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<h2>Disarmament and International Security</h2>
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<ul><li>31 October 2011<br><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2011/gadis3449.doc.htm" target="_blank">First Committee, Concluding Work for Session, Sends 52 Draft Texts to General Assembly Covering Broad Spectrum of Disarmament, Security Concerns</a> (GA/DIS/3449)</li></ul>
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<ul><li>28 October 2011<br><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2011/gadis3448.doc.htm" target="_blank">If Disarmament Conference Fails to Start Work by End of 2012 Session, General Assembly to Consider Options for Fissile Material Ban, Says First Committee</a> (GA/DIS/3448)</li></ul>
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<ul><li>27 October 2011<br><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2011/gadis3447.doc.htm" target="_blank">First Committee Seeks to Ban Development of New Types of Mass Destruction Weapons, by One of 22 Draft Texts Forwarded to General Assembly for Adoption</a> (GA/DIS/3447)</li></ul>
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<ul><li>26 October 2011<br><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2011/gadis3446.doc.htm" target="_blank">Voting Machine ‘Locks’ in Familiar Pattern as Disarmament Committee Sends 17 Drafts to General Assembly for Adoption </a> (GA/DIS/3446)</li></ul>
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<ul><li>25 October 2011<br><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2011/gadis3445.doc.htm" target="_blank">Perception in First Committee ‘World Cannot Afford to Stand Still’ on Disarmament, but Divergent Views Emerge on Reasons for Stagnation, Ways to Overcome It</a> (GA/DIS/3445)</li></ul>
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<ul><li>24 October 2011<br><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2011/gadis3444.doc.htm" target="_blank">Seven Draft Resolutions Introduced in First Committee, Two Reflecting Divergent Views on Solving Impasse in Multilateral Disarmament Forum</a> (GA/DIS/3444)</li></ul>
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<ul><li>21 October 2011<br><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2011/gadis3443.doc.htm" target="_blank">If Conference on Disarmament Cannot Break 15-Year-Long Deadlock, United Nations Could ‘Lose Legitimacy in Disarmament Affairs’, First Committee Told</a> (GA/DIS/3443)</li></ul>
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<ul><li>21 October 2011<br><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.un.org/en/ga/president/66/statements/firstcom211011.shtml&qu…; target="_blank">General Assembly President points to Busy UN Disarmament Agenda in 2012</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li>20 October 2011<br><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2011/gadis3442.doc.htm" target="_blank">Unregulated Information Highway is Non-Traditional Security Threat with Too Many ‘Traffic Accidents’, China Tells First Committee, Warning of Security Breaches</a>(GA/DIS/3442)</li></ul>
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<ul><li>19 October<br><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2011/gadis3441.doc.htm" target="_blank">World’s Weapons Stockpile ‘Over-Supplied’, as States Reshape True Aim of Charter-based Article on Self-Defence, First Committee Told </a> (GA/DIS/3441)</li></ul>
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<ul><li>18 October 2011<br><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2011/gadis3440.doc.htm" target="_blank">Stockpiled Instruments of Modern Violence — Conventional Weapons — Focus of Debate in First Committee, as Delegates Rally Support around Key Draft Resolutions</a> (GA/DIS/3440)</li></ul>
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<ul><li>17 October 2011<br><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2011/gadis3439.doc.htm" target="_blank">First Committee Hears Introduction of Eight Drafts on Range of Topics, from Threat of Outer Space Arms Race to Terrorist Acquisition of Mass Destruction Weapons</a> (GA/DIS/3439)</li></ul>
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<ul><li>14 October 2011<br><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2011/gadis3438.doc.htm" target="_blank">When It Comes to Non-Proliferation, Arms Limitation, Disarmament Agreements, ‘Rules Must Be Binding, Violations Must Be Punished’, First Committee Told</a> (GA/DIS/3438)</li></ul>
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<ul><li>13 October 2011<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2011/gadis3437.doc.htm" target="_blank"><br>It Is ‘Bitter Reality’ in Complex, Dangerous World that Possession of Nuclear Weapons by Some Gives Others Excuse to Acquire Them, First Committee Told </a>(GA/DIS/3437)</li></ul>
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<ul><li>12 October 2011<br><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2011/gadis3436.doc.htm" target="_blank">‘Sorry to Report’, Conference on Disarmament Official Tells First Committee, No Key Disarmament, Non-Proliferation Treaties in Pipeline Now</a>(GA/DIS/3436)</li></ul>
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<ul><li>11 October 2011<br><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2011/gadis3435.doc.htm" target="_blank">‘Mantra’ of Nuclear-Armed States that Fissile Material Ban Ripe for Negotiation Follows Dictates of Convenience, Not Security, First Committee Told </a>(GA/DIS/3435)</li></ul>
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<ul><li>10 October 2011<br><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2011/gadis3434.doc.htm" target="_blank">International Community Wise to ‘Take Step Back, Seriously Question Approach as Mindless Arms Race Flourishes Unencumbered’, First Committee Hears</a>(GA/DIS/3434)</li></ul>
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<ul><li>7 October 2011<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2011/gadis3433.doc.htm" target="_blank"><br>China Champions New Thinking on Security, Shaped by Mutual Trust, Mutual Benefit, Amid Calls in First Committee for Binding Pledges of Non Use of Nuclear Weapons </a> (GA/DIS/3433)</li></ul>
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<ul><li>6 October 2011<br><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2011/gadis3432.doc.htm" target="_blank">Membership in Conference on Disarmament Yields Rights but Also Responsibilities, First Committee Told, as Delegations Make Clear Deadlock Taking Its Toll </a>(GA/DIS/3432)</li></ul>
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<ul><li>5 October 2011<br><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2011/gadis3431.doc.htm" target="_blank">Nuclear Proliferation ‘Biggest Danger Facing Our Planet’, Says France, Warning in First Committee Debate ‘More Disarmament Will Not Suffice’ to Stop It</a> (GA/DIS/3431)</li></ul>
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<ul><li>4 October 2011<br><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2011/gadis3430.doc.htm" target="_blank">Path from Prague ‘Fast and Straight’, but Moving into ‘Uncharted Terrain’, United States Delegate Tells First Committee during General Debate </a> (GS/DIS/3430)</li></ul>
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<ul><li>3 October 2011<br><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=39915&Cr=disarmament&a…; target="_blank">UN official highlights impact of democracy and rule of law on advancing disarmament</a> (UN Press article)</li></ul>
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<ul><li>3 October 2011<br><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2011/gadis3429.doc.htm" target="_blank">First Committee Must Not “Close Shop and Wait for World Peace” before Furthering Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Arms Control, Delegations Told as Debate Opens</a> (GA/DIS/3429)</li></ul>
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<ul><li>30 September 2011<br><a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs//2011/gadis3428.doc.htm" target="_blank">First Committee, in Preparation for Start of Annual General Debate Monday, Holds Organizational Meeting to Adopt Agenda, Work Programme for Session</a> (GA/DIS/3428)</li></ul>
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<ul><li>15 September 2011<br><a href="http://www.un.org/disarmament/content/news/press_releases/2011/viinanen… note on Jarmo Viinanen, Chair of the First Committee and Permanent Representative of Finland to the United Nations</a> (GA/DIS/3426)</li></ul>
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