Fifty-eighth General Assembly

First Committee

8^th Meeting (PM)

THREAT POSED BY NON-COMPLIANCE WITH NON-PROLIFERATION REGIME

FOCUS OF DEBATE IN DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

The threat posed by non-compliance with the global nuclear non-proliferation regime and the reasons underlying recent, well-publicized cases dominated debate this afternoon in the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security).

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

First Committee

7^th Meeting (PM)

NON-PROLIFERATION OBLIGATIONS MARKED MORE OFTEN BY BREACH

THAN COMPLIANCE, DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE TOLD

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

First Committee

6^th Meeting (AM)

NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT GIVEN ‘LIP SERVICE’, WHILE POSSESSION, DEVELOPMENT

OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS CONTINUES, FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

First Committee

5^th Meeting (AM)

NEW DISARMAMENT APPROACHES IMPERATIVE IN CHANGED POLITICAL CLIMATE

FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD, AS GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

First Committee

4^th Meeting (AM)

FIRST COMMITTEE, ‘CUSTODIAN’ OF INTERNATIONAL DISARMAMENT STRUCTURE,

MUST ENSURE INTEGRITY, RELEVANCE, DELEGATES TOLD

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

First Committee

3^rd Meeting (AM)

ANACHRONISTIC, COLD WAR-ERA THINKING IMPEDES DISARMAMENT EFFORTS,

FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD, AS GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES

Fifty-eighth General Assembly

First Committee

2^nd Meeting (AM)

‘CRISIS OF CONFIDENCE’ IN COLLECTIVE SECURITY, DIVERSION OF SCARCE RESOURCES

TO ARMS AMONG ISSUES RAISED, AS FIRST COMMITTEE BEGINS DEBATE

Background Release

GLOBAL EVENTS CHALLENGE TREATY REGIMES FOR MASS DESTRUCTION WEAPONS,

PROVIDE CORE QUESTION FOR DISARMAMENT DEBATE BEGINNING 6 OCTOBER

The future of the multilateral treaty regimes for weapons of mass destruction and whether they meet the security concerns of all nations will be the core question for the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security), as it begins its general debate on Monday.

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