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<h2>Disarmament and International Security</h2>
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<ul><li>7 November 2012<br><a href="https://www.un.org/press/en/2012/gadis3471.doc.htm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">First Committee, Concluding Session, Sends 59 Draft Texts to General Assembly</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li>6 November 2012<a href="http://www.un.org/press/en/2012/gadis3470.doc.htm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><br>Diplomatic Frustration over Conference on Disarmament Deadlock Sparks Urgent Calls for Tangible Results in First Committee Drafts</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li>5 November 2012<a href="http://www.un.org/press/en/2012/gadis3469.doc.htm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><br>Persistent Divisions in First Committee Lock Voting Machine in Familiar Pattern as 26 Drafts, 16 by Recorded Vote, Forwarded to General Assembly</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li>2 November 2012<a href="http://www.un.org/press/en/2012/gadis3468.doc.htm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><br>First Committee Approves Series of Drafts on Which Diverse Positions Converge</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li>1 November 2012<a href="http://www.un.org/press/en/2012/gadis3467.doc.htm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><br>First Committee, Seeking to Catch Up in Hurricane’s Wake, Speeds through Thematic<br>Debates, Hearing Calls to Translate Arms Trade Concerns into Durable Treaty</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li>25 October 2012 <br><a href="https://www.un.org/press/en/2012/gadis3466.doc.htm">Gruesome Consequences of Conventional Weapons Poses ‘Insurmountable Challenges’, Delegate Says as Thematic Debate Continues</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li>24 October 2012<br><a href="https://www.un.org/press/en/2012/gadis3465.doc.htm">Complexity of Arms Restraint Considered in First Committee as Delegates Urge ‘Get Back to Work’ on Binding Treaty to Regulate Trade</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li>23 October 2012<br><a href="https://www.un.org/press/en/2012/gadis3464.doc.htm">Full-Spectrum Dominance of Outer Space Can Turn Frontier into ‘Military Theatre’, Build Walls of Suspicion, Breach Global Security, First Committee Told</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li>22 October 2012<br><a href="http://www.un.org/press/en/2012/gadis3463.doc.htm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Manifold Misery of Mass Destruction Weapons Captures Attention of First Committee as Speakers Wrestle with Consequences of Unmet Commitments, Weak Verification</a><br></li></ul>
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<ul><li>19 October 2012<br><a href="http://www.un.org/press/en/2012/gadis3462.doc.htm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Nuclear Weapons Remain Integral to Strategic Doctrines of Military Alliances, Despite ‘High-Sounding and Moralistic Assertions’, First Committee Told</a><br></li></ul>
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<ul><li>18 October 2012<br><a href="http://www.un.org/press/en/2012/gadis3461.doc.htm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Centrality of Missiles for Offensive, Defensive Purposes, Absence of Far-Reaching Commitments to Restrain Their Proliferation Draw Attention of First Committee</a><br></li></ul>
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<ul><li>17 October 2012<br><a href="http://www.un.org/press/en/2012/gadis3460.doc.htm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">As First Committee Begins Focused Debate on Nuclear Weapons, National Positions Converge on Principles, Classic Differences Persist on Practical Enforcement</a><br></li></ul>
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<ul><li>16 October 2012<br><a href="http://www.un.org/press/en/2012/gadis3459.doc.htm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Attempts to Further Mass Destruction Weapon-Free Zone in Middle East Falter amid Seemingly Insoluble Disagreements, Speakers Tell First Committee</a><br></li></ul>
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<ul><li>15 October 2012<br><a href="http://www.un.org/press/en/2012/gadis3458.doc.htm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">‘End Nuclear Testing Before Nuclear Testing Ends Us,’ First Committee Told, as Disarmament Machinery Chiefs Assist Search for Global Consensus</a><br></li></ul>
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<ul><li>12 October 2012<br><a href="http://www.un.org/press/en/2012/gadis3457.doc.htm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Non-Nuclear-Armed States in First Committee Seek to Bridge Security Gap with Unconditional Pledge of Non-Use of Nuclear Weapons against Them </a></li></ul>
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<ul><li>11 October 2012<br><a href="http://www.un.org/press/en/2012/gadis3456.doc.htm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Prospects for Nuclear-Weapon-Free World Increasingly Illusive as ‘Tectonic Shifts’ from Unilateral Measures Affect Strategic Stability, First Committee Told</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li>10 October 2012<br><a href="http://www.un.org/press/en/2012/gadis3455.doc.htm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">United States’ Patience Wearing Thin on Unblocking Progress to Ban Fissile Material for Nuclear Weapons, Delegate Tells Disarmament Committee</a><br></li></ul>
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<ul><li>9 October 2012<br><a href="http://www.un.org/press/en/2012/gadis3454.doc.htm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Urges First Committee Not to Become Arena for Competitive Advancement of One State’s Interests Over Another</a><br></li></ul>
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<ul><li>8 October 2012<br><a href="http://www.un.org/press/en/2012/gadis3453.doc.htm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Opening Day in First Committee Spotlights Strategic Uncertainty, Political Stasis, as Speakers Urge ‘Save Ourselves from Ourselves’</a>(GA/DIS/3453)<br></li></ul>
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<ul><li>5 October 2012<br><a href="http://www.un.org/press/en/2012/gadis3452.doc.htm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">First Committee Prepares for Annual Debate with Approval of Agenda, Work Programme for Sixty-Seventh Session</a>(GA/DIS/3452)<br></li></ul>
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<ul><li>18 September 2012<br><a href="http://www.un.org/press/en/2012/bio4406.doc.htm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Biographical Note on Desra Percaya of Indonesia, Chair of First Committee</a> (GA/DIS/3451)<br></li></ul>
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<ul><li>4 September 2012<br><a href="http://www.un.org/press/en/2012/gadis3450.doc.htm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">First Committee Elects Bureau for Sixty-Seventh General Assembly Session</a> (GA/DIS/3450)</li></ul>
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