6 years ago
CONFERENCE HEARS STATEMENTS ON HIROSHIMA ANNIVERSARY AND FROM NEW REPRESENTATIVE OF FRANCE AND INFORMAL GROUP OF OBSERVER STATES
18 August 2015
Meeting Summaries
Informal Group of Observer States Presents a Working Paper on the Enlargement of the Conference
The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard statements from Japan commemorating the seventieth anniversary of the atomic bombing in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, from the new Permanent Representative of France to the Conference, from Latvia on behalf of the Informal Group of Observer States which presented a Working Paper on the Enlargement of the Conference, and from China, Slovenia, Greece, Portugal and Turkey.…
6 years ago
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION EXPERT MEETING CONCLUDES
17 August 2015
Meeting Summaries
The 2015 Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) Meeting of Experts was held at the United Nations Office at Geneva from 10 to 14 August 2015 as part of an inter-sessional programme which seeks to discuss, and promote common understanding and effective action on issues identified for inclusion in the programme.
The Meeting of Experts was the first meeting in 2015 of the inter-sessional programme that was mandated in December 2011 by the States Parties at the BWC Seventh Review Conference. The four-year inter-sessional programme includes annual Meetings of Experts as well as Meetings of…
6 years ago
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT ADOPTS REPORT OF CO-CHAIR OF INFORMAL WORKING GROUP ON A PROGRAMME OF WORK
17 August 2015
Meeting Summaries
Hears Statements from the Netherlands as President of the Conference, Iran, Austria, India and Mexico
The Conference on Disarmament this afternoon adopted the report of the Co-Chair of the Informal Working Group on a Programme of Work, hearing statements by the Netherlands as President of the Conference, Iran, Austria, India and Mexico.
Ambassador Henk Cor Van Der Kwast of the Netherlands, President of the Conference on Disarmament, recalled that the report of the Co-Chair of the Informal Working Group on a Programme of Work, Ambassador…
6 years ago
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT WELCOMES REPORT OF THE INFORMAL WORKING GROUP ON THE PROGRAMME OF WORK
11 August 2015
Meeting Summaries
The Conference on Disarmament this morning held a meeting in which it discussed the report of the Co-Chair of the Informal Working Group on the Programme of Work, Ambassador of Finland Païvi Kairamo. It heard statements from Finland, India, United States, China, Mexico, Russia, Pakistan, Switzerland, Belarus, New Zealand, France and the United Kingdom.
Henk Cor Van Der Kwast of the Netherlands, President of the Conference on Disarmament, informed about the request of Kyrgyzstan to participate in the work of the Conference as an observer in the…
6 years ago
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION MEETING OF EXPERTS TO CONVENE IN GENEVA FROM 10 TO 14 AUGUST 2015
07 August 2015
Meeting Summaries
The Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) Meeting of Experts in 2015 will take place at the United Nations Office at Geneva from 10 to 14 August 2015.
Formally known as the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction, the Biological Weapons Convention was the first multilateral disarmament treaty to ban an entire category of weapons. It was opened for signature in 1972 and entered into force in 1975 meaning that the Biological Weapons…
6 years ago
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT BEGINS THIRD AND FINAL SEGMENT OF 2015 SESSION
04 August 2015
Meeting Summaries
Japan makes statement on the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The Conference on Disarmament resumed its work in a formal plenary today, the first of the third and final part of its 2015 session It was addressed by the Permanent Representative of Japan on the occasion of the seventieth anniversary of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Conference also heard statements from the President of the Conference and the representative of Pakistan.
Ambassador Henk Cor Van Der Kwast of the Netherlands, President of the…
6 years 2 months ago
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HOLDS FIRST PLENARY OF THE SECOND PART OF ITS 2015 SESSION
27 May 2015
Meeting Summaries
Hears from Michael Møller, Morocco as President of the Conference, Algeria and India, Bids Farewell to Secretary of the Conference
The Conference on Disarmament this morning held the first plenary of the second part of its 2015 session, hearing statements from Michael Møller, Secretary-General, a.i., of the Conference, Ambassador Mohamed Auajjar of Morocco, President of the Conference, Algeria and India. The Conference also bid farewell to Ivor Fung, the Secretary of the Conference.
Michael Møller, Director-General, a.i., United Nations Office at Geneva,…
6 years 4 months ago
STATES PARTIES TO CONVENTION ON CERTAIN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS CONCLUDE DISCUSSIONS ON LETHAL AUTONOMOUS WEAPONS SYSTEMS
17 April 2015
Press Release
From 13 to 17 April 2015, the States parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW[1]) held intense discussions at the United Nations in Geneva on lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS) in a Second Meeting of Experts devoted to this subject.
Presiding over the Meeting of Experts was Ambassador Michael Biontino of Germany who has summarized the proceedings of the meeting as follows: “Our task was to discuss questions relating to emerging technologies in the area of lethal autonomous weapons in the context of…
6 years 4 months ago
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT CONSIDERS THREE DRAFT PROPOSALS
24 March 2015
Meeting Summaries
States also referred to the first Conference on Disarmament Civil Society Forum
The Conference on Disarmament held a plenary meeting this morning in which it heard an address by its President and discussed three draft texts. In general statements some States also referred to the first Conference on Disarmament Civil Society Forum which took place last week. Mohamed Auajjar of Morocco, President of the Conference on Disarmament, referred to the three draft decisions currently being considered by Members of the Conference. During his informal…
6 years 5 months ago
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT MEETS UNDER PRESIDENCY OF MOROCCO
17 March 2015
Meeting Summaries
Hears from the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean
The Conference on Disarmament held a plenary meeting this morning in which it heard an address by its incoming President, and the Secretary-General of the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean. Several States also took the floor.
Mohamed Auajjar of Morocco, President of the Conference on Disarmament, said in a globalized world the security of one country or one region was increasingly intimately connected to the security of the rest of the…
