4 years 11 months ago
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HOLDS PLENARY MEETING TO DISCUSS ITS ANNUAL REPORT TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
23 August 2016
Meeting Summaries
The Conference on Disarmament this morning held a plenary meeting to discuss the preparation of its annual report to the General Assembly.
Ambassador Kim In-chul of the Republic of Korea, taking the floor for the first time as President of the Conference on Disarmament, said he would brief the Conference on his plans as President. One of the tasks to carry out before the end of the session was finalizing the report of the Conference to the General Assembly. He had asked the secretariat to circulate informally the first draft of the report,…
4 years 11 months ago
2016 UNITED NATIONS PROGRAMME OF FELLOWSHIPS ON DISARMAMENT STARTS IN GENEVA
22 August 2016
Meeting Summaries
The 2016 United Nations Programme of Fellowships on Disarmament starts today at the United Nations Office at Geneva with the participation of young diplomats and other government officials from 25 Member States of the United Nations.
Officials from the following States will be participating in the 2016 Disarmament Fellowship Programme: Afghanistan, Algeria, Australia, Bahrain, Burundi, Cameroon, Chile, China, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Georgia, Holy See, Hungary, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of),…
5 years ago
STATES RESPOND TO RUSSIAN PROPOSALS ON A DRAFT CONVENTION FOR THE SUPPRESSION OF CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL TERRORISM AND ON A PROGRAMME OF WORK
16 August 2016
Meeting Summaries
Japanese Youth Communicators for a World without Nuclear Weapons Address the Conference, Ambassador of Poland takes the floor as Outgoing President
The Conference on Disarmament today heard a number of States respond to the Russian proposals on a draft Convention for the Suppression of Chemical and Biological Terrorism and on a draft programme of work. It also heard from Japanese Youth Communicators for a World without Nuclear Weapons, and from the Ambassador of Poland as outgoing President of the…
5 years ago
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION PREPARATORY MEETING RE-OPENS IN GENEVA
08 August 2016
Meeting Summaries
States Parties Reconvene to Prepare for the Forthcoming Eighth Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention
States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) resumed the Preparatory Committee of the Eighth Review Conference in Geneva today. The Preparatory Committee began its work from 26 to 27 April and now resumes for a further five days. The Review Conference itself will take place in Geneva from 7 to 25 November.
The Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on…
5 years ago
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS FROM RUSSIA ON DRAFT CONVENTION FOR SUPPRESSION OF CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL TERRORISM
04 August 2016
Meeting Summaries
Also Hears Statements by Japan, China, Republic of Korea, United States, India, Belarus, Iran, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and Australia
The Conference on Disarmament this morning held a public plenary in which it received further details from the Russian Federation on the draft Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Chemical and Biological Terrorism, and heard from a number of delegations.
The Russian Federation provided an update to its March proposal on the draft Convention, calling it a comprehensive…
5 years ago
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT BEGINS THIRD AND FINAL SEGMENT OF THE 2016 SESSION
02 August 2016
Meeting Summaries
The Conference on Disarmament this morning opened the third and final segment of its 2016 session.
Ambassador Piotr Stachańczyk of Poland, President of the Conference, informed that an informal plenary meeting, seminar-style, would take place on Tuesday, 9 August, with the participation of two outside experts, and all States were encouraged to partake.
South Africa stated that arguments in favour of the retention of nuclear weapons only served as an encouragement for proliferation and undermined the nuclear non-proliferation regime. China referred to the June…
5 years 1 month ago
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT FAILS TO ADOPT DRAFT PROGRAMME OF WORK PROPOSED BY THE POLISH PRESIDENCY
30 June 2016
Meeting Summaries
The Conference on Disarmament this morning held a discussion on the draft programme of work put forward by the Polish Presidency, which was based on the proposal by the United Kingdom from 19 February. The Conference did not adopt the draft programme after the Russian Federation blocked the consensus.
Ambassador Piotr Stachańczyk of Poland, President of the Conference, presented the draft proposal, explaining that, while it did not have an explicit negotiating mandate, it allowed for eventually launching…
5 years 1 month ago
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS FROM THE HIGH REPRESENTATIVE FOR DISARMAMENT AFFAIRS
28 June 2016
Meeting Summaries
The Conference on Disarmament today held its first plenary meeting under the Presidency of Poland, hearing from Kim Won-soo, Under Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, as well as from a number of delegations.
Mr. Kim stated that the persistent paralysis of the Conference had led many to question the relevance of traditional processes. Addressing issues on the Conference’s agenda outside of the Conference had regrettably become a new normal. It was imperative that an agreement on a programme of work be reached, otherwise there…
5 years 1 month ago
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS FROM THE OUTGOING PERUVIAN PRESIDENT AND THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
21 June 2016
Meeting Summaries
The Conference on Disarmament this morning held a plenary in which it heard from the outgoing Peruvian President of the Conference and the Russian Federation.
Ambassador Luis Enrique Chavez Basagoitia of Peru, President of the Conference, said that this was the last week of the Peruvian Presidency. The President had focused all of his efforts on informal consultations, with the hope that they would facilitate an understanding on a draft programme of work for 2016. The previous week, the delegations had been given an…
5 years 2 months ago
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES THREE ITEMS ON ITS AGENDA
16 June 2016
Meeting Summaries
The Conference on Disarmament this morning held a discussion on the fifth, sixth and seventh items on its agenda: new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons, radiological weapons; comprehensive programme of disarmament; and transparency in armaments.
China believed that preventive diplomacy ought to be carried out in arms control, while the regulation of scientific research activities should be enhanced. Belarus stated that codes of conduct to strengthen space security could be developed, as they would enhance transparency and regulate the problem of…
