Fifty-seventh General Assembly

First Committee

9^th & 10^th Meetings (AM & PM)

THREAT OF CONFLICT IN SOUTH ASIA, USE OF TERROR AS ‘STRATEGIC WEAPON’

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

First Committee

8^th Meeting (PM)

DIMINISHING ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, WITHDRAWAL FROM KEY AGREEMENTS

WEAKENS WORLD SAFETY, RUSSIAN FEDERATION TELLS FIRST COMMITTEE

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

First Committee

7^th Meeting (PM)

MULTILATERAL DISARMAMENT SETBACKS, MIDDLE EAST NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION, NUCLEAR

WASTE TRANSPORT IN CARIBBEAN AMONG ISSUES RAISED IN FIRST COMMITTEE DEBATE

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

First Committee

6^th Meeting (AM)

TRADITIONAL SECURITY CALCULATIONS SHATTERED BY TERRORIST THREATS,

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

First Committee

5^th Meeting (AM)

WORLD TURNS AWAY FROM ‘BALANCE OF TERROR’, BUT NOW FACES DRAMATICALLY

INCREASED TERRORIST THREAT, UNITED STATES TELLS FIRST COMMITTEE

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

First Committee

4^th Meeting (AM)

DISARMAMENT APPARENTLY 'OUT OF FASHION', BANGLADESH TELLS FIRST COMMITTEE

AS IT CONTINUES GENERAL DEBATE

Speakers Say Complacency,Narrow Self-Interest Hinder Multilateral Efforts

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

First Committee

3^rd Meeting (AM)

CUBA SAYS IT WILL ACCEDE TO NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY,

AS DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE CONTINUES GENERAL DEBATE

Export Controls Over Sensitive Dual-Use Items,

Global Protection against Nuclear Terrorism among Other Issues Addressed

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

First Committee

2^nd Meeting (AM)

CHALLENGES TO DISARMAMENT FORMIDABLE, BUT BENEFITS WIDE AND RICH

SAYS UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL, AS FIRST COMMITTEE BEGINS DEBATE

Speakers Call for Revived Multilateral Efforts to Address Global Threats

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

First Committee

1^st Meeting (AM)

FIRST COMMITTEE ELECTS OFFICERS, ADOPTS WORK PROGRAMME;

WILL HOLD GENERAL DEBATE 30 SEPTEMBER - 11 OCTOBER

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

Background Release

STALLED GLOBAL DISARMAMENT EFFORTS, TERRORIST USE OF MASS DESTRUCTION WEAPONS