UN First Committee

55th Session of the UN First Committee, October - November 2000

The UN First Committee took place from October 2 - November 1, 2000. During the next month, the General Assembly will vote on resolutions tabled at the First Committee. Following the General Assembly vote, a full report and analysis of the First Committee, along with summaries of resolutions and voting records, will be posted on this web site. Further information about resolutions and voting can be found at the Reaching Critical Will website and at the UN website.

Interim Report

• Low-Key Discussions as Drafts Introduced, by Jenni Rissanen, Disarmament Diplomacy, No. 51, October 2000.

Excerpts from the General Debate

• Disarmament and the Rule of Law: Statement by Jayantha Dhanapala
• Nuclear Weapons and Missile Defence
• Chemical and Biological Weapons; Iraq and Sanctions
• Conventional Weapons, Small Arms and Landmines
• Disarmament Processes and Institutions

Announcement of Security Assurances for Mongolia

Progress of the New Agenda Resolution

• New Agenda Coalition Communiqué
• New Agenda Draft Resolution

55th Session of the UN General Assembly, General Debate, September 12-22, 2000

• Compilation of Statements (arms control and disarmament excerpts)

UN Millennium Summit, September 6-8, 2000

• Millennium Declaration (section on Peace, Security and Disarmament)
• Compilation of Summit Statements (arms control and disarmament excerpts)

54th Session of the UN First Committee and General Assembly, October 11 - November 12, 1999

The 1999 Session of the First Committee of the United Nations General Assembly (Disarmament and International Security), chaired by Chilean Ambassador Raimundo Gonzalez, takes place in New York from Monday 11 October to Friday 12 November 1999. Coverage on this web site includes:

• UN First Committee seeks a new agenda on disarmament and backs the ABM treaty, by Rebecca Johnson, Disarmament Diplomacy No. 41, November 1999. 
  Includes full coverage of resolutions and voting in the First Committee and the General Assembly.
• Report from the 1999 Session of the UN First Committee, by Sharon Riggle
• Summary of the UN General Assembly's General Debate
• Excerpts from the UN First Committee's General Debate

53rd First Committee, 1998

For full details and analysis, including summaries of the resolutions and voting, see Rebecca Johnson's report in Disarmament Diplomacy 32.

52nd First Committee, 1997

For full details and analysis, including summaries of the resolutions and voting, see Rebecca Johnson's report in Disarmament Diplomacy 20.

51st First Committee, 1996

For a report and summary of the resolutions and votes, see Disarmament Diplomacy No 10.

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