6 years 6 months ago
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT OPENS 2015 SESSION, HEARS MESSAGE FROM UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN KI-MOON
20 January 2015
Meeting Summaries
The Conference on Disarmament today opened its 2015 session, hearing a message from United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon in which he warned the Conference that its role as the single standing negotiating forum for multilateral disarmament risked being overtaken by events.
In the Secretary-General’s message, which was delivered by Michael Møller, Acting Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament and Acting Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, Mr. Ban acknowledged the determined and creative…
6 years 7 months ago
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT TO HOLD FIRST PUBLIC PLENARY OF 2015 SESSION ON 20 JANUARY
15 January 2015
Press Release
The Conference on Disarmament, the world's single multilateral forum for disarmament negotiations, will hold the first public plenary of its 2015 session on Tuesday, 20 January at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
The session will open under the presidency of Mexico. The presidency of the Conference rotates among its Member States according to the English alphabetical order, with each president holding office for four working weeks. Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands and New Zealand will also hold the presidency during 2015. The three parts of the 2015…
6 years 11 months ago
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT CONCLUDES 2014 SESSION
10 September 2014
Press Release
Adopts annual report to the United Nations General Assembly
The Conference on Disarmament adopted its annual report to the United Nations General Assembly and concluded its 2014 session in a public plenary today. The session officially ends on Friday 12 September.
Ambassador Mazlan Muhammad of Malaysia, President of the Conference on Disarmament, said after a thorough discussion assisted by a spirit of compromise a draft Annual Report of the Conference on Disarmament had been circulated. The Conference then decided to adopt its annual report. The President informed the Conference that he…
6 years 11 months ago
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HOLDS PUBLIC PLENARY
09 September 2014
Meeting Summaries
The Conference on Disarmament today held a general discussion which included references to progress on its draft annual report and the agenda item on the prevention of an arms race in outer space.
Ambassador Mazlan Muhammad of Malaysia, President of the Conference on Disarmament, spoke about the status of the draft report of the Conference on Disarmament to the United Nations General Assembly, which would be completed this week.
In the general discussion States spoke about finalizing the annual report of the Conference on Disarmament to the General Assembly, as well as ways of ensuring…
6 years 11 months ago
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS STATEMENTS FROM ITS PRESIDENT, KAZAKHSTAN, CUBA ON BEHALF OF THE GROUP OF 21 AND INDIA
02 September 2014
Meeting Summaries
The Conference on Disarmament today heard an update by its President and statements by Kazakhstan, Cuba on behalf of the Group of 21 and India on the issue of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation.
The President of the Conference, Ambassador Mazlan Muhammad of Malaysia, said it was clear to him from his consultations that it was preferred that the report of the co-chairs of the informal working group on a programme of work be documented in the co-chairs’ personal capacity, rather than seeking adoption of the report…
6 years 11 months ago
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS STATEMENTS BY 10 STATES AND ITS PRESIDENT
26 August 2014
Meeting Summaries
Bangladesh, Switzerland, Egypt, Mexico, Cuba, Kyrgyzstan, Indonesia, Russia, United States and Pakistan Take the Floor
The Conference on Disarmament today heard statements by 10 States and its President, including on its draft annual report to the General Assembly, farewell speeches, general addresses and statements concerning Ukraine.
Ambassador Mazlan Muhammad of Malaysia, President of the Conference, said the Secretariat had circulated the draft copy of the Conference’s annual report to all delegations on 21 August, and requested that any comments on the draft…
6 years 11 months ago
2014 UNITED NATIONS PROGRAMME OF FELLOWSHIPS ON DISARMAMENT STARTS IN GENEVA
25 August 2014
Meeting Summaries
The 2014 United Nations Programme of Fellowships on Disarmament starts today at the United Nations Office at Geneva with the participation of young diplomats from 25 Member States of the United Nations. The programme will last for a period of nine weeks.
Diplomats from the following 25 Member States will be participating in the 2014 Disarmament Fellowship Programme: Algeria, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, China, Dominican Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Fiji, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Guyana, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Madagascar, Montenegro, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria,…
7 years ago
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS STATEMENTS BY ITS PRESIDENT AND EIGHT COUNTRIES
19 August 2014
Meeting Summaries
Japan and Japanese Youth Communicator for a World without Nuclear Weapons Speak on Sixty-Ninth Anniversary of Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard an address by its incoming President and statements by Japan and the Japanese Youth Communicator for a World without Nuclear Weapons, Australia, Myanmar on behalf of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), United States, Russian Federation, Kazakhstan, Indonesia and the United Kingdom.
Ambassador Dato Mazlan Muhammad of Malaysia, incoming President of the…
7 years ago
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS STATEMENTS ON NEGATIVE SECURITY ASSURANCES AND ON PREVENTION OF AN ARMS RACE IN OUTER SPACE
12 August 2014
Meeting Summaries
The Conference on Disarmament this morning held a public plenary, hearing concluding remarks by its President, a statement by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, speaking on behalf of the Group of 21, on negative security assurances, and addresses by Russia, Cuba, Belarus, China and Pakistan on the prevention of an arms race in outer space.
Ambassador Anthony Andanje of Kenya, President of the Conference, updating the Conference, said that following sustained negotiations, the mandate of the informal position…
7 years ago
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION EXPERT MEETING CONCLUDES
08 August 2014
Meeting Summaries
The 2014 Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) Meeting of Experts was held at the United Nations Office at Geneva from 4 to 8 August 2014. 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 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. It currently has 170 States Parties, with a further 10 having signed but not yet ratified.
The 2014 Meeting of…
