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Statements from First Committee 2007

General Debate
Monday, October 8 

Tuesday, October 9

Wednesday, October 10

Thursday, October 11

Monday, October 15

Tuesday, October 16
Morning Session

  • Sudan, H.E. Ahmed Abdelmahmoud
  • India, Ms. Sushma Swaray
  • San Marino, H.E. Bodini Daniele (statement not available)
  • Kuwait, Mr. Naser Al-Hayen
  • Lebanon, H.E. Nawaf Salam (only in Arabic)
  • Oman, Mr. Mohammed Ba-Omar (only in Arabic)
  • Sri Lanka, H.E. Prassad Kariyawasam
  • Singapore, Mr. Kenneth Goh
  • Laos, H.E. Kanaka Phommachanh
  • Iran, H.E. Mohammad Khazaee
  • Nepal
  • Ethiopia, H.E. Fortuna Dibaco

Afternoon Session

Thematic Debate Wednesday, October 17 
Morning Session 

Afternoon Session
Topic: Nuclear Weapons

Thursday, October 18
Topic: Nuclear Weapons

Friday, October 19
Topic: Other weapons of mass destruction

Monday, October 22
Topic: Other weapons of mass destruction

  • Pakistan, H.E. Masood Khan
  • MERCOSUR (statement delivered by Uruguay), Mr. Federico Perazza
  • Poland, H.E. Zdzislaw Rapacki
  • Qatar, H.E. Nassir bin Abdulaziz Al-Nasser

Topic: Outer Space

Tuesday, October 23
Morning Session
Topic: Conventional Weapons

  • UN GGE Report on Illicit Brokering in Small Arms and Light Weapons, Daniël Prins
  • President of Meeting of States Parties to the Mine Ban Convention, H.E. Caroline Miller (Australia)
  • Mine Action Centre in Afghanistan, Dr. Rizza
  • Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining, Ian Mansfield
  • Landmine Survivors Network, Ken Rutherford

Topic: Other weapons of mass destruction

  • Sudan, H.E. Hassan Hamid Hassan
  • Cuba, H.E. Marieta Garcia Jordan (only in Spanish)
  • Iran, Mr. Reza Najafi
  • Norway, H.E. Knut Langeland
  • France, H.E. Jean-Francois Dobelle
  • Australia, H.E. Caroline Miller

Afternoon Session
Topic: Other weapons of mass destruction

  • Algeria
  • Morocco
  • Russian Federation
  • Indonesia
  • Jordan, Ms. Saja Majali (only in Arabic)
  • Kazakhstan
  • India, H.E. Jayant Prasad
  • Hungary
  • Poland, H.E. Zdizislaw Rapacki

Topic: Other disarmament measures and international security

  • GGE on Verification, Mr. John Barrett

Topic: Conventional Weapons

Wednesday, October 24
Topic: Other disarmament measures and international security

Topic: Regional disarmament and security

  • ODA Regional Disarmament Branch, Ms. Anges Marcaillou
  • Azerbaijan, Mr. Ogtay Ismayil-Zada
  • Nepal - introduced resolution L.35
  • United States, H.E. Christina B. Rocca
  • Kuwait
  • Peru, H.E. Jorge Voto-Bernales - introduced resolution L.44
  • Iraq, H.E. Dr. Hamid AlBayati
  • Egypt - introduced resolution L.2
  • Algeria - introduced resolution L.48
  • United Arab Emirates (only in Arabic)

Topic: Conventional Weapons

Thursday, October 25
Topic: Other disarmament measures and international security

Topic: Regional Disarmament and Security

  • MERCOSUR, H.E Federico Perazza (delivered by Uruguay)
  • African Group (delivered by Nigeria)

Topic: Disarmament Machinery

  • President of the Conference on Disarmament (CD)
  • Vice President of the UN Disarmament Commission (UNDC)
  • President of the Advisory Board to the Secretary-General
  • Chairman of the Open-ended Working Group on SSOD IV, H.E. Alfredo Labbe
  • Director of UNIDIR, Dr. Patricia Lewis
  • European Union, H.E. Jose Julio Pereira Gomes (delivered by Portugal)
  • United Kingdom, H.E. John Duncan
  • Poland, H.E. Zdzislaw Rapacki

Friday, October 26
Topic: Disarmament Machinery

Topic: NGO Presentations

Topic: Conventional Weapons

  • Mozambique
  • Lesotho, H.E. Lebohang Fine Maema

Monday, October 29
Morning Session
Topic: Conventional Weapons

Afternoon Session
Topic: Conventional Weapons

  • Mexico
  • Denmark (not available)
  • Sudan (only in Arabic)
  • Lithuania, H.E. Dalius Cekuolis
  • New Zealand
  • Senegal
  • Niger
  • Belgium
  • Norway, H.E. Ingune Vatne
  • SICA and Mexico (delivered by Guatemala)
  • Eritrea, H.E. Elsa Haile
  • Suriname, H.E. Asha Burkhardt-Remesar
  • Bolivia, H.E. Maria-Alicia Terrazas Ontiveros
  • Kazakhstan
  • China
  • Germany, H.E. Bernhard Brasack
  • Pakistan, H.E. Khalilullah Qazi

Tuesday, October 30
Morning Session
Topic: Conventional Weapons

  • Russian Federation, Mr. Peter G. Litavrin
  • Australia, H.E. Caroline Millar
  • Malawi, H.E. Steve D. Matenje, SC
  • Colombia, Mr. Pedro Agustin Roa Arboleda
  • Sweden, Mr. Magnus Hellgren
  • Austria
  • Jordan, H.E. Mohammad Al-Allaf
  • United States, Mr. David Kennedy
  • Angola, H.E. Virgilio Marques de Faria
  • Cuba, Ms. Marieta Garcia Jordan
  • Israel, Mr. Meir Itzchaki
  • Kenya
  • Iran, Mr. Reza Najafi
  • Netherlands
  • Moldova
  • Tanzania, Mr. Justin Seruhere
  • Cambodia
  • Central African Economic Group (statement delivered by Cameroon)

Voting
General Statements only - for Explanations of Votes, see the Resolutions page

Tuesday, October 30
Morning Session
Cluster 1: Nuclear Weapons (General Statements)

  • Syria - introduced resolution L.2
  • Cuba
  • Mexico - introduced resolution L. 10
  • African Group - correction to L.25 and L.26

Afternoon Session
Cluster 5: Regional Disarmament and Security (General Statements)

Wednesday, October 31
Cluster 1: Nuclear Weapons

  • European Union, H.E. Jose Julio Pereira Gomes - introduced resolution L.28*

Cluster 2: Outer Space

  • Cuba, Mr. Rodolfo Benitez Verson

Thursday, November 1
Cluster 1: Nuclear Weapons

Cluster 4: Conventional Weapons

  • Australia, Mr. Craig Maclachlan - on resolution L.38/Rev.1

Cluster 6: Other disarmament measures and international security

  • Cuba, Mr. Rodolfo Benitez Verson - on resolution L.18/Rev.1
  • Non-Aligned Movement (statement delivered by Indonesia) - on resolutions L.16, L.14, L.13, L.52, L.18/Rev.1, L.51

Cluster 7: Disarmament Machinery

Right of Reply

Friday, November 2

Cluster 2: Other WMD

  • France - on resolution L.46/Rev.1
  • CARICOM (statement delivered by Barbados) - on amendments L.53

Cluster 7: Disarmament Machinery

  • African Group (statement delivered by Nigeria) - on resolution L.24/Rev.1
  • Non-Aligned Movement (statement delivered by Indonesia) - on resolution L.24/Rev.1

Closing Statements

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