Statements from First Committee 2018

General debate
Civil society presentations
Panel discussion
GGE briefing
Thematic debate: Nuclear weapons | Other WMD | Outer space | Conventional weapons | Other disarmament measures | Regional disarmament | Disarmament machinery

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
GENERAL DEBATE

Monday, 8 October

• Chair of the First Committee, H.E. Mr. Ion Jinga of Romania
• High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu
• Non-Aligned Movement, delivered by H.E. Ms. Ina H. Krisnamurthi of Indonesia
• President of the General Assembly, H.E. Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés
• Nordic Countries, delivered by H.E. Mr. Tore Hattrem of Norway
• New Agenda Coalition, deliverd by H.E. Mr. Jerry Matjila of South Africa
• African Group, delivered by H.E. Mr. Omar Hilale of Morocco
• Caribbean Community (CARICOM), delivered by H.E. Ms. Pennelope Beckles of Trinidad and Tobago
• Arab Group, delivered by H.E. Mr. Mohamed Edrees of Egypt
• Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), delivered by H.E. Mr. Teodoro L. Locsin Jr. of Philippines
• European Union, delivered by Mr. Jacek Bylica, Special Envoy for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament 
• Mexico, H.E. Mr. Juan Sandoval
• Iraq, H.E. Mr. Mohammed Hussein Bahr Aluloom
• Austria, H.E. Thomas Hajnoczi

Tuesday, 9 October

• Germany (Mr.)
• Brunei Darussalem (Mr.)
• Ukraine (Ms.)
• Thailand (Mr.)
• Nigeria (Mr.)
• Norway (Mr.)
• Kenya (Mr.)
• Egypt (Mr.)
• Philippines (Mr.)
• Poland (Mr.)
• Pakistan (Mr.)
• Chile (Mr.)
• Sweden (Mr.)
• Lao PDR (Mr.)
• Estonia (Mr.)
• Japan (Mr.)
• Russian Federation (Mr.)
• Maldives (Mr.)
• Viet Nam (Mr.)
• Argentina (Mr.)

Wednesday, 10 October

• Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), delivered by El Salvador (Mr.)
• Ireland (Ms.)
• United States (Ms.)
• Brazil (Mr.)
• Uruguay (Mr.)
• France (Mr.)
• Hungary (Mr.)
• Cuba (Ms.)
• Kazakhstan (Mr.)
• Australia (Mr.)
• Mongolia (Mr.)
• South Africa (Mr.)
• Paraguay (Mr.)
• Tanzania (Mr.)
• Venezuela (Mr.)
• Qatar (Mr.)
• Kuwait (Mr.)
• New Zealand (Ms.)

Thursday, 11 October

• India (Mr.)
• Guatemala (Mr.)
• Angola (Ms.)
• Saudi Arabia (Mr.)
• China (Mr.)
• Guyana (Mr.)
• Republic of Korea (Mr.)
• Costa Rica (Mr.)
• Turkey (Ms.)
• Nepal (Mr.)
• Guinea (Mr.)
• Colombia (Mr.)
• Ghana (Ms.)
• Eritrea (Ms.)
• Libya (Ms.)
• Singapore (Mr.)
• Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Mr.)
• Finland (Ms.)

Friday, 12 October

• Samoa (Mr.)
• Jamaica (Ms.)
• Netherlands (Mr.)
• Malaysia (Mr.)
• Mali (Mr.)
• Central African Republic (Mr.)
• Liberia (Mr.)
• Sudan (Mr.)
• Moldova (Mr.)
• Georgia (Ms.)
• Italy (Mr.)
• Malawi (Mr.)
• Ethiopia (Mr.)
• Peru (Mr.)
• United Kingdom (Mr.)
• Zambia (Mr.)
• Nicaragua (Mr.)
• Portugal (Mr.)
• Bahrain (Mr.)

Monday, 15 October

• Lebanon (Mr.)
• Indonesia (Mr.)
• San Marino (Ms.)
• Bangladesh (Mr.)
• Greece (Ms.)
• Belgium (Mr.)
• Haiti (Mr.)
• Trinidad and Tobago (Ms.)
• United Arab Emirate (Ms.)
• Iran (Mr.)
• Tajikistan (Mr.)
• Senegal (Mr.)
• Afghanistan (Mr.)
• Liechtenstein (Mr.)
• Bolivia (Mr.)
• Armenia (Mr.)
• Slovenia (Ms.)
• Namibia (Mr.)

Tuesday, 16 October

• Spain (Mr.)
• Democratic Republic of Congo (Ms.)
• Benin (Ms.)
• Cambodia (Mr.)
• Lithuania (Ms.)
• Oman (Mr.)
• Bulgaria (Mr.)
• Belarus (Mr.)
• Syria (Mr.)

Wednesday, 17 October

• Canada (Ms.)
• Botswana (Mr.)
• Ecuador (Mr.)
• Côte d'Ivoire (Mr.)
• Tunisia (Mr.)
• Israel (Mr.)
• Serbia (Mr.)
• Romania (Mr.)
• Myanmar (Mr.)
• Cameroon (Mr.)
• Burkina Faso (Ms.)
• Timor-Leste (Mr.)
• Sri Lanka (Mr.)
• Algeria (Mr.)
• Honduras (Ms.)
• Switzerland (Ms.)
• Morocco (Mr.)
• Holy See (Mr.)
• Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL) (Mr.) 
• Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organisation (CTBTO) (Mr.)
• Palestine (Mr.)
• International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) (Ms.)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
CIVIL SOCIETY PRESENTATIONS

• Joint statement on humanitarian disarmament, delivered by Ms. Alma Al-Osta of Humanity and Inclusion
• International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), delivered by Mr. Carlos Umana
• Western States Legal Foundation and Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy, delivered by Ms. Jaqueline Cabasso
• Statement on biological weapons, delievered by Ms. Katrin Geyer, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
• International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA), delivered by Ms. Natalie Goldring
• International Campaign to Ban Landmines, delivered by Mr. Morgan McKenna
• Cluster Munition Coalition, delivered by Mr. Morgan McKenna
• Control Arms Coaltion, delivered by Mr. Victor Amisi
• Statement on incendiary weapons by Human Rights Watch, delivered by Ms. Roos Boer, PAX
• International Network on Explosive Weapons (INEW), delivered by Ms. Laura Boillot
• Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, delivered by Mr. Peter Asaro
• Joint statement on armed drones, delivered by Ms. Mitzi Austero, Nonviolence International Southeast Asia
• Joint statement on cyber and human security, delivered by Ms. Allison Pytlak, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
• Joint statement on outer space, delivered by Mr. Cesar Jaramillo, Project Ploughshares
• Joint statement on gender, delivered by Ms. Gabriella Irsten, WILPF-Sweden 
• Joint statement on depleted uranium, delivered by Mr. Wim Zwijnenburg, International Campaign to Ban Uranium Weapons
• Joint statement on environmental impacts of conflict, delivered by Mr. Doug Weir, Toxic Remnants of War Network
• Joint statement on disarmament education, delivered by Ms. Terrie Soule and Ms. Sydney Korman, Pace University
• Joint statement on chemical weapons

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
PANEL DISCUSSION

• High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu
• Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament (Mr.)
• International Committee of the Red Cross, delivered by Mr. Robert Mardini 
• UN Peacebuilding Fund (Mr.)
• Executive Director of the Secretary-General's High Level Panel on Digital Cooperation, Ambassador Mr. Amandeep Singh Gill 
• Director of UNIDIR, Ms. Renata Dwan
• Secretary-General of OPANAL, Ambassador Mr. Amb. Luiz Filipe de Macedo Soares

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
BRIEFING BY CHAIRPERSONS OF GROUP OF GOVERNMENTAL EXPERTS (GGE)

• Chairperson of GGE on nuclear disarmament verification, Special Representative for Disarmament of Norway Mr. Knut Langeland
• Chairperson of GGE on further practical measures for the prevention of an arms race in outer space, Special Representative of Brazil to the Conference of Disarmament Mr. Guilherme de Aguiar Patriota

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
THEMATIC DEBATE
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
Nuclear weapons

Thursday 18 October

• Non-Aligned Movement, delivered by Indonesia (Ms.)
• African Group, delivered by Morocco (Mr.)
• League of Arab States, delivered by Egypt (Mr.)
• New Agenda Coalition, delivered by South Africa (Mr.)
• De-alerting Group, delivered by New Zealand (Ms.)
• Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), delivered by Thailand (Ms.)
• Joint statement on behalf of 28 countries, delivered by Australia
• Non-proliferation and Dsarmament Initiative (NPDI), delivered by the Philippines
• European Union

Friday, 19 October

• Report from the Chair of the of High-level Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty Expert Preparatory Group, H.E. Ms. Heidi Hulan, Canada
• CARICOM, delivered by H.E. Mr. Courtney Rattray, Jamaica
• Mexico, H.E. Ms. Socorro Flores
• India (Mr.)
• United States, H.E. Mr. Robert Wood
• Paraguay (Mr.)
• Switzerland, H.E. Ms. Sabrina Dallafior
• Canada (Ms.)
• Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Mr.)
• Pakistan (Mr.)
• Egypt (Mr.)
• Latvia (Mr.)
• Singapore (Ms.)
• Peru (Mr.)
• Cuba (Ms.)
• Sweden (Ms.)
• South Africa (Mr.)
• Belarus (Mr.)
• Lao PDR (Mr.)
• Ireland (Mr.)
• Italy (Mr.)
• Ghana (Mr.)
• El Salvador (Mr.)
• Japan (Mr.)
• Germany (Mr.)
• Maldives (Ms.)

Monday, 22 October

• Costa Rica (Ms.)
• Nepal (Mr.)
• France (Mr.)
• Algeria (Mr.)
• Austria (Ms.)
• Viet Nam (Mr.)
• New Zealand (Ms.)
• Kazakhstan (Mr.)
• Poland (Mr.)
• Indonesia (Mr.)
• Norway (Ms.)
• Iraq (Mr.)
• Turkey (Ms.)
• Portugal (Mr.)
• Argentina (Mr.)
• Netherlands (Mr.)
• Venezuela (Mr.)
• Australia (Ms.)
• Republic of Korea (Mr.)
• Madagascar (Ms.)
• Finland (Mr.)
• Sudan (Mr.)
• Zambia (Mr.)
• Brazil (Mr.)
• Spain (Ms.)
• Myanmar (Mr.)
• China (Mr.)
• United Kingdom (Mr.)
• Czech Republic (Mr.)
• Bangladesh (Mr.)
• Malaysia (Mr.)
• Haiti (Mr.)
• Hungary (Mr.)
• Thailand (Ms.)
• Joint statement by China, Russia, France, United States, and United Kingdom, delivered by the United Kingdom (Mr.)
• United Arab Emirates (Ms.)
• Russian Federation (Mr.)
• Democratic Republic of the Congo (Mr.)
• Iran (Mr.)
• Senegal (Mr.)
• Guyana (Ms.)
• Bulgaria (Mr.)
• Israel (Ms.)
• eSwatini (Mr.)
• Philippines (Mr.)
• Ukraine (Mr.)
• Trinindad and Tobago (Ms.)
• Kyrgyzstan (Ms.)
• Holy See (Mr.)
• International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) (Mr.)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Other WMD

Monday, 22 October

• Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), delivered by Indonesia (Mr.)
• Arab Group, delivered by Egypt (Mr.)
• Association of Southeast Asian Nations, (ASEAN) delivered by Lao PDR (Mr.)
• Nordic Countries, delivered by Sweden (Ms.)
• Caribbean Community (CARICOM), delivered by Guyana (Mr.)
• European Union (Ms.)

Tuesday, 23 October

• Paraguay (Mr.)
• Switzerland (Ms.)
• Canada (Ms.)
• Egypt (Mr.)
• Latvia (Mr.)
• Mexico (Ms.)
• India (Mr.)
• Cuba (Ms.)
• South Africa (Ms.)
• Kazakhstan (Mr.)
• Ireland (Mr.)
• Japan (Mr.)
• Germany (Mr.)
• Nepal (Mr.)
• France (Mr.)
• Algeria (Mr.)
• Pakistan (Mr.)
• New Zealand (Ms.)
• Poland (Mr.)
• Indonesia (Mr.)
• Qatar (Mr.)
• Hungary (Mr.)
• Ukraine (Mr.)

Wednesday, 24 October

• Turkey (Ms.)
• Argentina (Mr.)
• Australia (Ms.)
• Thailand (Ms.)
• Syria (Mr.)
• Brazil (Mr.)
• Spain (Ms.)
• Myanmar (Mr.)
• Italy (Mr.)
• Bangladesh (Mr.)
• China (Mr.)
• United Kingdom (Mr.)
• El Salvador (Mr.)
• Malaysia (Mr.)
• Republic of Korea (Mr.)
• Russian Federation (Mr.)
• Philippines (Mr.)
• Iran (Mr.)
• Lithuania (Ms.)
• Austria (Ms.)
• Netherlands (Ms.)
• International Partnership Against Impunity for the Use of Chemical Weapons, delivered by France (Mr.)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
Outer space

Tuesday, 23 October

• Non-Aligned Movement, delivered by Indonesia (Mr.)
• League of Arab States, delivered by Egypt (Mr.)
• Association of Southeast Asian Nations, delivered by Malaysia (Mr.)
• European Union (Ms.)
• United States (Ms.)
• Switzerland (Ms.)

 Wednesday, 24 October

• Egypt (Mr.)
• Cuba (Ms.)
• South Africa (Mr.)
• Paraguay (Mr.)
• Kazakhstan (Mr.)
• African Group, delivered by Morocco (Mr.)
• Nepal (Mr.)
• France (Mr.)
• Algeria (Mr.)
• Pakistan (Mr.)
• Indonesia (Mr.)
• Venezuela (Mr.)
• Australia (Ms.)
• Nigeria (Mr.)
• Myanmar (Ms.)
• Italy (Mr.)
• China (Mr.)
• United Kingdom (Mr.)
• Republic of Korea (Mr.)
• Russian Federation (Mr.)
• Japan (Mr.)
• Sri Lanka (Mr.)
• Namibia (Mr.)
• Iran (Mr.)
• Malaysia (Mr.)
• Malawi (Mr.)
• Bangladesh (Mr.)
• Ecuador (Mr.)
• Holy See (Mr.)

                        
Conventional weapons

Wednesday, 24 October

• Briefing on the Third UN Conference to Review Progress Made in the Implementation of the Programme of Action on Illicit Trade in SALW
• Non-Aligned Movement, delivered by Indonesia (Ms.)
• Arab Group, delivered by Yemen (Mr.)
• Association of Southeast Asian Nations, delivered by Viet Nam (Mr.)

Thursday, 25 October

• African Group, delivered by Morocco (Ms.)
• Nordic Countries, delivered by Finland (Mr.)
• Caribbean Community, delivered by Guyana (Mr.)
• European Union (Mr.)
• Joint statement on behalf of 50 countries, on the use of explosive weapons with wide area effects, delivered by Ireland (Ms.)
• Latvia (Mr.)
• Honduras (Ms.)
• United States (Mr.)
• Switzerland (Ms.)
• Egypt (Mr.)
• Canada (Ms.)
• Paraguay (Mr.)
• Jamaica (Ms.)

Friday, 26 October

• Mexico (Mr.)
• Singapore (Mr.)
• India (Ms.)
• Mozambique (Mr.)
• Cuba (Ms.)
• Moldova (Mr.)
• Netherlands (Ms.)

Monday, 29 October

• Kazakhstan (Mr.)
• Lao PDR (Ms.)
• Ireland (Mr.)
• Ghana (Mr.)
• Guatemala (Mr.)
• Germany (Mr.)
• Costa Rica (Ms.)
• Greece (Ms.)
• France (Mr.)
• Algeria (Mr.)
• Austria (Ms.)
• Pakistan (Mr.)
• Madagascar (Ms.)
• New Zealand (Ms.)
• Indonesia (Mr.)
• Poland (Mr.)
• Djibouti (Ms.)
• Portugal (Mr.)
• Iraq (Mr.)
• Ukraine (Mr.)
• Turkey (Ms.)
• Argentina (Ms.)
• South Africa (Mr.)
• Trinidad and Tobago (Ms.)
• Australia (Mr.)
• Brazil (Mr.)
• Spain (Mr.)
• Italy (Mr.)
• Norway (Ms.)
• Kuwait (Mr.)
• China (Ms.)
• United Kingdom (Mr.)
• Czech Republic (Mr.)
• Malaysia (Mr.)
• Republic of Korea (Mr.)
• Democratic Republic of Congo (Mr.)
• Cambodia (Mr.)
• Eritrea (Ms.)
• Bulgaria (Ms.)
• Israel (Mr.)
• Thailand (Ms.)
• Nigeria (Ms.)
• Malawi (Mr.)
• Niger (Mr.)
• Sri Lanka (Mr.)
• Philippines (Ms.)
• Iran (Mr.)
• Mali (Mr.)
• Bangladesh (Mr.)
• Ethiopa (Mr.)
• El Salvador (Mr.)
• Zambia (Mr.)
• Japan (Mr.)
• Ecuador (Mr.)
• Togo (Mr.)
• Botswana (Mr.)
• Albania (Mr.)

Tuesday, 30 October

• Senegal (Mr.)
• Russian Federation (Mr.)
• Burkina Faso (Mr.)
• Sudan (Mr.)
• Timor-Leste (Mr.)
• Afghanistan (Mr.)
• Myanmar (Mr.)
• Holy See (Mr.)

       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Other disarmament measures

Friday, 26 October

• Non-Aligned Movement, delivered by Indonesia (Ms.)
• Russian Federation (Mr.)
• Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), delivered by Singapore (Mr.)
• Caribbean Community, delivered by Antigua and Barbuda (Mr.)
• Arab Group, delivered by Egypt (Mr.)
• Joint statement on cyber security, delivered by Canada (Mr.)
• European Union (Ms.)

Tuesday, 30 October

• Switzerland (Ms.)
• United States (Mr.)
• Paraguay (Mr.)
• Canada (Mr.)
• Egypt (Mr.)
• Mexico (Mr.)
• Cuba (Ms.)
• France (Mr.)
• Estonia (Ms.)
• Pakistan (Mr.)
• Indonesia (Mr.)
• Netherlands (Mr.)
• Trinidad and Tobago (Ms.)
• Australia (Mr.)
• China (Mr.)
• United Kingdom (Mr.)
• Republic of Korea (Mr.)
• Finland (Ms.)
• Algeria (Mr.)
• Iran (Mr.)
• India (Ms.)
• Japan (Mr.)
• Germany (Mr.)
• Malaysia (Mr.)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
Regional disarmament and security

Monday, 29 October

• United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, Regional Disarmament Branch, Ms. Mary Soliman
• United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC), Mr. Anselme N. Yabouri
• United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC)
• United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (UNRCPD), Mr. Yuriy Kryvonos

Tuesday, 30 October                                                                                                                                              

• Non-Aligned Movement, delivered by Indonesia (Mr.)
• Association of Southeast Asian Nations, delivered by the Philippines (Mr.)
• Caribbean Community, delivered by Belize (Mr.)
• European Union (Ms.)
• Arab Group, delivered by Egypt (Mr.)
• United States (Mr.)
• Kazakhstan (Mr.)
• Nepal (Mr.)
• France (Mr.)
• Algeria (Mr.)
• Pakistan (Mr.)
• Indonesia (Mr.)
• Poland (Mr.)
• Georgia (Ms.)
• Iraq (Ms.)
• Ukraine (Mr.)

 Wednesday, 31 October                                                                                                                   

• Egypt (Mr.)
• Peru (Mr.)
• United Kingdom (Mr.)
• Israel (Ms.)
• Kuwait (Mr.)
• Iran (Mr.)
• Russia (Mr.)
• United Arab Emirates (Ms.)
• Timor-Leste (Mr.)
• Uzbekistan (Mr.)
• Myanmar (Mr.)

Disarmament machinery

 Tuesday, 30 October                                                                                                           

• Report of the President of the Conference on Disarmament (Mr.)
• Report of the Chair of the Disarmament Commission (Ms.)
• Chairperson of the Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters (Mr.)
• Director of the UN Insititute for Disarmament Affairs (Ms.)

 Wednesday, 31 October                                                                                                            

• Non-Aligned Movement, delivered by Indonesia (Mr.)
• Arab Group, delivered by Egypt (Mr.)
• Association of Southeast Asian Nations, delivered by Myanmar (Mr.)
• Caribbean Community, delivered by Bahamas (Ms.)
• Joint statement on gender and disarmament machinery, delivered by Namibia (Ms.)
• European Union (Ms.)
• Paraguay (Mr.)
• Switzerland (Ms.)
• Portugal (Mr.)
• India (Mr.)
• South Africa (Mr.)
• Kazakhstan (Ms.)
• Ireland (Ms.)
• France (Mr.)
• Algeria (Mr.)
• Austria (Ms.)
• Pakistan (Mr.)
• Poland (Mr.)
• The Netherlands (Ms.)
• Australia (Ms.)
• Nepal (Mr.)
• Spain (Mr.)
• Russian Federation (Mr.)
• Bangladesh (Mr.)
• China (Ms.)
• United Kingdom (Mr.)
• Czech Republic (Mr.)
• Republic of Korea (Ms.)
• Thailand (Ms.)
• Philippines (Mr.)
• Iran (Mr.)
• Japan (Mr.)
• Turkey (Ms.)
• Mexico (Mr.)

Action on draft resolutions

Explanations of vote attached to specific resolutions are listed on the resolutions page. General statements are listed here.

Cluster one

Thursday, 1 November 

• France, on behalf of a group of countries (Mr.)
• Russia (Mr.), on a point of procedure
• Egypt  (Mr.)
• European Union
• Austria (Ms.)
• Canada (Ms.)
• Indonesia (Mr.)
• Mongolia (Mr.)

Cluster three

Monday, 5 November

• Egypt (Mr.)
• Cuba (Ms.)
• Russian Federation (Mr.)

Cluster five

Thursday, 8 November

• Bangladesh (Mr.)

Cluster seven 

Thursday, 8 November

• Cuba (Ms.)