Statements 2015
Part One: 19 January–27 March
Part Two: 25 May–10 July
Part Three: 3 August–18 September
Part one
19 March - CD Informal Civil Society Forum
Acting Secretary-general of the CD, Mr. Michael Møller
United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon
Panel 1: Nuclear disarmament
United Kingdom, Ambassador Matthew Roland
South Africa, Ambassador Abdul Samad Minty
PAX, Ms. Susi Snyder
World Council of Churches, Mr. Jonathan Frerichs
Panel 2: Treaty banning the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons
Canada, Ms. Kelly Anderson
Algeria, Mr. Hamza Khelif
International Panel on Fissile Materials, Dr. Zia Mian
Foundation pour la Recherche Stratégique, Mr. Camille Grand
Panel 3: Negative security assurances
Brazil, Ambassador Pedro Motta Pinto Coelho
Germany, Ambassador Michael Biontino
Mayors for Peace, Mr. Aaron Tovish
Civil society advocate on disarmament issues, Mr. Hector Guerra
Panel 4: Prevention of an arms race in outer space
Russian Federation, Mr. Andrey Malov
Netherlands, Ambassador Henk Cor van der Kwast
Observer Research Foundation, Dr. Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
Reaching Critical Will of WILPF, Ms. Gabriella Irsten
Panel 5: The Way Forward
Mexico, Ambassador Jorge Lomonaco
United States, Mr. Christopher Buch
Reaching Critical Will of WILPF, Ms. Mia Gandenberger
Chatham House, Dr. Patricia Lewis
10 March
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Ms. Mia Gandenberger
G21, delivered by Egypt
Pakistan
South Africa
China
Algeria
France
United States
United Kingdom
Iran
Myanmar
India
Ethiopia
Brazil
New Zealand
Kazakhstan
Russian Federation
9 March
Finland, Mr. Erkki TUOMIOJA, Minister for Foreign Affairs
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Pakistan
Belarus
France
Italy, Ambassador Vinicio Mati
China
India, Ambassador Ventakesh Varma
Indonesia
5 March
Mongolia, Mr. Lundeg Purevsuren, Minister for Foreign Affairs
Iraq, Dr. Ibrahim Al-Jaafari, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Colombia, Mr. Francisco Echeverri Lara, Vice Minister for Multilateral Affairs
Ukraine
Russian Federation
Ukraine
Russian Federation
Ukraine
Russian Federation
4 March
Morning
Kazakhstan, Mr. Erlan Idrissov, Minister for Foreign Affairs
Costa Rica, Mr. Manuel González Sanz, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship
Republic of Korea, Mr. Cho Tae-yul, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
Latvia, Mr. Edgars Rinkevics, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Republic of Korea United States, Ambassador Robert Wood
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
United States, Ambassador Robert Wood
Republic of Korea
Afternoon
Ireland, Mr. Charles Flanagan, T.D., Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade
Italy, Mr. Benedetto Della Vedova, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Chile, Mr. Edgardo Riveros, Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
3 March
Morning
Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Mr. Ri Su Yong, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Germany, Mr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Austria, Mr. Sebastian Kurz, Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs
Spain, Mr. Ignacio Ybáñez Rubio, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
United Kingdom, Baroness Anelay of St Johns DBE, Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Cuba, Mr. Bruno Rodriquez Parrilla, Minister for Foreign Affairs
Japan, Mr. Takashi Uto, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs
Russian Federation
United States, Ambassador Robert Wood
Canada, Ms. Kelly Anderson
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
United States, Ambassador Robert Wood
Japan, Ambassador Toshio Sano
Germany, Mr. Volker Böhm
Russian Federation
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Afternoon
Georgia, Ms. Tamar Beruchashvili, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Myanmar, Mr. Thant Kyaw, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
Mexico, Mr. Juan Manuel Gomez Robledo, Deputy Minister for Multilateral Affairs
Russian Federation
Georgia
President of the Convention’s Fourteenth Meeting of the States Parties of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction, Ambassador Bertrand de Crombrugghe of Belgium
Russian Federation
2 March
Morning
Russian Federation, Mr. Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Algeria, Mr. Ramtane Lamamra, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Sweden, Ms. Margot Wallstrom, Minister for Foreign Affairs
Netherlands, Mr. Bert Koenders, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Argentina, Mr. Eduardo Antonio Zuain, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs
Ukraine, Mr. Sergiy Kyslytsya, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
United States, Ambassador Robert Wood
United Kingdom, Ambassador Matthew Rowland
Russian Federation
United States, Ambassador Robert Wood
Afternoon
Lebanon, Mr. Gebran Bassil, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants
Morocco, Ms. Mbarka Bouaida, Minister Delegate
Qatar, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani, Minister's Assistant for International Cooperation Affairs
Turkey, Mr. Naci Koru, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
26 February
CD President, Ambassador Vaanchig Purevdorj of Mongolia
United Kingdom, Ambassador Matthew Rowland
Pakistan, Ambassador Zamir Akram
Japan, Ambassador Toshio Sano
South Africa, Ms. Simbongile Mancotywa-Kumsha
Republic of Korea
France, Mr. Riquet
United States, Ambassador Robert Wood
Italy, Ambassador Vinicio Mati
Germany, Ambassador Michael Biontino
Czech Republic
Canada, Ms. Kelly Anderson
Indonesia
Australia, Mr. Ian Mcconville
Turkey, Ms. Berna Kasnakli
China
Argentina
India, Ambassador Ventakesh Varma
Algeria, Mr. Hamza Khelif
Russian Federation
Pakistan, Ambassador Zamir Akram
CD Secretariat, Mr. Ivor Fung, Senior Political Affairs Officer
India, Ambassador Ventakesh Varma
CD President, Ambassador Vaanchig Purevdorj of Mongolia
24 February
CD President, Ambassador Vaanchig Purevdorj of Mongolia
Pakistan, Ambassador Zamir Akram
Joint statement of China, France, Russian Federation, United Kingdom, United States, delivered by the United Kingdom
South Africa, Ms. Mancotywa-Kumsha
Russian Federation, Mr. Deyneko
Bulgaria
India, Ambassador Ventakesh Varma
Indonesia
Japan, Ambassador Toshio Sano
France, Mr. Riquet
Algeria, Mr. Hamza Khelif
Russian Federation
United States, Ambassador Robert Wood
CD President, Ambassador Vaanchig Purevdorj of Mongolia
Iraq
CD President, Ambassador Vaanchig Purevdorj of Mongolia
Algeria, Mr. Hamza Khelif
Netherlands, Ambassador Henk Cor van der Kwast
CD Secretariat, Mr. Ivor Fung, Senior Political Affairs Officer
Netherlands, Ambassador Henk Cor van der Kwast
CD Secretariat, Mr. Ivor Fung, Senior Political Affairs Officer
17 February
CD President, Ambassador Vaanchig Purevdorj of Mongolia
United Kingdom, Mr. Guy Pollard
Acting Secretary General of the Conference of Disarmament, Mr. Michael Møller
Russian Federation
Acting Secretary General of the Conference of Disarmament, Mr. Michael Møller
Acting Deputy Secretary General of the CD, Mr. Thomas Markram
France, Ambassador Jean-Hugues Simon Michel
Australia, Mr. Ian Mcconville
CD President, Ambassador Vaanchig Purevdorj of Mongolia
Algeria, Mr. Hamza Khelif
Cuba
Kazakhstan
Ireland, Mr. Robert Jackson
Algeria, Mr. Hamza Khelif
Netherlands, Ambassador Henk Cor van der Kwast
Acting Secretary General of the Conference of Disarmament, Mr. Michael Møller
Acting Deputy Secretary General of the CD, Mr. Thomas Markram
Spain
Acting Secretary General of the Conference of Disarmament, Mr. Michael Møller
India, Ambassador Ventakesh Varma
13 February
Message from Ambassador Luiz Felipe de Macedo Soares of the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America & the Caribbean (OPANAL), delivered by Ambassador Alberto D'Alotto of Agrentina
CD President, Ambassador Jorge Lomónaco
Indonesia
Unites States, Ambassador Robert Wood
South Africa, Ms. Mancotywa-Kumsha
Chile
United Kingdom, Mr. Guy Pollard
Germany, Mr. Volker Böhm
Colombia
France, Ambassador Jean-Hugues Simon Michel
Brazil, Ambassador Pedro Motta Pinto Coelho
India, Mr. Siddhartha Nath, First Secretary
Netherlands, Ambassador Henk Cor van der Kwast
Russian Federation
Italy, Ambassador Vinicio Mati
New Zealand, Ms. Katy Donnelly
Morocco
China
Ireland, Mr. Robert Jackson, Deputy Permanent Representative
Republic of Korea
Austria, Ambassador Thomas Hajinoczi
Russian Federation
Switzerland, Mr. Laurent Masmejean
Agrentina, Ambassador Alberto D'Alotto
Australia, Ambassador John Quinn
Tunisia
Algeria, Mr. Hamza Khelif
CD President, Ambassador Jorge Lomónaco
CD Secretariat, Mr. Ivor Fung, Senior Political Affairs Officer
CD President, Ambassador Jorge Lomónaco
India, Mr. Siddhartha Nath, First Secretary
Unites States, Ambassador Robert Wood
Algeria, Mr. Hamza Khelif
Canada, Ms. Kelly Anderson
CD President, Ambassador Jorge Lomónaco
United Kingdom
Russian Federation
CD President, Ambassador Jorge Lomónaco
United Kingdom
CD President, Ambassador Jorge Lomónaco
Portugal
Indonesia
Netherlands, Ambassador Henk Cor van der Kwast
Turkey
Spain
Pakistan, Ambassador Zamir Akram
Kenya
United States, Ambassador Robert Wood
Japan, Ambassador Toshi Sano
Russian Federation
Chile
Brazil, Ambassador Pedro Motta Pinto Coelho
Algeria, Mr. Hamza Khelif
Netherlands, Ambassador Henk Cor van der Kwast
Cuba
CD President, Ambassador Jorge Lomónaco
Switzerland, Mr. Laurent Masmejean
CD President, Ambassador Jorge Lomónaco
11 February
The United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)
France
Finland
Belarus
Netherlands
Turkey
Austria
Switzerland
Germany
The United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)
CD President, Ambassador Jorge Lomónaco
South Africa
CD President, Ambassador Jorge Lomónaco
Czech Republic
Bulgaria
Austria
Ireland
Netherlands
Ghana
Finland
Lithuania
Switzerland
Turkey
Sweden
Portugal
Greece
United States
Brazil
Russian Federation
Senegal
Philippines
Algeria
CD President, Ambassador Jorge Lomónaco
10 February
CD President, Ambassador Jorge Lomónaco
Belarus
CD President, Ambassador Jorge Lomónaco
Belarus
United States, Ambassador Robert Wood
CD President, Ambassador Jorge Lomónaco
Russian Federation
CD President, Ambassador Jorge Lomónaco
Senegal
CD President, Ambassador Jorge Lomónaco
Japan, Ambassador Toshio Sano
CD President, Ambassador Jorge Lomónaco
France
CD President, Ambassador Jorge Lomónaco
Egypt
Switzerland, Mr. Laurent Masmejean
CD President, Ambassador Jorge Lomónaco
Netherlands, Ambassador Henk Cor van der Kwast
CD President, Ambassador Jorge Lomónaco
CD Secretariat, Mr. Ivor Fung, Senior Political Affairs Officer
India, Mr. Siddhartha Nath, First Secretary
China
CD President, Ambassador Jorge Lomónaco
CD Secretariat, Mr. Ivor Fung, Senior Political Affairs Officer
Italy, Ambassador Vinicio Mati
Argentina
Iran
Sweden, Mr. Ulf Lindell, Minister Councellor
Turkey, Ms. Berna Kasnakli, Councellor
Algeria, Mr. Hamza Khelif
CD President, Ambassador Jorge Lomónaco
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
South Africa, Ms. Bronwen Levy
Brazil, Ambassador Pedro Motta Pinto Coelho
Spain
Russian Federation
CD President, Ambassador Jorge Lomónaco
United States, Ambassador Robert Wood
CD President, Ambassador Jorge Lomónaco
Egypt
Japan
CD President, Ambassador Jorge Lomónaco
Belarus
Algeria, Mr. Hamza Khelif
CD President, Ambassador Jorge Lomónaco
Algeria, Mr. Hamza Khelif
United Kingdom, Ambassador Matthew Rowland
CD President, Ambassador Jorge Lomónaco
United Kingdom, Ambassador Matthew Rowland
CD President, Ambassador Jorge Lomónaco
Australia, Mr. Ian Mcconville, Deputy Permanent Representative
Russian Federation
Algeria, Mr. Hamza Khelif
CD President, Ambassador Jorge Lomónaco
Algeria, Mr. Hamza Khelif
Egypt
CD President, Ambassador Jorge Lomónaco
Belarus
CD President, Ambassador Jorge Lomónaco
4 February
CD President, Ambassador Jorge Lomónaco
South Africa
Austria
CD President, Ambassador Jorge Lomónaco
Brazil
Finland
Switzerland
CD President, Ambassador Jorge Lomónaco
Ecuador
Algeria
Belarus
Cuba
Ireland
Chile
Russian Federation
United States
Republic of Korea
Cuba
CD President, Ambassador Jorge Lomónaco
Belarus
CD President, Ambassador Jorge Lomónaco
China
Spain
29 January
CD President, Ambassador Jorge Lomónaco
Russian Federation
Ireland, Mr. Robert Jackson, Deputy Permanent Representative
Algeria, Mr. Hamza Khelif
Austria, Ms. Caroline Wörgötter, Counsellor
Peru
Colombia
Brazil, Ambassador Pedro Motta Pinto Coelho
Sweden, Mr. Ulf Lindell, Minister Councellor
Ecuador
Kazakhstan
India, Ambassador Ventakesh Varma
Iran
CD President, Ambassador Jorge Lomónaco
Iran
Pakistan
CD President, Ambassador Jorge Lomónaco
Pakistan
CD President, Ambassador Jorge Lomónaco
Chile
Pakistan
CD President, Ambassador Jorge Lomónaco
Russian Federation
Japan, Ambassador Toshio Sano
Switzerland, Ambassador Urs Schmind
Egypt
Algeria, Mr. Hamza Khelif
CD President, Ambassador Jorge Lomónaco
Brazil, Ambassador Pedro Motta Pinto Coelho
CD President, Ambassador Jorge Lomónaco
CD Secretariat, Mr. Ivor Fung, Senior Political Affairs Officer
Germany, Ambassador Michael Biontino
Belarus
CD President, Ambassador Jorge Lomónaco
Russian Federation
CD President, Ambassador Jorge Lomónaco
India, Ambassador Ventakesh Varma
CD Secretariat, Mr. Ivor Fung, Senior Political Affairs Officer
Acting Deputy Secretary General of the CD, Mr. Thomas Markram
28 January
Morning session
Canada, Ambassador Elissa Goldberg
Austria, Ambassador Alexander Kmentt
Brazil, Ambassador Pedro Motta Pinto Coelho
Mexico, Ambassador Jorge Lomónaco
Austria, Ambassador Alexander Kmentt
Australia, Mr. Ian Mcconville, Deputy Permanent Representative
Belarus
India, Ambassador Ventakesh Varma
Costa Rica, Ambassador Elayne Whyte Gómez
Chile
Mexico, Ambassador Jorge Lomónaco
Austria, Ambassador Alexander Kmentt
Costa Rica, Ambassador Elayne Whyte Gómez
Brazil, Ambassador Pedro Motta Pinto Coelho
India, Ambassador Ventakesh Varma
United Kingdom, Ambassador Matthew Rowland
Algeria, Mr. Hamza Khelif
Costa Rica, Ambassador Elayne Whyte Gómez
France, Ambassador Jean-Hugues Simon Michel
United States, Ambassador Robert Wood
Belarus
India, Ambassador Ventakesh Varma
Spain
Chile
Pakistan
Australia, Mr. Ian Mcconville, Deputy Permanent Representative
United Kingdom, Ambassador Matthew Rowland
Canada, Ambassador Elissa Golberg
Belarus
Algeria, Mr. Hamza Khelif
Russian Federation
France, Ambassador Jean-Hugues Simon Michel
Algeria, Mr. Hamza Khelif
France, Ambassador Jean-Hugues Simon Michel
CD President, Ambassador Jorge Lomónaco
Afternoon session
Germany, Ambassador Michael Biontino
Ireland, Mr. Breifne O'Reilly, Director for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, Departement of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Russian Federation
China
Belarus
Kazakhstan
Brazil, Ambassador Pedro Motta Pinto Coelho
CD Pesident, Ambassador Jorge Lomónaco
Finland, Mr. Jyri Järviaho, Deputy Permanent Representative
27 January
CD President, Ambassador Jorge Lomónaco
Algeria
India, Ambassador Venkatesh Varma
Belarus
Informal Group of Oberserver States, delivered by Czech Republic
Switzerland, Ambassador Urs Schmid
Brazil, Ambassador Pedro Motta Pinto Coelho
United Kingdom, Ambassador Matthew Rowland
Chile
Sweden, Mr. Ulf Lindell, Minister Councellor
Russian Federation
Republic of Korea
Pakistan
CD President, Ambassador Jorge Lomónaco
Hungary, Ambassador Zsuzsanna Horváth
Slovakia
Colombia, Ambassador Juan José Quintana Aranguren
New Zealand, Ambassador Dell Higgie
Ecuador
Australia, Ambassador John Quinn
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Switzerland, Ambassador Urs Schmid
Turkey, Councellor Berna Kasnakli
CD President, Ambassador Jorge Lomónaco
20 January
CD President, Ambassador Jorge Lomónaco
Message from the UN Secretary General, delivered by the Acting Secretary General of the Conference of Disarmament, Mr. Michael Møller
European Union, delivered by Mr. Andras Kos
Germany, Ambassador Michael Biontino
Netherlands, Ambassador Henk Cor van der Kwast
Italy, Amassador Vinicio Mati
United States, Ambassador Robert Wood
Brazil, Ambassador Pedro Motta Pinto Coelho
Zimbabwe, Ambassador Taonga Mushayavanhu
Republic of Korea
Sweden, Mr. Ulf Lindell, Minister Cousellor
Morocco
Belarus
Argentina
Acting Secretary General of the Conference of Disarmament, Mr. Michael Møller
Turkey, Ms. Berna Kasnakli, Councellor
France
Algeria