Fifty-ninth General Assembly

First Committee

5^th Meeting (AM)

SPEAKERS ADDRESS PROPOSED CHANGES AIMED AT IMPROVING DISARMAMENT

COMMITTEE’S EFFECTIVENESS, AS GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES

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Fifty-ninth General Assembly

First Committee

3^rd Meeting (AM)

Terrorist threats demand new definition of security, disarmament committee told

Peaceful Use of Outer Space, Nuclear-Weapon-Free

Middle East among Other Issues in Continuing General Debate

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

First Committee

2^nd Meeting (AM)

Adapting to world’s changing reality, while not renegotiating basic principles

greatest challenge for current session, Disarmament Committee told

Under-Secretary-General Says Committee Has Responsibility

To Clarify Common Goals, Identify New Norms, Assess Progress

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

First Committee

1^st Meeting (PM)

Disarmament committee holds organizational meeting; debate will begin 4 October

The First Committee (Disarmament and International Security), this afternoon in an organizational meeting, adopted its programme of work and agenda for the fifty-ninth session.

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

First Committee

23^rd Meeting (PM)

DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS 2006 CONFERENCE TO REVIEW PROGRESS

AGAINST ILLICIT SMALL ARMS TRADE, AS IT CONCLUDES SESSION

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Fifty-eighth General Assembly

First Committee

21^st Meeting (PM)

RISK OF PROLIFERATION, UNAUTHORIZED USE OF ‘NON-STRATEGIC’ NUCLEAR WEAPONS

ADDRESSED IN ONE OF FIVE TEXTS APPROVED BY DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

Other Drafts Concern ‘Towards a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World’,

Confidence-Building, African Nuclear Treaty, Central African Security

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

First Committee

20^th Meeting (PM)

NUCLEAR WEAPON STATES CALLED ON TO HALT IMPROVEMENT, STOCKPILING

OF NUCLEAR WARHEADS, IN TEXT APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE

Four Resolutions Recommended to General Assembly;

Others Address Middle East, Environmental Norms, Small Arms Traffic

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

First Committee

19^th Meeting (AM)

TEXT OUTLINING ‘PATH’ TO TOTAL ELIMINATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS

APPROVED IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

Four More Resolutions Recommended to General Assembly;

Others Address Ottawa Convention, Dual-Use Technology, Regional Centres