5 years 2 months ago
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES THE FIRST FOUR ITEMS ON ITS AGENDA
14 June 2016
Meeting Summaries
The Conference on Disarmament this morning held a discussion on the first four items on its agenda: cessation of the nuclear arms race and nuclear disarmament; prevention of nuclear war, including all related matters; prevention of an arms race in outer space; and effective international arrangements to assure non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons.
Kazakhstan stated that it prioritized nuclear disarmament as the most pressing issue, which should be seen as a major goal of the humanity for the twenty-first century. Pakistan stressed…
5 years 2 months ago
CÔTE D'IVOIRE JOINS THE CONVENTION ON CERTAIN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS
13 June 2016
Press Release
On 25 May 2016, Côte d'Ivoire joined the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) and its Protocol I on Non-detectable Fragments, Protocol II on Mines, Booby-traps and Other Devices, Protocol III on Incendiary Weapons and Protocol V on Explosive Remnants of War.
Ambassador Tehmina Janjua of Pakistan, President-designate of the CCW’s Fifth Review Conference, welcomed Côte d'Ivoire as the 123rd States Party to the CCW. She added that Côte d’Ivoire has demonstrated its commitment to strengthening international humanitarian law and to preventing unnecessary and…
5 years 2 months ago
MONTENEGRO JOINS PROTOCOL V TO THE CONVENTION ON CERTAIN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS
10 June 2016
Meeting Summaries
On 20 May 2016, Montenegro joined the Protocol on Explosive Remnants of War to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons which may be deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to have Indiscriminate Effects (CCW Protocol V).
Ambassador Henk Cor van der Kwast of the Netherlands, President-designate of the Protocol’s Tenth Conference, welcomed Montenegro to the Protocol. He said, “We have much to learn from Montenegro’s experiences of clearing explosive remnants of war and securing stockpiles of munitions with limited…
5 years 2 months ago
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS FROM ITS PRESIDENT, AND DELEGATIONS OF BANGLADESH AND CHILE
07 June 2016
Meeting Summaries
The Conference on Disarmament this morning held a plenary meeting in which it heard an update from the President of the Conference on the ongoing informal consultations, as well as statements by Bangladesh and Chile.
Ambassador Luis Enrique Chavez Basagoitia of Peru, President of the Conference, informed that no tangible result had been achieved in the informal consultations on a proposal of a programme of work. He announced that two plenary sessions would be held the following week, in which all interested delegations would have a chance to address…
5 years 2 months ago
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS ADDRESS FROM PERU AS INCOMING PRESIDENT OF THE CONFERENCE
31 May 2016
Meeting Summaries
The Conference on Disarmament this morning met under the Presidency of Ambassador Luis Enrique Chavez Basagoitia of Peru, the incoming President of the Conference, who said he would hold informal consultations to try to break the gridlock in the Conference. The Conference also heard statements by Argentina, Venezuela and Nigeria.
Mr. Chavez Basagoitia said that it was an honour for Peru and a great sense of responsibility to take the Presidency of the Conference at a time when regrettably the lack of progress toward a world free of nuclear weapons was of…
5 years 2 months ago
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT DISCUSSES RUSSIAN PROPOSALS ON A CONVENTION ON CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL TERRORISM AND ON A PROGRAMME OF WORK
24 May 2016
Meeting Summaries
The Conference on Disarmament this morning discussed proposals by the Russian Federation to open negotiations on a convention on chemical and biological terrorism as well as on a programme of work.
Ambassador Tehmina Janjua of Pakistan, President of the Conference, stated that this was the last public plenary meeting under the Presidency of Pakistan, but it would continue to use the remaining time for meetings to try to bring the Conference closer to a consensus.
Brazil said that Non-Nuclear Weapon States had…
5 years 3 months ago
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT OPENS SECOND PART OF ITS 2016 SESSION
17 May 2016
Meeting Summaries
The Conference on Disarmament this morning opened the second part of its 2016 session by hearing statements by Syed Tariq Fatemi, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Pakistan, and Lassina Zerbo, Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization.
Mr. Fatemi said that any treaty that did not address the global and regional asymmetries in fissile material stocks would adversely affect Pakistan’s vital security interests. A cut-off only treaty, without the inclusion of stocks, would merely be a partial non-proliferation…
5 years 3 months ago
CONVENTION ON CERTAIN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS (CCW) – LESOTHO STRENGTHENS ITS COMMITMENT TO THE CCW AND INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW
04 May 2016
Meeting Summaries
A long standing party to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW), on 25 April 2016 Lesotho joined Protocol IV on Blinding Laser Weapons and Protocol V on Explosive Remnants of War. Lesotho also joined the amendment to Article 1 of the Convention, which ensures that the CCW and its instruments apply to both international and non-international armed conflicts.
Ambassador Tehmina Janjua of Pakistan, President-designate of the Convention’s 2016 Fifth Review Conference, welcomed Lesotho’s strengthened…
5 years 3 months ago
FIRST PREPARATORY MEETING FOR 2016 REVIEW OF BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION CONCLUDES
02 May 2016
Meeting Summaries
States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) met in Geneva, Switzerland from 26 to 27 April 2016 for the Preparatory Committee of the Eighth Review Conference. The Preparatory Committee meeting marked the beginning of a process during which the 174 States Parties to the BWC will review the operation of the Convention. In an innovation from previous review cycles, they will resume their work from 8 to 12 August. The Review Conference itself will take place in Geneva from 7 to 25 November.
The Convention on the Prohibition of the Development,…
5 years 3 months ago
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION MEETING TO PREPARE FOR 2016 REVIEW CONFERENCE
25 April 2016
Press Release
States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) will meet in Geneva, Switzerland from 26 to 27 April 2016 for the Preparatory Committee of the Eighth Review Conference. In an innovation from previous review cycles, they will resume their work from 8 to 12 August. 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 their Destruction, as the BWC is formally known, effectively prohibits the development…
