Fifty-sixth General Assembly

First Committee

18^th Meeting (PM)

URGENT STEPS TO REDUCE RISK OF ACCIDENTAL USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS

CALLED FOR IN DRAFT RESOLUTION APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE

Ten Resolutions, Two Decisions Approved; Issues Addressed

Include Convention Banning Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

First Committee

17^th Meeting (AM)

TERRORIST USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS, BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION REVIEW

AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED BY 14 TEXTS INTRODUCED IN FIRST COMMITTEE

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

First Committee

16^th Meeting (PM)

MEDITERRANEAN SECURITY, ARMS TRANSPARENCY, REGIONAL DISARMAMENT CENTRES

ADDRESSED BY FIVE DRAFT TEXTS INTRODUCED IN FIRST COMMITTEE

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

First Committee

15^th Meeting (AM)

FIRST COMMITTEE TEXT CALLS FOR SMALL ARMS REVIEW CONFERENCE BY 2006,

BIENNIAL MEETINGS TO ASSESS ILLICIT ARMS TRADE ACTION PROGRAMME

Six Other Disarmament Draft Resolutions Also Introduced

Disarmament Under-Secretary-General Notes New Demands on Department

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

First committee

14^th Meeting (AM)

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

First Committee

13^th Meeting (AM)

DISARMAMENT PROGRESS CONTRIBUTES TO GLOBAL EFFORT AGAINST TERRORISM

STATES DRAFT TEXT INTRODUCED BY CHAIRMAN IN FIRST COMMITTEE

Thirteen Drafts Introduced, Including Resolutions

On Preserving ABM Treaty, Totally Eliminating Nuclear Weapons

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

First Committee

12^th Meeting (AM)

UN CONFERENCE BY 2006 ON ELIMINATING NUCLEAR DANGERS CALLED FOR,

AS FIRST COMMITTEE HEARS INTRODUCTION OF SEVEN DRAFT TEXTS

Others Concern Test-Ban Treaty,

Nuclear Waste Disposal, Fissile Material Ban, Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

First Committee

11^th Meeting (AM)

NEW SECURITY PARADIGM NEEDED FOLLOWING 11 SEPTEMBER TERRORIST ATTACK

FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD, AS GENERAL DEBATE CONCLUDES

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

First Committee

10^th Meeting (PM)

RISK OF UNAUTHORIZED NUCLEAR-WEAPON USE, MIDDLE EAST SECURITY

AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED IN FIRST COMMITTEE’S GENERAL DEBATE

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

First Committee

9^th Meeting (AM)

GLOBAL ECONOMIC DISPARITY INCOMPATIBLE WITH GLOBAL SECURITY

FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD, AS GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES