Statements to the May session of the 2016 open-ended working group on nuclear disarmament
Monday, 2 May
Opening session
- Secretary-general of the Conference on Disarmament, Mr. Michael Møller
- Chair of the Open-ended working group taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations, Ambassador Mr. Thani Thongphakdi of Thailand
- African Group, delivered by South Africa
- Group of states supporting WP.9 delivered by the Netherlands, Ambassador Henk Cor van der Kwast
- Japan, Ambassador Toshio Sano
- Madagascar
- Belgium
- New Zealand, Ambassador Dell Higgie
- Malaysia
- Germany
- Poland
- Italy
- Spain
- Mayors for Peace
- Austria
- Brazil
- International Federation of Red Cross and Red Cresent Societies
- Honduras
- Kenya
- Egypt
- Mexico
- Chair of the Open-ended working group taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations, Ambassador Mr. Thani Thongphakdi of Thailand
Panel I on measures to reduce and eliminate the risk of accidental, mistaken, unauthorized or intentional nuclear weapon detonations
- Dr. Patricia Lewis, Research Director, International Security, Chatham House
- Ireland
- Austria
- Nicaragua
- Mexico
- South Africa
- Brazil
- Ecuador
- Costa Rica
- Japan
- People for Nuclear Disarmament
- Australia
- Switzerland
- International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
- Sweden
- Germany
- James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies
- Egypt
- Italy
- Poland
- Thailand
- Indonesia
- ICRC
- Norway
- Ireland
- Iraq
- Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy
- Wildfire
- Mexico
Tuesday, 3 May
Panel II on transparency measures related to the risks associated with existing nuclear weapons
- Ambassador Piet de Klerk, Chairman, Working Group I, International Partnership for Nuclear Disarmament Verification (IPNDV)
- Australia
- Iran
- Germany
- South Africa
- Japan
- Mexico
- Sweden
- International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
- Ecuador
- Haiti
- Norway
- Canada
- New Zealand
- Egypt
- Mayors for Peace
- Ireland
- Austria
- Thailand
- Finland
- Nicaragua
- Iran
- South Africa
- Wildfire
- Australia
- International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
- Japan
Wednesday, 4 May
- Setsuko Thurlow, Hiroshima survivor
Panel III on additional measures to increase awareness and understanding of the complexity of and interrelationship between the wide range of humanitarian consequences that would result from any nuclear detonation
- Dr. Ira Helfand, Co-President, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW)
- Ms. Sara Sekkenes, Adviser, Bureau for Policy and Programme Support, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
- Ireland
- Kazakhstan
- Mexico
- El Salvador
- Netherlands
- Hidankyo
- South Africa
- Ecuador
- Japan
- Thailand
- Nicaragua
- International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
- Algeria
- Sweden
- Brazil
- International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
- Palau
- Norway
- Austria
- Soka Gakkai International
- Ireland
- Poland
- Australia
- ICRC
- Mexico
- Switzerland
- Belgium
- Italy
- Sudan
- Peace Boat
- International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
- Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
- James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies
- Wildfire
- Honduras
- Mexico
- Japan
Monday, 9 May
Panel IV on essential elements that would comprise effective legal measures, legal provisions and norms that will need to be concluded to attain and maintain a world without nuclear weapons
- Dr. Stuart Casey-Maslen, Professor of International Law, University of Pretoria
- Sweden
- Malaysia
- Costa Rica
- Nicaragua
- New Zealand
- Jamaica
- Latvia
- Brazil
- Dominican Republic
- Japan
- Hungary
- Hidankyo
- Germany
- Spain
- Egypt
- Palau
- Austria
- Canada
- Finland
- Mexico
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Norway
- Poland
- Peace Boat
- Australia
- Turkey
- Belgium
- Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
- Colombia
- Japan
- Swizerland
- Italy
- Germany
- Wildfire
- Netherlands
- Republic of Korea
- World Council of Churches
- Mexico
- Jamaica
- Los Alamos Study Group
- Japan
Tuesday 10 May
Exchange of views on panel IV
- Bulgaria
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Austria
- Poland
- Indonesia
- South Africa
- International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
- Malaysia
- Canada
- Ireland
- Thailand
- Soka Gakkai International
- Serbia
- Germany
- Kenya
- Mexico
- Algeria
- Cuba
- International Fellowship of Reconciliation
- Japan
- Iran
- Egypt
- Jamaica
- Maison de Vigilance (English translation)
- Guatemala
- ICRC
- International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms
- International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
- Armes Nucleaires Stop
- Mayors for Peace
- Basel Peace Office
- Mexico
- UNIDIR
- Austria
- Palau
- Brazil
- Wildfire
- Acronym Institute
- People for Nuclear Disarmament
- Mexico
- Germany
- Japan
Wednesday 11 May
- General remarks by Mr. Kim Won Soo, Under Secretary General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs
Panel V on possible pathways to take forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations
- Dr. Nick Ritchie, Lecturer (International Security), University of York (Full paper)
- Sweden
- Sri Lanka
- Egypt
- Mexico
- Japan
- Brazil
- New Zealand
- Jamaica
- Ecuador
- Action of Citizens for Nuclear Disarmament
- South Africa
- Philippines
- Poland
- PNND
- Algeria
- Thailand
- Australia
- Norway
- OPANAL
- International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
- Peace Depot
- Switzerland
- Middle Powers Initiative
- World Future Council
- International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
- Mexico
- Costa Rica
- El Salvador
- Brazil
- Austria
- Netherlands
- Arms Control Association
Thursday 12 May
Panel VI other measures - reviewing the role of nuclear weapons in the security and other contexts of the 21st century
- Gen. James E. Cartwright (Ret.), Chair of the Global Zero Commission on Nuclear Risk Reduction
- Mr. Paul Ingram, Executive Director, British American Security Information Council (BASIC)
- Malaysia
- Mexico
- Ireland
- Sweden
- Germany
- Jamaica
- Egypt
- Estonia
- Austria
- Belgium
- Unfold Zero
- South Africa
- Canada
- Ecuador
- Poland
- Norwegian People's Aid
- Kazakhstan
- Hungary
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Australia
- Japan
- Palau
- Hidankyo
- Cuba
- Republic of Korea
- Ireland
- Middle Powers Initiative
- Switzerland
- Sweden
- Philippines
- Norway
- Thailand
- Arms Control Association
- Mexico
- Colombia
- Global Zero
- Egypt
- Algeria
- Turkey
- Article 36
- Austria
- Initiatives for Nuclear Disarmament
- Indonesia
- Wildfire
- Amplify
- OPANAL
- Iraq
Friday 13 May
- Summary by Chair
- Colombia
- Australia
- Finland
- Iran
- Brazil
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Belgium
- Mexico
- Austria
- New Zealand
- Ireland
- Egypt
- New Agenda Coalition, delivered by Brazil
- Costa Rica
- Poland
- South Africa
- Latvia
- Venezuela
- Algeria
- Switzerland
- Norway
- Wildfire
- Panama
- Honduras
- El Salvador
- PNND
- Guatemala
- Palau
- Malaysia
- Ecuador
- Netherlands
- Canada
- Dominican Republic
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (Australia)
- Sweden
- Republic of Korea
- International Fellowship of Reconciliation
- International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
- Indonesia
- PAX Christi International
- Mayors for Peace
- Peace Depot
- International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (Malaysia)
- United Arab Emirates