General Assembly First Committee Seventieth session (2015)

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<p>The link below is to the First Committee Webcast playlist found on UNTV. It contains videos of meetings from the 70th session of the First Committee up to the present. Scroll through the pages to locate the session and meeting you are looking for.</p>

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<p>7 December 2015<br><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/ga11735.doc.htm" target="_blank">On Recommendation of First Committee, General Assembly Adopts More than 50 Drafts, Including New One on ‘Ethical Imperatives’ for Nuclear Disarmament</a></p>

<p>6 November 2015<br><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/gadis3542.doc.htm" target="_blank">First Committee Sends Last of 57 Drafts to General Assembly at Close of Session After Record Participation in Thematic Debates</a> </p>

<p>5 November 2015<br><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/gadis3541.doc.htm" target="_blank">First Committee Approves 20 Drafts, Including New One Containing Declaration Aimed at Relinquishing ‘They versus Us’ Approach to Nuclear Disarmament</a> </p>

<p>4 November 2015<br><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/gadis3540.doc.htm" target="_blank">Speakers in First Committee Decry Destructive Force of Indiscriminate Weapons While Some Defend Need for National Protection, Approving 11 More Drafts</a> 3 November 2015<br><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/gadis3539.doc.htm" target="_blank">First Committee Approves Texts on Disarmament Aspects of Outer Space, Weapons of Mass Destruction, in Voting Pattern Reflecting Complex Security Concerns</a> </p>

<p>2 November 2015<br><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/gadis3538.doc.htm" target="_blank">First Committee Sends 16 Drafts on Nuclear Disarmament to General Assembly, Including New One on ‘Ethical Imperatives’, Following 21 Recorded Votes</a> </p>

<p>30 October 2015<br><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/gadis3537.doc.htm" target="_blank">Potential Security Impacts of Cyberspace Misuse Considered in First Committee, as Speakers Warn of Arms Race, Emergence of New Theatre of Warfare</a> </p>

<p>29 October 2015<br><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/gadis3535.doc.htm" target="_blank">Growing Complexity in Troubled Regions Shapes Debate in First Committee, as Calls Intensify to Rid Middle East of All Mass Destruction Weapons</a> </p>

<p>28 October 2015<br><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/gadis3535.doc.htm" target="_blank">Speakers Urge Action on Membership Expansion, Adopting Balanced Work Programme of Disarmament Conference, as First Committee Concludes Debate on Key Forums</a> </p>

<p>27 October 2015<br><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/gadis3534.doc.htm" target="_blank">Difficult to Imagine Conference on Disarmament Regaining Relevance after 17 Years of Dysfunction, Speaker Tells First Committee as Debate Begins on Key Forums</a> </p>

<p>26 October 2015<br><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/gadis3533.doc.htm" target="_blank">Worrying Trends on ‘Conventional Weapons Horizon’, Speaker Tells First Committee, Alleging Devastation of Entire Regions from Arms Manufactured Elsewhere</a> </p>

<p>23 October 2015<br><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/gadis3532.doc.htm" target="_blank">Divergent Paths Emerge in First Committee on Ways to Achieve Outer Space Security, Safety, Sustainability, through Legally or Non-Legally Binding Pacts</a></p>

<p>22 October 2015<br><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/gadis3529.doc.htm" target="_blank">As Fourth, First Committees Hold Joint Meeting, Speakers Stress Need for Holistic Handling of Outer Space Security, Sustainability</a> </p>

<p>22 October 2015<br><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/gadis3530.doc.htm" target="_blank">Speakers Express Outrage in First Committee at Present-Day Chemical Weapons Use, as Some Stress Need to Avert Acquisition by Non-State Actors</a> </p>

<p>21 October 2015<br><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/gadis3529.doc.htm" target="_blank">‘Strange Alchemy’ Suggesting Nuclear Weapons Elimination Will Breed Insecurity ‘Truly Offensive’, First Committee Hears, Amid Clamour for Legal Ban</a> </p>

<p>20 October 2015<br><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/gadis3528.doc.htm" target="_blank">Nuclear Weapons Retention Cedes Moral High Ground to Non-State Actors, First Committee Hears in Thematic Debate, following Briefings by Agency Chiefs</a> </p>

<p>19 October 2015<br><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/gadis3527.doc.htm" target="_blank">Nuclear Detonation ‘Leaves Trail of Death and Destruction in Its Wake’, Speakers Tell First Committee, Spotlighting Dangers of Alliances, Excessive Holdings</a> </p>

<p>15 October 2015<br><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/gadis3525.doc.htm" target="_blank">Amid Warnings of New Cold War, Speaker in First Committee Denounces Inventories of Nuclear Weapons in States Pursuing Non-Proliferation with ‘Messianic Zeal’</a> </p>

<p>14 October 2015<br><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/gadis3524.doc.htm" target="_blank">Speakers in First Committee Call for Legal Framework to Address Nuclear Weapons Possession, Proliferation, Even If It Means Negotiating outside United Nations</a> </p>

<p>13 October 2015<br><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/gadis3523.doc.htm" target="_blank">Consequences of Small Arms Claim Attention in First Committee, as African Nations Underscore Dangers of Terrorist Use</a> </p>

<p>12 October 2015<br><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/gadis3522.doc.htm" target="_blank">Non-Nuclear-Weapon States Urge New Global Order, while Nuclear-Armed Countries Defend Need for ‘Safe and Effective’ Arsenals, in First Committee Debate</a> </p>

<p>9 October 2015<br><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/gadis3521.doc.htm" target="_blank">Speakers in First Committee Say ‘Trust Deficit’ Must Be Upended to Hasten Pace of Nuclear Disarmament, Break Cycle of Intense Frustration</a> </p>

<p>8 October 2015<br><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/gadis3520.doc.htm" target="_blank">Anxiety over Nuclear Weapons ‘Deep and Genuine’, Disarmament High Representative Tells First Committee as Session Opens, Urging It to ‘Roll Up Its Sleeves’</a> </p>

<p>7 October 2015<br><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/gadis3519.doc.htm" target="_blank">First Committee Approves Work Programme Containing Items on Nuclear Disarmament, Non-Proliferation, International Security, Outer Space, Disarmament Machinery</a> </p>

<p>5 October 2015<br><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.un.org/press/en/2015/bio4760.doc.htm" target="_blank">Karel Jan Gustaaf Van Oosterom of Netherlands Chair of First Committee</a></p>
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