Statements from First Committee 2008

General Debate

Monday, 6 October

• Chair, Ambassador Marco Antonio Suazo
• Sergio Duarte, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs
• Rio Group, delivered by the delegation of Mexico
• Non-Aligned Movement, delivered by H.E. Dr. Marty M. Natalegawa of Indonesia
• African Group, delivered by Mr. Lawrence Olufemi Obisakin of Nigeria
• European Union, delivered by H.E. Ambassador Eric Danon of France
• New Agenda Coalition, delivered by the delegation of South Africa
• Brazil, H.E. Ms. Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti
• China, H.E. Mr. Wang Qun
• Mexico, H.E. Mr. Luis Alfonso de Alba (Spanish)
• Colombia, H.E Mrs. Claudia Blum de Barberi
• Jamaica, H.E. Raymond O. Wolfe
• Australia, H.E. Robert Hill
• Bangladesh, H.E. Ms. Ismat Jahan

Tuesday, 7 October

• ASEAN, delivered by H.E. U Wunna Maung Gwin of Myanmar
• Indonesia, Dr. Desra Percaya
• Switzerland, H.E. Mr. Jurg Streuli
• Japan, H.E. Mr. Sumio Tarui
• Pakistan, H.E. Mr. Zamir Akram
• Russian Federation, H.E. Mr. A. I. Antonov
• Bulgaria, Dr. Petio Petev
• Ukraine, H.E. Mr. Yuriy Sergeyev
• Nigeria, Prof. U Joy Ogwu
• United Arab Emirates, H.E. Mr. Ahmed Abdulrahman Al-Jarman (Arabic)
• Canada, H.E. Mr. Marius Grinius
• Holy See, H.E. Archbishop Celestino Migliore
• Iran, Right of Reply to the European Union statement on 6 October

Wednesday, 8 October

• Republic of Korea, H.E. Mr. Kim Bong-hyun
• New Zealand, H.E. Mr. Don Mackay
• United States, H.E. Mrs. Christina Rocca
• Myanmar, H.E. U Wunna Maung Lwin
• Lebanon, H.E. Mr. William Habib (Arabic)
• Dominican Republic, H.E. Mr. Enriquillo A. del Rosario Ceballos
• Norway
• Qatar, H.E. Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser
• Tunisia, H.E. Mr. Habib Mansour (French)
• Fiji, H.E. Mr. Berenado Vunibobo
• El Salvador, H.E. Mrs. Carmen Maria Gallardo Hernandez (Spanish)
• Egypt, H.E. Mr. A. Maged Abdelaziz

Thursday, 9 October

• Kuwait, Mr. Naser Abdullah H.M. Al-Hayden
• Syrian Arab Republic, H.E. Mr. Mourad Benmehidi
• Viet Nam, H.E. Mr. Hoang Chi Trung
• Cuba, H.E. Mr. Rodrigo Malmierca Diaz
• Algeria, H.E. Mr. Bashar Ja'afari (French)
• Malaysia, Dr. Abdul Rashid Ngah
• Venezuela, H.E. Mr. Jorge Valero Briceno (Spanish)
• Kyrgyzstan, H.E. Nurbeck Jeenbaev
• Ghana, H.E. Mr. Leslie Kojo Christian
• Turkey, Mr. Fazli Corman
• Sudan, H.E. Mr. Abdalmahmood Abdalhaleem Mohamad (Arabic)
• Yemen, Mr. Ismail Mohamed Yahya Almaabri (Arabic)
• United Republic of Tanzania, H.E. Mr Augustine P. Mahiga
• Iraq, Mr. Abdul Karim Shwaikh
• Thailand, H.E. Mr. Chirachai Punkrasin
• Lao People's Democratic Republic, Mr. Songkan Louangmuninthone

Friday, 10 October

• Belarus, H.E. Mr. Viktor Gaisenok
• Philippines, H.E. Mr. Hilario G. Davide, Jr.
• Israel, Mr. Amir Weissbrod
• Sri Lanka, H.E. Mr. H. M. G. S. Palihakkara
• Mongolia, H.E. Mr. Enkhsaikhan Jargalsaikhan
• Kazakhstan, Mr. Anuar Tanalinov
• Ethiopia, Mr. Desalegn Alemu
• Singapore, Ms. Jeanette Kwek
• Kenya, H.E. Mr. George Olago Owuor
• India, H.E. Mr. Hamid Ali Rao
• Senegal, H.E. Mr. Paul Badji
• Zambia, H.E. Mr. Lazarous Kapambwe
• South Africa, H.E. Mr. Leslie Gumbi
• Republic of Congo, Mr. Luc Joseph Okio

Monday, 13 October

• CARICOM, delivered by the delegation of Haiti
• Nepal, H.E. Mr. Madhu Raman Acharya
• Armenia, H.E. Mr. Armen Martirosyan
• Democratic People's Republic of Korea, H.E. Mr. Sin Son Ho
• Papua New Guinea, H.E. Mr. Robert Guba Aisi
• Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, H.E. Mr. Giadalla A. Ettalhi (Arabic)
• Burkina Faso, H.E. Mr. Michel Kafando (French)
• Nicaragua, H.E. Mrs. Maria Rubiales de Chamorro (Spanish)
• Eritrea, Ms. Elsa Haile
• Oman, Mr. Yousuf Said Al-Amri (Arabic)
• San Marino, H.E. Mr. Daniele D. Bodini
• Jordan, H.E. Mr. Mohammed F. Al-Allaf
• Islamic Republic of Iran, H.E. Mr. Eshagh Al Habib
• Morocco, H.E. Mr. Hamid Chabar (French)
• Benin, H.E. Mr. Jean-Marie Ehouzou (French)

Tuesday, 14 October

• Georgia, Mr. Shalva Tsiskarashvili
• Bahrain, Mr. Ahmed Al-Muharraqi (Arabic)
• Palestine, Mr. Anmar Hijazi
• International Committee of the Red Cross, Mr. Robert Young

Follow-up of resolutions and decisions adopted by the First Committee 
High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Sergio Duarte

Thematic Debate

Tuesday, 14 October
Nuclear Weapons

• European Union, delivered by H.E. Mr. Eric Danon of France
• Arab Group, delivered by Lebanon (Arabic)
• MERCOSUR and Associated States, delivered by H.E. Mr. Luiz Filipe de Macedo Soares of Brazil
• Non-Aligned Movement, delivered by Dr. Desra Percaya of Indonesia
• States of Central Asia, delivered by Kyrgyzstan
• Canada, Mr. Tyler Cummings
• South Africa, H.E. Leslie Gumbi

Wednesday, 15 October
Representatives of intergovernmental organizations

• High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Sergio Duarte
• Conference on Disarmament, Deputy Secretary-General Tim Caughley
• Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, Director-General Rogelio Pfirter
• CTBT Organization, Executive Secretary of the Preparatory Commission Tibor Tóth
• International Atomic Energy Agency, Representative of the Director General Gustavo Zlauvinen

Nuclear Weapons

• Australia, H.E. Ms. Caroline Millar
• Chile, H.E. Mr. Alfredo Labbe
• Norway, H.E. Mr. Knut Langeland
• Pakistan, H.E. Mr. Zamir Akram
• Japan, H.E. Mr. Sumio Tarui
• Austria, H.E. Mr. Alexander Marschik
• Russian Federation, Mr. Victor Vasiliev
• New Zealand, H.E. Mr. Don Mackay
• Indonesia
• Cuba, H.E. Ms. Marieta García Jordán
• Kuwait, H.E. Mr. Abdulaziz Soyan Alazemi

Thursday, 16 October
Nuclear Weapons

• New Agenda Coalition, delivered by South Africa
• United Kingdom, H.E. Mr. John Duncan
• Mongolia, H.E. Mr. J.Enkhasaikhan
• United States, Mr. Garold N. Larson
• United States, Ms. Paula A. DeSutter
• China, Mr. Kang Yong
• United Arab Emirates, H.E. Mr. Hani Mohamed bin Huwaidin
• Mexico(Spanish)
• Turkey, Mr. Vehbi Esgel Etensel
• Bangladesh, Ms. Ishrat. J Ahmed
• Myanmar, H.E. U Wunna Maung Lwin
• Republic of Korea, H.E. Mr. Im Han-taek
• Algeria
• Kazakhstan
• Egypt
• Qatar(Arabic)
• India, H.E. Mr. Vishvjit P Singh
• Switzerland, H.E. Mr. Jürg Streuli
• Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Mr. Kang Myong Chol

Friday, 17 October
Other weapons of mass destruction

• Chair of the Panel of Government Experts on Missiles
• Chair of the 2008 meeting of the BTWC, H.E. Mr. Georgi Avramchev of Macedonia
• European Union, delivered by H.E. Mr. Eric Danon of France
• MERCOSUR and Associated States, delivered by H.E. Mr. Luiz Filipe de Macedo Soares of Brazil
• Non-Aligned Movement, delivered by Mr. Witjaksono Adji of Indonesia
• Norway, H.E. Mr. Knut Langeland
• Lithuania, H.E. Mr. Vaidotas Verba
• Belarus, Mr. Igor Ugorich
• Australia, Hon. Joanna Gash, MP
• Cuba, Mrs. Marieta Garcia Jordan
• Republic of Korea, Mr. Kim Hak-jo
• Hungary

Monday, 20 October
Other weapons of mass destruction

• Poland, Ambassador Zdzislaw Rapacki

Outer Space

• Russian Federation, H.E. Mr. Victor Vasiliev
• Belarus
• United States, Ms. Karen E. House
• Cuba
• Republic of Korea, H.E. Ambassador Im Han-taek
• Sri Lanka, Mrs. Aruni Wijewardane
• Canada, Ms. Gillian Frost
• Egypt

Conventional Weapons

• Chair of the Group of Governmental Experts for the Arms Trade Treaty, Ambassador Roberto Garcia Moritan (Spanish)
• European Union, delivered by H.E. Ambassador Eric Danon of France
• MERCOSUR, delivered by H.E. Ambassador Luiz Filipe de Macedo Soares of Brazil
• Non-Aligned Movement, delivered by Mr. Fabrian A. Ruddyard of Indonesia
• CARICON, delivered by Barbados
• SICA, delivered by H.E. Jorge Arturo Reina of Honduras (Spanish)
• Denmark

Tuesday, 21 October
Conventional Weapons

• Former Chair of the Third Biennial Meeting of States on Small Arms, Ambassador Dalius Cekuolis
• Ireland, H.E. Ambassador Daithi O'Ceallaigh
• Chile, H.E. Mr. Alfredo Labbe
• Japan, H.E. Mr. Sumio Tarui
• South Africa, H.E. Ambassador Leslie Gumbi
• Pakistan, Mr. Raza Bashir Tarar
• Jordan, Ms. Saja S. Majali
• Argentina
• Jamaica, H.E. Mr. Raymond O. Wolfe
• Mali, H.E. Mr. Oumar Daou (French)
• Kazakhstan
• Norway, Mr. Knut Langeland
• Switzerland, H.E. Ambassador Jurg Streuli
• Austria, H.E. Ambassador Alexander Marschik
• Colombia
• Nigeria, H.E. Ambassador Bukun-Olu Onemola
• Belarus
• Fiji, Mr. Mason Smith
• Finland
• New Zealand, Ms. Joan Mosley
• Chair of GGE on Conventional Ammunition Stockpiles in Surplus, Mr. Michael Hansenau
• Russian Federation
• President-Designate of the Second Conference on CCW Protocol 5, H.E. Mr. Edvardas Borisovas of Lithuania
• United States, H.E. Mr. Anthony H. Gioia
• Trinidad and Tobago, Mr. Eden Charles
• Sweden, Mr. Magnus Hellgren
• Australia, H.E. Ms. Caroline Millar
• Cuba, Mrs. Marieta Garcia Jordan
• Indonesia, Mr. Witjaksono Adji
• Mozambique
• Thailand, Mr. Pakawat Srisukwattana
• Turkey, Mr. Vehbi Esgel Etensel
• India, H.E. Mr. Arjun Charan Sethi
• Republic of Korea, H.E. Mr. Kim Bong-hyun
• Canada, Mr. Richard Bruneau
• Cote d'Ivoire, Madame Chantal Fanny
• Uruguay, Mr. Federico Perazza
• Israel, Mr. Meir Itzchaki
• United Kingdom, H.E. Mr. John Duncan
• Tanzania, H.E. Dr. Augustine P. Mahiga
• ECOWAS Countries, delivered by Burkina Faso

Wednesday, 22 October
Conventional Weapons

• Gabon
• China
• Ecuador
• Germany
• Senegal, H.E. Mr. Paul Badji
• Kenya, H.E. Mr. Philip Richard O. Owade
• Netherlands, H.E. Johannes C. Landman
• Paraguay(Spanish)
• Zambia, Brig Gen Bob D. Dulima
• Togo(French)
• Mexico(Spanish)
• Ireland
• Iran
• Libya(Arabic)

Other Disarmament Measures and International Security

• Non-Aligned Movement, delivered by Mr. Febrian A. Ruddyard of Indonesia
• Russian Federation
• Singapore, Mr.Tan Jee Piau
• Cuba(Spanish)
• India
• Mexico
• Japan, H.E. Mr. Sumio Tarui
• Republic of Korea

Regional Disarmament and Security

• High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Sergio Duarte

Thursday, 23 October
Disarmament machinary

• President of the Conference on Disarmament, Ambassador German Mundarain Hernandez
• Chairman of the 2008 session of the UNDC, Ambassador Piet de Klerk
• President of the UN Secretary General's Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters, Professor Adam Daniel Rotfeld
• Deputy Director of UNIDIR, Christiane Agboton Johnson
• European Union, delivered by Ms. Sophie Moal-Makame of France
• MERCOSUR, delivered by H.E. Mr. Luiz Filipe de Macedo Soares of Brazil
• Non-Aligned Movement, delivered by Mr. Fabrian A. Ruddyard of Indonesia
• Member States of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, delivered by H.E. Mr. Nasser Abdulaziz Al Nasr of Qatar

Friday, 24 October
Regional disarmament and security

• UN Office for Disarmament Affairs Regional Disarmament Branch, Ms. Anges Marcaillou
• UN Reginal Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa, Ms. Jacqueline Seck Diouf
• UN Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific
• UN Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Developement in Latin America and the Caribbean
• MERCOSUR and Associated States, delivered by H.E. Mr. Luiz Filipe de Macedo Soares of Brazil (Spanish)
• UN Standing Advisory Committee for Security Questions on Central Africa, H.E. Mr. Ismael A. Gaspar Martins of Angola
• Myanmar, Mr. U Kyaw Zwar Minn
• Pakistan, Mr. Raza Bashir Tarar
• Azerbaijan, Mr. Ogtay Ismayil-Zada
• Colombia, H.E. Mrs. Claudia Blum de Barberi
• Algeria, M. Larbi El Hadj Ali (French)
• Malta, H.E. Mr. Saviour F. Borg
• Peru
• Nepal, H.E. Mr. Madhu Raman Acharya

Disarmament machinery

• Netherlands, H.E. Mr. Piet de Klerk
• Venezuela, H.E. Mr. German Mundarain Hernandez
• Turkey, Mr. Vehbi Esgel Etensel
• Norway, H.E. Mr. Knut Langeland
• Saudi Arabia(Arabic)

Monday, 27 October
Disarmament machinery

• Cuba, Mrs. Marieta Garcia Jordan
• Malaysia
• Canada, Ms. Rebecca Hall
• India
• Chile
• Nigeria

NGO presentations

• Hibakusha Appeal for a Nuclear Free World, delivered by Setusko Thirlow
• Nuclear Weapons, delivered by John Loretz, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
• Space Security, delivered by Ben Baseley-Walker, Secure World Foundation
• Cluster Munitions, delivered by Raza Shah Khan, Cluster Munition Coalition
• Small Arms and Light Weapons, delivered by Rebecca Peters, International Action Network on Small Arms
• Arms Trade Treaty, delivered by Dr Widad Akrawi, Defend International and IANSA (also in Arabic)
• Small Arms and Light Weapons, delivered by C. Edward Rowe, World Forum on the Future of Sport Shooting Activities

Voting
General statements only - for explanations of vote, see the resolutions page.

Tuesday, 28 October

• Mongolia, H.E. Ch.Baatar (on L.28)
• European Union, Madam Sophie Moal-Makame (on L.38 and L.55)
• Mexico (on L.55)
• Cuba (on L.7, L.14, L.15, L.16*, L.19)
• Iran (on L.27)
• Syria (on L.2)

Wednesday, 29 October

• Jordan (on L.6)
• Venezuela (on L.47)
• Turkey (on L.47)
• Netherlands (on L.48)
• Mali (on L.41)
• Angola (on L.46)
• European Union (on L.18)
• Pakistan (on L.8, L.9, L.10)
• Cuba (on L.48)

Thursday, 30 October

• Joint Statement on the Global Initiative to Prevent Terrorism, delivered by Morocco
• Comment on Joint Statement, Turkey
• Pakistan (on L.7)
• Cuba (on L.45)
• Republic of Korea (on L.43)
• African Group (on L.50/Rev.1 and L.49)

Friday, 31 October

• Democratic People's Republic of Korea (on L.30)
• Indonesia (on L.25)
• Cuba (on L.44/Rev.1)
• United Kingdom (on L.39*)
• Australia (on L.39*)
• Japan (on L.39*)
• Mexico (on L.39*)
• Uruguay (on L.39*)
• Nigeria (on L.39*)
• Non-Aligned Movement (on L.20, L.21, L.23, L.26)
• Cuba (on L.20, L.21, L.23, L.26)
• Nepal (on L.42)
• Non-Aligned Movement (on L.22, L.24, L.13, L.42)
• Peru (on L.13)
• Cuba (on L.13)