The latest edition of the First Committee briefing book is now available!

The UN General Assembly's work on disarmament and arms control is conducted through its First Committee on Disarmament and International Security. Ahead of the 2016 session, Reaching Critical Will has gathered civil society organisations, coalitions, and campaigns to prepare a briefing book highlighting a number of critical disarmament and arms control topics and suggesting how governments can achieve progress on each of these vital issues.

Download the briefing book in PDF or check out individual chapters! 

• Introduction, Reaching Critical Will 
• Nuclear weapons, International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons 
• Armed drones, Article 36
• Fully autonomous weapons, Campaign to Stop Killer Robots 
• Explosive weapons in populated areas, International Network on Explosive Weapons
• Landmines, International Campaign to Ban Landmines
• Cluster munitions, Cluster Munitions Coalition
• Depleted uranium weapons, International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons
• Incendiary weapons, Human Rights Watch
• Small arms and light weapons, International Action Network on Small Arms
• Arms Trade Treaty, Control Arms
• Outer space, Project Ploughshares
• Cyber, Nikansen Center (www.niskanencenter.org) and Article 36 
• Gender and disarmament, Reaching Critical Will
• Disarmament and development, Article 36
• Protection of the environment in relation to armed conflicts, Toxic Remnants of War Network 

We are delighted to offer the online version of this publication for free, but please consider making a donation to Reaching Critical Will to help us cover the costs of producing this book and the other materials and information services that Reaching Critical Will provides.