Background Release

STALLED GLOBAL DISARMAMENT EFFORTS, TERRORIST USE OF MASS DESTRUCTION WEAPONS

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.

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

First Committee

24^th Meeting (PM)

DISARMAMENT PROGRESS NEEDED AS PART OF ANTI-TERRORISM EFFORT,

BY TERMS OF DRAFT RESOLUTION APPROVED IN FIRST COMMITTEE

Committee Concludes Session, Recommending 51 Texts for Assembly Action

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

First Committee

20^th Meeting (PM)

SCOPE OF UN CONVENTIONAL ARMS REGISTER TO REMAIN UNDER REVIEW,

BY DRAFT RESOLUTION APPROVED IN FIRST COMMITTEE

CORRECTION

On page 8 of Press Release GA/DIS/3215 issued 31 October, the statement in explanation of position by Nepal should read as follows:

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

First Committee

22^nd Meeting (AM)

DISARMAMENT AIMED AT ELIMINATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS CALLED

FOR IN DRAFT RESOLUTION APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE

Other Texts Approved Address Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty,

UN Conference on Nuclear Dangers, Small Arms, Africa Centre

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

First Committee

23^rd Meeting (PM)

‘PRACTICAL STEPS’ ON PATH TO NUCLEAR-WEAPON ELIMINATION

STRESSED IN DRAFT TEXT APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE

Resolutions Also Approved on Depleted Uranium,

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

First Committee

21^st Meeting (PM)

RUSSIAN FEDERATION, UNITED STATES CALLED ON TO STRENGTHEN ABM TREATY

UNDER DRAFT RESOLUTION APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE

Also Approves Texts on Space Arms Race, Nuclear-Free Africa,

Middle East, Nuclear-Free Southern Hemisphere; Regional Centres

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

First Committee

20^th Meeting (PM)

SCOPE OF UN CONVENTIONAL ARMS REGISTER TO REMAIN UNDER REVIEW,

BY DRAFT RESOLUTION APPROVED IN FIRST COMMITTEE

CORRECTION

On page 8 of Press Release GA/DIS/3215 issued 31 October, the statement in explanation of position by Nepal should read as follows:

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

First Committee

19^th Meeting (AM)

FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF ANTI-PERSONNEL MINE CONVENTION STRESSED

IN DRAFT RESOLUTION APPROVED BY DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE

18 Texts Approved; Dual-Use Goods, Regional Disarmament,

Assistance in Curbing Small Arms Traffic among Other Issues Addressed

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

First Committee

20^th Meeting (PM)

SCOPE OF UN CONVENTIONAL ARMS REGISTER TO REMAIN UNDER REVIEW,

BY DRAFT RESOLUTION APPROVED IN FIRST COMMITTEE

Other Texts Address Missiles, Information Security,

Biological Weapons Convention, Latin American Regional Centre