Dignitaries from Finland, Egypt, Cuba, Brazil, Ireland, Qatar, India and Belarus Address the Conference The Conference on Disarmament this morning continued its high-level segment during which it heard statements by dignitaries from Finland, Egypt, Cuba, Brazil, Ireland, Qatar, India and Belarus…

Hears Statements by Ministers from Belgium, Latvia, Republic of Korea, France, Poland, Sweden, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Kazakhstan and Iraq The Conference on Disarmament this morning opened its high-level segment, hearing from dignitaries from Belgium, Latvia, Republic of Korea,…

The Conference on Disarmament this afternoon held its first plenary under the Presidency of Ambassador Carlos Mario Foradori of Argentina. The President said the Conference urgently needed a high dose of common sense. About 1,600 hours of deliberations in the last 22 years had been wasted in…

Consultations on the Package Containing Draft Programme of Work for the 2020 Session to Continue The Conference on Disarmament today held its last plenary under the presidency of Algeria, in the presence of Tatyana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva and Secretary-…

The Conference on Disarmament this morning held a brief plenary meeting in the presence of Tatyana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva and Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament. Ambassador Rachid Belbaki of Algeria, President of the Conference on…

The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard a statement by France, and then held informal talks on the non-paper presented by the President of the Conference on a draft programme of work. In his opening remarks, Ambassador Rachid Belbaki of Algeria, President of the Conference on Disarmament…

The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard statements by Poland and Brazil and held informal talks on the non-paper presented by the President of the Conference on a draft programme of work. At the beginning of the meeting, Ambassador Rachid Belbaki of Algeria, President of the Conference on…

Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva and Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament, today read out the message of António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General, to the Conference on Disarmament, in which he said that more must be done to…

The President of the Conference, Ambassador Rachid Belbaki of Algeria, said he hoped to help build a climate of responsible and constructive participation to enable Member States to restore the traditional role of the Conference as the sole negotiating multilateral forum on disarmament. This…

The Conference on Disarmament, the world's single multilateral forum for disarmament negotiations, will hold the first public plenary of its 2020 session on Tuesday, 21 January at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The session will open under the Presidency of Algeria. The Presidency of the…