First Committee

Sixtieth General Assembly

First Committee

23^rd Meeting (AM)

TRANSPARENCY IN ARMS, PRESERVING ANTARCTICA , DISARMAMENT COMMISSION WORK

PROGRAMME ADDRESSED IN FIRST COMMITTEE TEXTS, AS SESSION CONCLUDES

Committee Chair Says World Community Must Escape Trap of Narrow

Sixtieth General Assembly

First Committee

22^nd Meeting (AM)

COMPLIANCE WITH DISARMAMENT AGREEMENTS, FOLLOW-UP TO NPT REVIEW

CONFERENCE OBLIGATIONS ADDRESSED IN FIRST COMMITTEE TEXTS

Recommends Six More Drafts to General Assembly

(Issued on 1 November 2005.)

Sixtieth General Assembly

First Committee

21^st Meeting (PM)

STRENGTHENED STEPS TO ADDRESS THREAT FROM ‘RADIOLOGICAL TERRORISM’

CALLED FOR IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION

One of 13 New Texts Recommended for General Assembly Adoption;

Sixtieth General Assembly

First Committee

20^th Meeting (PM)

TOTAL ELIMINATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS, TRACING SMALL ARMS AMONG ISSUES

ADDRESSED AS DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE ADOPTS 10 DRAFT TEXTS

(Issued on 27 October 2005.)

Sixtieth General Assembly

First Committee

19^th Meeting (PM)

PREVENTION OF OUTER SPACE ARMS RACE, MEDITERRANEAN SECURITY AMONG ISSUES,

AS DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE APPROVES SEVEN MORE TEXTS

Drafts Also Address Conventional Weapons, Confidence-Building,

Sixtieth General Assembly

First Committee

18^th Meeting* (PM)

NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE ZONES, BOLSTERING GLOBAL NON-PROLIFERATION REGIME,

AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED, AS FIRST COMMITTEE APPROVES 21 DRAFT TEXTS

Importance of Test-Ban Treaty, Risk of Middle East Nuclear

Sixtieth General Assembly

First Committee

16^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY FOR NON-NUCLEAR-WEAPON STATES , BALLISTIC MISSILE PROLIFERATION

ADDRESSED IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE DRAFT TEXTS

Sixtieth General Assembly

First Committee

15^th Meeting (AM)

DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE TEXT CALLS FOR EARLY ENTRY INTO FORCE

OF COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY

Other Drafts Introduced Concern

UN Disarmament Research Institute, Asia Regional Centre

Sixtieth General Assembly

First Committee

14^th Meeting (AM)

RELUCTANCE TO BE BOUND BY GLOBAL AGREEMENTS ‘PARTICULARLY DISTURBING’,

AT TIME WHEN WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY MORE ACCESSIBLE, FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD

Also Hears Introduction of 16 Draft Texts; Confidence-Building

Sixtieth General Assembly