First Committee

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

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Sixtieth General Assembly

First Committee

11^th Meeting (PM)

LEGALLY BINDING INSTRUMENT NEEDED TO COMBAT ILLICIT SMALL-ARMS TRADE,

WHICH FUELS CONFLICT, UNDERMINES DEVELOPMENT, FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD

Hears Introduction of Draft Texts

Sixtieth General Assembly

First Committee

12^th Meeting (PM)

WORLD COMMUNITY HAS ‘BLIND SPOT’ ON GRAVE THREAT FROM GLOBAL

TRADE IN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS, DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE TOLD

Draft Texts Address Humanitarian Impact of Small Arms,

Sixtieth General Assembly

First Committee

10^th Meeting (PM)

OUTER SPACE ARMS RACE NOW CREDIBLE THREAT, NEW LEGAL AGREEMENT NEEDED

TO BLOCK ANY POSSIBLE WEAPON DEPLOYMENT, FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD

Seven Draft Texts Introduced; Chemical and Biological Weapons,

Sixtieth General Assembly

First Committee

9^th Meeting (PM)

NPT DISARMAMENT OBLIGATIONS, NUCLEAR-WEAPON CONVENTION, REDUCING

NUCLEAR DANGER AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED IN FIRST COMMITTEE TEXTS

Other Drafts Concern Missiles, Nuclear-Weapon-Free

Sixtieth General Assembly

First Committee

8^th Meeting (PM)

FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION BEST WAY TO ADDRESS RISK

OF PROLIFERATION, TERRORIST ACQUISITION, FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD

(Issued on 11 October 2005.)

Sixtieth General Assembly

First Committee

7^th Meeting (AM)

FAILURES IN MULTILATERAL SECURITY MECHANISMS RAISE NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION

RISKS, DIMINISH PROSPECTS FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD

NPT Regime Weaknesses, Threat from Clandestine Nuclear