Fifty-eighth General Assembly

First Committee

1^st Meeting (AM)

DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE ELECTS OFFICERS, ADOPTS WORK PROGRAMME

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

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

First Committee

25^th Meeting (AM)

ANTARCTIC TREATY RECOGNIZED AS FURTHERING UN CHARTER PRINCIPLES,

IN DRAFT RESOLUTION APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE

Committee Concludes Work for Current Session

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

First Committee

24^th Meeting (AM)

DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE BEGINS DISCUSSION ON ANTARCTICA

Focus on Benefits of 1959 Treaty, Environmental Issues

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

First Committee

23^rd Meeting (AM)

FIRST COMMITTEE CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF DISARMAMENT, INTERNATIONAL SECURITY

DRAFT TEXTS, AS CHAIRMAN WITHDRAWS MULTILATERALISM DRAFT

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

First Committee

22^nd Meeting (AM)

RUSSIAN FEDERATION, UNITED STATES CALLED ON TO REDUCE NON-STRATEGIC

NUCLEAR WEAPONS BY DRAFT TEXT APPROVED IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

Seven Draft Texts Approved, Addressing Among Others,

Mongolian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Status, Disarmament and Development

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

First Committee

21^st Meeting (AM)

STRENGTHENED MEANS TO KEEP TERRORISTS FROM ACQUIRING MASS DESTRUCTION WEAPONS

CALLED FOR IN ONE OF NINE DRAFT RESOLUTIONS APPROVED BY DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

Texts also Address Nuclear Weapon Elimination, Dual-Use Technology,

Middle East Nuclear Proliferation, Multilateralism, Central Asia, among Others

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First Committee

19^th & 20^th Meetings (AM & PM)

COMMITMENT TO NUCLEAR WARHEAD REDUCTION BY UNITED STATES, RUSSIAN FEDERATION

WELCOMED IN DRAFT RESOLUTION APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE

18 Texts Approved Addressing Compliance with Disarmament Agreements,

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

First Committee

18^th Meeting (AM)

STRENGTHENED LEGAL REGIME TO PREVENT OUTER SPACE ARMS RACE

CALLED FOR IN DRAFT RESOLUTION APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE

One of Nine Texts Recommended for General Assembly Adoption;

Chemical and Biological Weapons, Small Arms Trade among Other Issues Addressed

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

First Committee

17^th Meeting (AM)

URGENT RATIFICATION OF COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY

CALLED FOR IN ONE OF NINE TEXTS APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE

United States Votes against Draft;

Says Opposed to CTBT, Will Not Seek Reconsideration of Senate’s Rejection

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

First Committee

16^th Meeting (AM)

IMPLEMENTATION OF DISARMAMENT AGREEMENTS, TERRORISM AND MASS DESTRUCTION WEAPONS

AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED IN 17 TEXTS INTRODUCED IN FIRST COMMITTEE