Statements from First Committee 2012

General debate

Monday, 8 October 2012

Chair of First Committee, Ambassador Desra Percaya of Indonesia
Non-Aligned Movement, Ambassador Mohammad Khazaee of Iran
European Union, Mr. Andras Kos
African Group, Ambassador Usman Sarki of Nigeria
New Agenda Coalition, Ambassador Mårten Grunditz of Sweden
Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), Ambassador Octavio Errázuriz of Chile
Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Ambassador Jean Wesley Cazeau of Haiti
Mexico, Ambassador Luis Alfonso de Alba
Arab Group, Ambassador Mootaz Ahmadein Khalil of Egypt
Switzerland, Ambassador Urs Schmid
Serbia, Ambassador Feodor Starevic
Australia, Ambassador Gary Quinlan
New Zealand, Ambassador Dell Higgie

Tuesday, 9 October 2012

High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Ms. Angela Kane
Association of South East Asian States (ASEAN), Ambassador U Maung Wai
Peru, Ambassador Enrique Román-Morey
Japan, Ambassador Mari Amano
Chile, Ambassador Octavio Errázuriz
Turkey, Ambassador Ertuğrul Apakan
Cuba, Ambassador Oscar León
Senegal, Ambassador Abdou Salam Diallo
Kazakhstan, Ambassador Barlybay Sadykov
Kenya, Ambassador Anthony Andanje
United Arab Emirates
Yemen, Ambassador Jamal Abdullah Al-Sallal
Saudi Arabia

Wednesday, 10 October 2012

Nigeria, Ambassador Usman Sarki
Austria, Ambassador Christian Strohal
United States, Ms. Rose Gottemoeller
Republic of Korea, Ambassador Kim Sook
Libya, Ambassador Abdurrahman M. Shalgham
Brazil, Ambassador Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti
Sudan, Ambassador Daffa-Alla Elhag Ali Osman
Argentina, Mr. Mateo Estreme
Lesotho, Mr. Mafiroane Motanyane
Viet Nam, Ambassador Pham Vinh Quang
Lebanon, Ms. Maya Dagher
Spain, Ambassador Victoria González-Román
Algeria, Ambassador Mourad Benmehidi
Ukraine, Mr. Oleksandr Senchenko

Thursday, 11 October 2012

Collective Security Treaty Organisation, Ambassador Byrganym Aitimova of Kazakhstan
Iraq
France, Ambassador Jean-Hugues Simon-Michel
Thailand, Ambassador Jakkrit Srivali
Turkmenistan
Russian Federation, Mr. Mikhail Ulyanov
India, Mr. L K Advani, MP
China, Ambassador Wu Haitao
Malaysia, Senator Chew Lee Giok
United Kingdom, Ambassador Joanne Adamson
Tunisia, Ambassador Othman Jerandi
Cambodia, Mr. Ngoun Sokveng
South Africa
Colombia, Ambassador Néstor Osorio
Tanzania, Ambassador Tuvako N. Manongi
San Marino, Ambassador Daniele D. Bodini
Mongolia, Ambassador Och Od
Portugal, Ambassador José Filipe Moraes Cabral

Friday, 12 October 2012

Belarus
Benin, Ambassador Jean Francis R. Zinsou
Norway, Ambassador Geir O. Pedersen
Oman, Mr. Najeem Al-Abri
Nicaragua
Bangladesh
Uruguay
Lao People's Democratic Republic, Mr. Kham-Inh Khitchadeth
Guatemala
Burkina Faso, Ambassador Der Kogda
Hungary, Dr. György Molnár
Kyrgyz Republic, Mr. Nuran Niyazaliev
Cameroon
Costa Rica, Ambassador Eduardo Ulibarri
Indonesia, Mr. Yusra Khan
Qatar, Mr. Khaled Al Kabi
Montenegro, Mr. Milorad Šćepanović

Monday, 15 October 2012

High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Ms. Angela Kane
Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament (CD), Mr. Kassym-Jomart Tokayev
Deputy Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Ms. Grace Asirwatham
Representative of the Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mr. Geoffrey Shaw
Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organisation (CTBTO), Mr. Tibor Toth
Philippines
Denmark, Ambassador Carsten Staur
Venezuela, Ambassador Jorge Valero
Pakistan, Ambassador Zamir Akram
Ecuador
Macedonia, Mrs. Sanja Zografska-Krsteska
Myanmar, Ambassador U Maung Wai
Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Ambassador Sin Son Ho
Eritrea, Ambassador Araya Desta
Botswana
Chair of Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America & the Caribbean (OPANAL), Ms. Giaconda Ubeda

Tuesday, 16 October 2012

Ethiopia
Bahrain
Syria
Ireland, Mr. Jim Kelly
Timor-Leste, Mr. Antonito de Araujo
Niger, Mr. Saidou Mamane
Nepal, Mr. Deepak Dhital
Canada, Ambassador Elissa Golberg
Israel, Ambassador Ron Prosor
Tajikistan, Ambassador Sirodjidin Aslov
Kuwait, Mr. Abdulaziz Amash Alajmi
Georgia
Morocco, Mr. Bouchaib Eloumni
Gabon, Ms. Allegra Pamela Bongo
Iran, Ambassador Eshagh Al Habib
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Ms. Véronique Christory

Thematic debate: Nuclear weapons

Wednesday, 17 October 2012

High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Ms. Angela Kane
Non-Aligned Movement, Mr. Fikry Cassidy of Indonesia
Arab Group, Ambassador Mootaz Ahmadein Khalil of Egypt
Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), Ambassador Enrique Román-Morey of Peru
Central Asian NWFZ States, Ambassador Byrganym Aitimova of Kazakhstan
De-alerting Group, Ambassador Benno Laggner of Switzerland
European Union, Mr. Andras Kos
New Agenda Coalition, Mr. Ulf Lindell of Sweden
Chair of the 2012 NPT Preparatory Committee, Ambassador Peter Woolcott of Australia
France, Ambassador Jean-Hugues Simon-Michel
Japan, Ambassador Mari Amano
Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative (NPDI), Ambassador Ertuğrul Apakan of Turkey
United States, Ambassador Laura Kennedy

Thursday, 18 October 2012

Chair of Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation, Ambassador Cho Hyun of Republic of Korea
China
Republic of Korea, Ambassador Kwon Haeryong
Mexico
Netherlands, Ambassador Paul van den IJssel
Lithuania
Togo, Mr. Nayo Kokou M'Beou
Thailand
Serbia, Ms. Danijela Čubrilo
Romania, Mr. Cornel Feruţă
Iraq, Ambassador Hamid Al Bayati
Switzerland, Ambassador Benno Laggner
New Zealand, Ms. Deborah Panckhurst
Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Mr. Kang Myong Chol
Canada, Mira Chatt
Venezuela, Ambassador Jorge Valero
Norway, Ms. lnga M.W. Nyhamar
United Kingdom, Ambassador Jo Adamson
Malaysia, Ambassador Hussein Haniff

Friday, 19 October 2012

Ecuador
Algeria, Mr. Djamel Moktefi
Pakistan, Mr. Khalil Hashmi
Philippines, Mr. Eduardo Jose A. de Vega
Kazakhstan, Ambassador Byrganym Aitimova
Ireland, Mr. Jim Kelly
Guatemala
Cuba
Mongolia
Austria, Ambassador Christian Strohal
Bangladesh, Ambassador Dr. A.K. Abdul Momen
Australia, Ms. Claire Elias
African Group, Mr. Kayode Laro of Nigeria
Libya
Russian Federation
South Africa
Iran, Mr. Reza Najafi
India, Ambassador Sujata Mehta
Zambia, Ms. Isabel Habweza
Belarus

Monday, 22 October 2012

Qatar, Mr. Abdelaziz AI-Ahmad
Morocco, Mr. Bouchaib Eloumni
Joint statement on catastrophic humanitarian consequences, Ambassador Benno Laggner of Switzerland

Thematic debate: Other WMD

Monday, 22 October 2012

President of the Seventh Review Conference of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC), Ambassador Paul van den IJssel of the Netherlands
Non-Aligned Movement, Mr. Fikry Cassidy of Indonesia
Union of South American Nations, Ambassador Enrique Román-Morey of Peru
Arab Group, Mr. Osama Abdelkhalek of Egypt
European Union, Mr. Andras Kos
France, Ambassador Jean-Hugues Simon-Michel
United States, Ambassador Laura Kennedy
Japan, Ambassador Mari Amano
Norway, Ms. Inga M.W. Nyhamar
Kazakhstan, Ambassador Byrganym Aitimova
Poland, Ambassador Jan Borkowski
Ireland
Latvia
Cuba
Libya
Australia, Ambassador Peter Woolcott
Russian Federation
South Africa
Spain, Mrs. Victoria González-Román
Iran, Mr. Reza Najafi
Hungary
Pakistan, Mr. Khalil Hashmi
Turkey
Switzerland, Mr. Urs Schmid
Holy See

Thematic debate: Outer space

Monday, 22 October 2012

Non-Aligned Movement, Mr. Fikry Cassidy of Indonesia
Arab Group, Mr. Osama Abdelkhalek of Egypt
European Union, Mr. Andras Kos
United States
France, Ambassador Jean-Hugues Simon-Michel
Russian Federation, Mr. Victor Vasiliev

Tuesday, 23 October 2012

Japan, Ambassador Mari Amano
Kazakhstan
China
Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Mr. Kang Myong Chol
Australia, Mr. Paul Wilson
Republic of Korea
Brazil
Iran, Mr. Reza Najafi
Belarus

Thematic debate: Conventional weapons

Tuesday, 23 October 2012

Vice-President of ATT Diplomatic Conference, Ambassador Paul van den IJssel
Vice-President of Second Review Conference of the UNPoA
President of the Fifth Conference of the States Parties of Protocol V to the CCW, Mr. Aleksandr Ponomarev of Belarus
Non-Aligned Movement, Mr. Fikry Cassidy of Indonesia
Arab Group, Mr. Osama Abdelkhalek of Egypt
Mali, Mr. Elhadji Alhousseini Traore
Costa Rica, Ambassador Eduardo Ulibarri
Union of South American Nations, Ambassador Enrique Román-Morey of Peru
Caribbean Community, Ambassador Eden Charles of Trinidad and Tobago
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
European Union, Mr. Andras Kos
France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, and United Kingdom, Ambassador Hellmut Hoffmann of Germany
Norway, Ambassador Terje Hauge
France, Ambassador Jean-Hugues Simon-Michel

Wednesday, 24 October 2012

United States
Mexico
Lithuania
Greece
Dominican Republic
Morocco
Thailand
Cambodia
Japan
Serbia
Liberia
Netherlands

Thursday, 25 October 2012

Jamaica
Canada, Ms. Elsa Mouelhi-Rondeau
Sweden, Mr. Ulf Lindell
Switzerland, Ambassador Urs Schmid
Uganda, Mr. Arthur Kafeero
Belize
Togo
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Ecuador
United Kingdom, Ambassador Joanne Adamson
South Africa
Algeria, Mr. Djamel Moktefi
Burkina Faso
Iceland
China
Cuba

Thursday, 1 November 2012

Australia, Ambassador Peter Woolcott
Papua New Guinea, Ambassador Robert G. Aisi
New Zealand, Ms. Raylene Liufalani
Slovenia, Mr. Boštjan Jerman
Spain, Mrs. Victoria González-Román
Finland, Ambassador Riitta Resch
Iran, Mr. Reza Najafi
Philippines, Mr. Eduardo Jose A. De Vega
Portugal
Pakistan, Mr. Suljuk Mustansar Tarar
Slovakia, Ambassador František Ružička
Ethiopia
Austria, Ambassador Alexander Kmentt
Ireland
Senegal, Ambassador Abdou Salam Diallo
Denmark, Ambassador Uffe A. Balslev
Republic of Korea
India, Ambassador Sujata Mehta
Belarus
Iraq
Kazakhstan, Mr. Israel Tilegen
Democratic Republic of Congo, Mr. Bolangembe Iyongo
Myanmar, Mr. Ko Ko Shein
Germany, Ambassador Helmutt Hoffman
Tanzania, Ambassador Ramadhan M. Mwinyi
Kenya, Mr. Salim M. Salim
Malawi, Mrs. Eshter Mcheka Chilenje Nkhoma
Eritrea
Burkina Faso, Colonel Noufou Beremwoudougou

Thematic debate: Regional disarmament and security

Wednesday, 24 October 2012

President of the General Assembly, Mr. Vuk Jeremic
Chief of Regional Disarmament Branch, Mr. Tom Markram
Head of UNREC
Head of UNLIREC
Head of UNRCPD

Thursday, 1 November 2012

Non-Aligned Movement, Mr. Fikry Cassidy of Indonesia
Arab Group
Union of South American Nations, Ambassador Enrique Román-Morey of Peru
United States
Kuwait, Mr. Ebrahim Mubarak Alarfaj
Cuba
Azerbaijan, Mr. Farid Jabrayilov
Myanmar
Morocco
Peru
Iran, Mr. Reza Najafi
Malta, Ambassador Christopher Grima
Algeria, Mr. Djamel Moktefi

Thematic debate: Other disarmament measures and international security

Thursday, 1 November 2012

Arab Group, Mr. Osama Abdelkhalek of Egypt
Non-Aligned Movement, Mr. Fikry Cassidy of Indonesia
Singapore, Ms. Adeline Hong
China
Russian Federation
Trinidad and Tobago
Japan
India
United States

Thematic debate: Disarmament machinery

Thursday, 25 October 2012

President of the Conference on Disarmament, Ambassador Hellmut Hoffmann of Germany
President of the Disarmament Commission, Ambassador Enrique Román-Morey of Peru
Chair of the UN Secretary-General's Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters
Director of the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), Theresa Hitchens

Thursday, 1 November 2012

Non-Aligned Movement, Mr. Fikry Cassidy of Indonesia
Arab Group, Mr. Osama Abdelkhalek of Egypt
Union of South American Nations, Ambassador Enrique Román-Morey of Peru
European Union, Mr. Andras Kos
Norway, Mr. Knut Langeland
Mexico

Friday, 2 November 2012

Informal Group of Observer States to the CD, Ambassador Kateřina Sequensová
Switzerland
France, Ambassador Jean-Hugues Simon-Michel
Lithuania
Canada, Ms. Kelly Anderson
Algeria
Estonia
Cuba
Russian Federation, Mr. Victor Vasiliev
Joint statement by interested states in support of the CD, Mr. Victor Vasiliev of the Russian Federation
Spain
Netherlands, Ambassador Paul van den IJssel
Germany, Ambassador Helmutt Hoffman
Pakistan, Mr. Suljuk Mustansar Tarar
Slovakia, Ambassador František Ružička
New Zealand, Ms. Raylene Liufalani
Chile
India, Mr. Amandeep Singh Gill
Nepal
Iran, Mr. Reza Najafi
Ireland
Nigeria
Peru, Ambassador Enrique Román-Morey
Morocco

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