Information for the Media

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• 2 November 2017
  Closing Session, First Committee Approves Draft on Chemical Weapons Convention, Sending Total of 58 Texts to General Assembly

• 1 November 2017
  Submitting 18 Drafts to General Assembly, First Committee Approves Measures for Building Regional Confidence, Curbing Spread of Conventional Weapons

• 31 October 2017
  Approving 15 Drafts, First Committee Calls for Crackdown on Supply Chains Giving Terrorist Groups Materials to Build Improvised Explosive Devices

• 30 October 2017
  First Committee Submits Six Drafts to General Assembly, One Calling for Immediate Start of Negotiations on Treaty Preventing Outer Space Arms Race

• 27 October 2017
  Approving 18 Drafts on Disarmament Measures, First Committee Urges General Assembly Call for States to Sign Nuclear-Weapon-Ban Treaty

• 26 October 2017
  ‘Put Aside Inflexible Positions’ to Restart Stalled Disarmament Regime, Delegates Say, as First Committee Concludes Debate, Begins Action on Draft Texts

• 25 October 2017
  At Crossroads on How to Overcome Disarmament Machinery Deadlock, First Committee Delegates Debate Paths towards Revitalization

• 24 October 2017
  Regional Partners Must Steady Increasingly Unstable Security Landscape, First Committee Speakers Stress, Calling for Drive to Boost Trust

• 23 October 2017
  With ‘Dark Side of Innovation’ on Horizon, First Committee Delegates Call for Joint Action in Combating Cyberattacks

• 20 October 2017
  First Committee Delegates Call for Shifting Global Spending from Conventional Arms to Development, as Military Costs Top $1.7 Trillion

• 18 October 2017
  Highlighting Ways to Stop Weapons Flowing into Vulnerable Regions, Delegates in First Committee Call for Stricter Export Controls

• 17 October 2017
  Stronger Rules Must Guarantee Outer Space Remains Conflict-Free, First Committee Delegates Stress, Calling for New Laws to Hold Perpetrators Accountable

• 16 October 2017
  Reflecting Deep Chasm in Disarmament Debate, First Committee Speakers Question Progress as Nuclear-Weapon States Defend Deterrence Policies

• 13 October 2017
  First Committee Debates Future of Fissile Material Cut Off Treaty, Other Instruments, as Building Blocks towards Nuclear Weapon-Free World

• 12 October 2017
  Amid Commemoration of Landmark Treaty’s Fiftieth Anniversary, Joint Meeting of First, Fourth Committees Discusses Keeping Weapons Away from Outer Space

• 12 October 2017
  New Instrument Banning Atomic Bombs Fuels Heated Debate in First Committee, as Non-Nuclear-Weapon Nations Call on Possessor States to Shrink Arsenals

• 11 October 2017
  Disarmament Machinery Must Sharpen Tools to Harness Largely Ungoverned Game-Changing New Weapons, Security Experts Tell First Committee

• 10 October 2017
  Burgeoning ‘Race for Weapons’ Evokes Cold War, Threatens Disarmament Gains, Speakers Warn, as First Committee Concludes General Debate

• 9 October 2017
  Break Deadlock in Disarmament Machinery by Casting Aside Narrow National Interests, ‘Misguided Notions of Parity’, Speakers Tell First Committee

• 6 October 2017
  Fearing Nuclear Stand-off on Korean Peninsula, First Committee Speakers Suggest Fresh Approaches to Global Security Governance

• 5 October 2017
  First Committee Delegates Call for United Drive to Crush Illegal Arms Market, Close Security Gaps, as General Debate Continues

• 4 October 2017
  Despite Disarmament Progress, Deterrence Continues to Play Role in Preserving International Stability, Nuclear-Weapon States Tell First Committee

• 3 October 2017
  Calling for Greater Disarmament Efforts, Speakers Exchange Prescriptions on Nuclear-Weapon-Free World, as First Committee Debate Continues

• 2 October 2017
  States Must Reach across Aisles, Summon Political Will Needed to Reduce Arsenals, General Assembly President Tells First Committee

• 28 September 2017
  Approving New Agenda, Disarmament Committee Will Address Current Arms Control Landscape, Conventional Weapons, Nuclear Bombs