclear Weapons Retention Cedes Moral High Ground to Non-State Actors, First Committee Hears in Thematic Debate, following Briefings by Agency Chiefs

19 October 2015
Nuclear Detonation ‘Leaves Trail of Death and Destruction in Its Wake’, Speakers Tell First Committee, Spotlighting Dangers of Alliances, Excessive Holdings

15 October 2015
Amid Warnings of New Cold War, Speaker in First Committee Denounces Inventories of Nuclear Weapons in States Pursuing Non-Proliferation with ‘Messianic Zeal’

14 October 2015
Speakers in First Committee Call for Legal Framework to Address Nuclear Weapons Possession, Proliferation, Even If It Means Negotiating outside United Nations

13 October 2015
Consequences of Small Arms Claim Attention in First Committee, as African Nations Underscore Dangers of Terrorist Use

12 October 2015
Non-Nuclear-Weapon States Urge New Global Order, while Nuclear-Armed Countries Defend Need for ‘Safe and Effective’ Arsenals, in First Committee Debate

9 October 2015
Speakers in First Committee Say ‘Trust Deficit’ Must Be Upended to Hasten Pace of Nuclear Disarmament, Break Cycle of Intense Frustration

8 October 2015
Anxiety over Nuclear Weapons ‘Deep and Genuine’, Disarmament High Representative Tells First Committee as Session Opens, Urging It to ‘Roll Up Its Sleeves’

7 October 2015
First Committee Approves Work Programme Containing Items on Nuclear Disarmament, Non-Proliferation, International Security, Outer Space, Disarmament Machinery

5 October 2015
Karel Jan Gustaaf Van Oosterom of Netherlands Chair of First Committee