La Conférence du désarmement, unique instance multilatérale pour les négociations sur le désarmement, a clos aujourd’hui les travaux de sa session de 2020 en adoptant son rapport annuel à l’Assemblée générale (document CD/WP.629/Rev.5). Comme à l’accoutumée, cette session annuelle s’est…

  Le développement de nouvelles armes telles que les drones risque d’accroître la course aux armements, est-il souligné   La Conférence du désarmement a tenu ce matin une séance plénière publique consacrée aux nouvelles armes de destruction massive, au cours de laquelle de nombreuses…

  La Conférence du désarmement, qui doit clore le 18 septembre prochain les travaux de sa session annuelle, a tenu ce matin sa première séance plénière publique sous la présidence du Bélarus. Les débats de cette séance ont porté sur la préparation du rapport annuel de la Conférence sur sa…

  The Conference on Disarmament this afternoon held the last plenary meeting under the presidency of Bangladesh, during which it heard statements by Austria, United Kingdom, Mexico, Syria, Iran and Belarus. In the discussion, some speakers said it was in the shared interest of all States to…

Observes Minute of Silence to Pay Tribute to Victims of the Explosion in Lebanon and of the COVID-19 Pandemic     The Conference on Disarmament held a plenary meeting this morning under the presidency of Bangladesh, during which it heard a statement by Tatiana Valovaya, Secretary-…

Pays tribute to the former United Nations Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar The Conference on Disarmament this morning discussed gender equality and women’s participation in disarmament, based on a non-paper on women and disarmament presented by its Argentinian presidency. It also paid…

Also hears presentation of the Franco-German initiative on nuclear disarmament verification The Conference on Disarmament this morning marked the fiftieth anniversary of the entry into force of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, hearing from its President and several delegations. It had also heard…

Germany and Sweden Brief the Conference about the Berlin Ministerial Meeting of the Stockholm Initiative The Conference on Disarmament discussed today the revised package presented by its President, Carlos Mario Foradori of Argentina. Germany and Sweden briefed on the Berlin Ministerial…

The Conference on Disarmament met today to discuss the revised package that Carlos Mario Foradori of Argentina, President of the Conference on Disarmament, had presented to the delegations on 24 February. The revised package contained a draft proposal for a programme of work of the Conference…

The Conference on Disarmament this morning concluded its high-level segment during which it heard statements by dignitaries from Slovenia, South Africa, Venezuela and Sudan. The need for the Conference to resume substantive work, as well as upholding the Non-Proliferation Treaty, notably its…