First Committee

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

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

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

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

Sixtieth General Assembly

First Committee

6^th Meeting (AM)

GROWTH OF GLOBAL MILITARY SPENDING, RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DISARMAMENT,

DEVELOPMENT FOCUS OF DEBATE IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

Speakers, Alarmed by $1 Trillion Devoted to Arms, Say Diverting

Sixtieth General Assembly

First Committee

3^rd & 4^th Meetings (AM & PM)

WORLD COMMUNITY UNABLE TO GRASP GRAVITY OF EXISTING, EMERGING

DISARMAMENT, NON-PROLIFERATION THREATS, FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD

Sixtieth General Assembly

First Committee

5^th Meeting (AM)

GLOBAL COMMUNITY COULD NOT GLOSS OVER BREAKDOWN IN DISARMAMENT, NON-PROLIFERATION

NEGOTIATIONS AT WORLD SUMMIT , PAKISTAN TELLS FIRST COMMITTEE

Sixtieth General Assembly

First Committee

2^nd Meeting (AM)

WORLD COMMUNITY ‘STUMBLING’ IN FACING DISARMAMENT, NON-PROLIFERATION

CHALLENGES, UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS FIRST COMMITTEE

General Debate Begins; Chairman Cites ‘Crisis’