Fifty-sixth General Assembly

First Committee

7^th Meeting (PM)

MASS DESTRUCTION WEAPONS POSE GREATEST THREAT, YET DISARMAMENT PLEDGES

LARGELY UNMET, SAYS NIGERIA IN FIRST COMMITTEE’S GENERAL DEBATE

Small Arms Proliferation, Anti-Personnel Mines,

Nuclear-Weapon-Free Middle East Among Other Issues Addressed

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

First Committee

5^th Meeting (PM)

RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENTS CANNOT STAND ASIDE WHEN CITIZENS SLAUGHTERED

SAYS UNITED STATES, AS FIRST COMMITTEE CONTINUES GENERAL DEBATE

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

First Committee

4^th Meeting (PM)

NEW CONCEPT OF SECURITY NEEDED FOLLOWING 11 SEPTEMBER TERRORIST ATTACK

CHINA TELLS FIRST COMMITTEE, AS GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

First Committee

3^rd Meeting (AM)

REMARKABLE UNITY IN WAKE OF 11 SEPTEMBER TERRORIST ATTACK MUST BE USED

TO REINFORCE MULTILATERAL DISARMAMENT REGIME, FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD

Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Says Realizing Attack’s

Impact if Nuclear, Chemical Weapons Used Committee’s Starting Point

Background Release

FIRST COMMITTEE BEGINS DEBATE 8 OCTOBER FACING UNFINISHED DISARMAMENT

AGENDA, INCLUDING NUCLEAR, BIOLOGICAL, CHEMICAL WEAPON THREATS

Fifty-fifth General Assembly

First Committee

2^nd Meeting (AM)

11 SEPTEMBER TERRORIST ATTACK CREATES NEW CONCEPT OF SECURITY THREAT

FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD, AS IT ELECTS OFFICERS, ADOPTS WORK PROGRAMME

Press Release
GA/DIS/3194

DRAFT RESOLUTION ON ‘PATH TO TOTAL ELIMINATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS’ APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE, AS IT CONCLUDES CURRENT SESSION

Also Approves Texts on Middle East Nuclear Proliferation, Fissile Material, Arms Register, Regional Disarmament, Small Arms

Press Release
GA/DIS/3193

FIRST COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXTS CALLING FOR STRENGHTHENED ABM TREATY, ‘NEW AGENDA’ TO ACHIEVE NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE WORLD

Press Release
GA/DIS/3192

PROMOTION OF NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE STATUS OF SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE CALLED FOR IN DRAFT RESOLUTION APPROVED BY FIRST COMMITTEE

Four Other Approved Texts Concern Missiles, Small Arms Conference, Biological Weapons Convention Protocol, South-Eastern Europe Stability

Press Release
GA/DIS/3191

FIRST COMMITTEE APPROVES SIX DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON WIDE RANGE OF ISSUES, INCLUDING TEXT ON COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY