Statements from First Committee 2022

General debate
Civil society
Discussion on working methods and programme of work
Exchange with the UN High Representative
Exchange with the Chairperson of the OEWG on ICTs and UNODA on regional centres for disarmament
Thematic debate: Nuclear weapons | Other WMD | Conventional weapons | Other disarmament measures | Regional disarmament | Outer space | Disarmament machinery
Joint meeting of the First Committee and Fourth Committee

GENERAL DEBATE

Monday, 3 October

• Chair of the First Committee, H.E. Mr. Mohan Pieris, Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations
• High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu
• Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), delivered by Indonesia (Mr.)
• Caribbean Community (CARICOM), delivered by Bahamas (Mr.)
• Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), delivered by Thailand (Mr.)
• Central American Integration System (SICA), delivered by Dominican Republic (Mr.)
• Nordic Countries (Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark), delivered by Denmark (Mr.)
• Arab Group, delivered by Iraq (Mr.)
• African Group, delivered by Nigeria (Mr.)
• United States of America (Ms.)
• Liechtenstein (Ms.)
• European Union (Mr.)
• Indonesia (Mr.)
• Ghana (Ms.)
• South Africa (Ms.)

Tuesday, 4 October

• President of the General Assembly, Mr. Csaba Kőrösi
• Costa Rica (Ms.)
• Russian Federation (Mr.)
• Yemen (Mr.)
• Namibia (Mr.)
• Ecuador (Mr.)
• France (Ms.)
• Pakistan (Mr.)
• Republic of Korea (Mr.)
• Chile (Mr.)
• Italy (Mr.)
• Malaysia (Mr.)
• Poland (Mr.)
• Nepal (Mr.)
• Ethiopia (Mr.)
• Austria (Mr.)
• Philippines (Mr.)
• Ukraine (Mr.)
• Russia (Mr.) - right of reply

Thursday, 6 October

• Thailand (Ms.)
• Mexico (Mr.)
• Aotearoa New Zealand (Ms.)
• New Agenda Coalition, delivered by Egypt (Mr.)
• Iraq (Mr.)
• Bangladesh (Mr.)
• Argentina (Ms.)
• Tajikistan (Mr.)
• Gabon (Mr.)
• Japan (Mr.)
• Armenia (Mr.)
• Norway (Mr.)
• Cambodia (Ms.)
• Libya (Mr.)
• Canada (Ms.)
• Sweden (Ms.)
• Egypt (Mr.)
• Latvia (Mr.)
• Côte d'Ivoire (Mr.)
• Russia (Mr.) - right of reply

Friday, 7 October

• Peru (Ms.)
• Nigeria (Mr.)
• Sri Lanka (Mr.)
• Oman (Mr.)
• Lesotho (Mr.) 
• Israel (Mr.)
• Singapore (Ms.)
• Burkina Faso (Mr.)
• Switzerland (Mr.)
• Germany (Mr.)
• Slovakia (Mr.)
• Uruguay (Ms.)
• Bahrain (Mr.)
• El Salvador (Ms.)
• Guyana (Ms.)
• Mongolia (Mr.)
• Trinidad and Tobago (Mr.)
• Algeria (Mr.)
• Hungary (Mr.)
• Kyrgyzstan (Mr.)

Monday, 10 October

• India (Mr.)
• Finland (Mr.)
• Bulgaria (Ms.)
• United Kingdom (Mr.)
• Guatemala (Ms.)
• Morocco (Mr.)
• Estonia (Ms.)
• Jordan (Mr.)
• Colombia (Ms.)
• Iran (Mr.)
• China (Mr.)
• Belarus (Mr.)
• Georgia (Mr.)
• United Arab Emirates (Mr.) (Arabic)
• Honduras (Mr.)
• Brazil (Mr.)
• Lao People's Democratic Republic (Mr.)
• Kenya (Mr.)
• Ireland (Ms.)
• Viet Nam (Mr.)

Tuesday, 11 October

• Lebanon (Ms.)
• Bolivia (Mr.)
• Togo (Mr.)
• Spain (Ms.)
• Zambia (Mr.)
• Romania (Mr.)
• Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Mr.)
• Iceland (Mr.)
• Kazakhstan (Mr.)
• Saudi Arabia (Mr.)
• Lithuania (Mr.)
• Qatar (Ms.)
• Myanmar (Mr.)
• Portugal (Ms.)
• Türkiye (Mr.)
• Paraguay (Mr.)
• Albania (Ms.)
• Netherlands (Mr.)
• Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ms.)
• Moldova (Mr.)
• Cuba (Mr.)
• Iran (Mr.) - right of reply

Wednesday, 12 October

• Cameroon (Mr.)
• Senegal (Ms.)
• San Marino (Ms.)
• Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), delivered by Argentina (Ms.)
• Kuwait (Mr.)
• Tanzania (Mr.)
• Greece (Ms.)
• Brunei (Mr.)
• Panama (Ms.)
• Kiribati and Kazakhstan, delivered by Kiribati (Mr.)
• Slovenia (Mr.)
• Australia (Mr.)
• Venezuela (Mr.)
• Antigua and Barbuda (Mr.)
• Tunisia (Mr.)
• Mauritania (Mr.)
• Belgium (Ms.)
• Nicaragua (Mr.)
• North Macedonia (Mr.)
• Niger (Mr.)
• Croatia (Ms.)
• Jamaica (Mr.)
• Eritrea (Ms.)
• Montenegro (Ms.)
• Syria (Mr.)
• Guinea (Mr.)
• Sudan (Mr.)
• Angola (Mr.)
• Botswana (Mr.)
• Djibouti (Ms.)
• Azerbaijan (Mr.)
• Equatorial Guinea (Mr.)
• Maldives (Mr.)
• Palestine (Mr.)
• Holy See (Mr.)
• League of Arab States (Mr.)
• Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL) (Mr.)
• International Committee of the Red Cross (Mr.)
• Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament (Ms.)
• Armenia (Mr.) - right of reply
  

CIVIL SOCIETY

Thursday, 13 October

• Joint statement on humanitarian disarmament, delivered by Ms. Raluca Muresan of Control Arms on behalf of Harvard Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic
• Nuclear disarmament, delivered by Mr. Seth Sheldon, International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
• Nuclear disarmament, delivered by Mr. John Burroughs, Lawyer's Committee for Nuclear Policy
• Biological weapons, delivered by Ms. Maria Pia Devoto, on behalf of King's College London
• Autonomous weapons, delivered by Ms. Isabelle Jones, Stop Killer Robots
• Explosive weapons in populated areas, delivered by Ms. Kristina Duric, International Network on Explosive Weapons
• Small arms and light weapons, delivered by amelie namuroy, International Action Network on Small Arms
• International arms trade, delivered by Ms. Cindy Ebbs, Control Arms
• Landmines, delivered by Ms. Marion Lobbo, International Campaign to Ban Landmines
• Cluster munitions, delivered by Mr. Jared Bloch, Cluster Munition Coalition
• Joint statement on incendiary weapons, delivered by Ms. Bonnie Docherty, Human Rights Watch
• Joint statement on outer space, delivered by Ms. Taniel Yusef of WILPF-UK on behalf of Project Ploughshares
• Joint statement on cyber peace, delivered by Ms. Allison Pytlak, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
• Joint statement on youth and disarmament education, delivered by Ms. Molly Rosaaen, Pace University
• Joint statement on gender and diversity, delivered by Mx. Ray Acheson, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom

DISCUSSION ON WORKING METHODS AND PROGRAMME OF WORK 

Thursday, 13 October

• Australia, on behalf of Canada-Australia-New Zealand (Ms.)
• European Union (Ms.)
• United States (Mr.)
• Pakistan (Mr.)
• Egypt (Mr.)
• United Kingdom (Mr.)
• Brazil (Mr.)
• Cuba (Ms.)
• Japan (Mr.)
• Russia (Mr.)
• France (Ms.)

EXCHANGE WITH THE UN HIGH REPRESENTATIVE

Friday, 14 October

• UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu
• Secretary-General of the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean, Ambassador Mr. Flávio Roberto Bonzanini (OPANAL)

THEMATIC DEBATE

Nuclear weapons 

Friday, 14 October

• Non-Aligned Movement, delivered by Indonesia (Mr.)
• Caribbean Community, delivered by Barbados (Mr.)
• African Group, delivered by Nigeria (Mr.)
• Association of Southeast Asian Nations, delivered by Viet Nam (Mr.)
• Arab Group, delivered by Iraq (Mr.)
• European Union (Mr.)
• Mexico (Mr.)
• Canada (Mr.)
• Thailand (Mr.)
• Indonesia (Mr.)
• Egypt (Mr.)
• France (Ms.)
• Singapore (Ms.)
• Pakistan (Mr.)
• Switzerland (Mr.)
• Netherlands (Mr.)
• Malaysia (Mr.)
• Poland (Mr.)
• Norway (Mr.)
• Italy (Mr.)
• Nigeria (Mr.)
• Russia (Mr.) - right of reply
• Netherlands (Mr.) - right of reply

Monday, 17 October

• United States (Ms.)
• Philippines (Mr.)
• South Africa (Ms.)
• New Zealand (Ms.)
• Ukraine (Mr.)
• Argentina (Ms.)
• Austria (Mr.)
• Russia (Mr.)
• Costa Rica (Ms.)
• Ghana (Ms.)
• Germany (Mr.)
• Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Mr.)
• China (Mr.)
• Côte d'Ivoire (Mr.)
• Bangladesh (Mr.)
• Senegal (Mr.)
• Hungary (Ms.)
• Iran (Mr.)
• Algeria (Mr.)
• United Kingdom (Mr.)
• Slovenia (Mr.)
• Iraq (Mr.)
• Sri Lanka (Mr.)
• Australia (Ms.)
• Spain (Mr.)
• Ireland (Mr.)
• Czech Republic (Mr.)
• India (Mr.)
• Russia (Mr.) - right of reply
• Iran (Mr.) - right of reply

 Tuesday, 18 October

• Kazakhstan (Mr.)
• Peru (Ms.)
• Bulgaria (Ms.)
• Brazil (Mr.)
• Republic of Korea (Mr.)
• Ecuador (Mr.)
• Guatemala (Ms.)
• Armenia (Mr.)
• El Salvador (Ms.)
• Türkiye (Mr.)
• Japan (Mr.)
• Nepal (Mr.)
• Lao People's Democratic Republic (Mr.)
• Kuwait (Mr.)
• Jordan (Mr.)
• Ethiopia (Ms.)
• Qatar (Ms.)
• Colombia (Ms.)
• Viet Nam (Ms.)
• Israel (Ms.)
• Morocco (Mr.)
• Cuba (Mr.)
• Finland (Ms.)
• Saudi Arabia (Ms.)
• Myanmar (Mr.)
• Paraguay (Mr.)
• Kiribati (Mr.)
• Chile (Mr.)
• Belarus (Mr.)
• United Arab Emirates (Mr.)
• Namibia (Ms.)
• Holy See (Mr.)
• Palestine (Mr.)
• International Atomic Energy Agency (Ms.)
• Russia (Mr.) - right of reply

Other WMD

Tuesday, 18 October

• Non-Aligned Movement, delivered by Indonesia (Mr.)
• Caribbean Community, delivered by Belize (Mr.)
• Association for Southeast Asian Nations, delivered by Lao PDR (Mr.)
• Arab Group, delivered by Iraq (Mr.)
• Joint statement by eight states, delivered by Russia (Mr.)
• European Union (Mr.)
• Canada (Mr.)
• Indonesia (Ms.)
• Egypt (Mr.)
• France (Ms.)
• United States (Mr.)
• New Zealand (Ms.)
• Australia (Ms.)
• Netherlands (Mr.)
• Poland (Mr.)
• Norway (Mr.)
• Italy (Mr.)
• Philippines (Mr.)
• Thailand (Ms.)
• South Africa (Mr.)
• Austria (Mr.)
• Germany (Mr.)
• Malaysia (Mr.)

Wednesday, 19 October

• China (Mr.)
• Pakistan (Mr.)
• Russian Federation (Mr.)
• Bangladesh (Mr.)
• Brazil (Mr.)
• Algeria (Mr.)
• United Kingdom (Mr.)
• Sri Lanka (Mr.)
• Switzerland (Mr.)
• Spain (Mr.)
• Republic of Korea (Ms.)
• Czech Republic (Mr.)
• India (Mr.)
• Kazakhstan (Mr.)
• Türkiye (Mr.)
• Japan (Mr.)
• Cuba (Mr.)
• Hungary (Mr.)
• Syria (Mr.)
• Israel (Ms.)
• Ireland (Ms.)
• Angola (Mr.)
• Colombia (Ms.)
• Myanmar (Mr.)
• Ukraine (Mr.)
• Iran (Mr.)
• Russia (Mr.) - right of reply

Conventional weapons

Wednesday, 19 October

• Association of Southeast Asian Nations, delivered by Cambodia (Mr.)
• Mexico (Mr.)
• Canada (Ms.)
• Egypt (Mr.)
• Finland (Ms.)
• Norway (Mr.)

Thursday, 20 October

• Chairperson of the Eight Biennial Meeting of States (BMS8), Mr. Enrique A. Manalo
• Chairperson of the Group of Governmental Experts on the UN Register on Conventional Arms, Ms. Muanpuii Saiawi
• Non-Aligned Movement, delivered by Indonesia (Ms.)
• African Group, delivered by Nigeria (Mr.)
• CARICOM, delivered by Belize (Mr.)
• Arab Group, delivered by Iraq (Mr.)
• European Union (Mr.)
• Indonesia (Mr.)
• France (Ms.)
• United States (Mr.)
• Pakistan (Mr.)
• Singapore (Mr.)
• Australia (Mr.)
• Netherlands (Mr.)
• Italy (Mr.)
• Nigeria (Mr.)
• Philippines (Mr.)
• Jamaica (Mr.)
• Thailand (Ms.)
• South Africa (Mr.)
• Argentina (Mr.)
• Austria (Mr.)
• Russia (Mr.)
  
• Germany (Mr.)
• Costa Rica (Ms.)
• Malaysia (Mr.)
• China (Mr.)
• Côte D'Ivoire (Mr.)
• Bangladesh (Mr.)

Friday, 21 October

• Joint statement by 70 states on lethal autonomous weapon systems, delivered by Austria (Mr.)
• Ukraine (Mr.)
• Aotearoa New Zealand (Mr.)
• Ghana (Ms.)
• Azerbaijan (Mr.)
• Peru (Ms.)
• Senegal (Mr.)
• Brazil (Ms.)
• Algeria (Mr.)
• Lithuania (Mr.)
• Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ms.)
• United Kingdom (Ms.)
• Iraq (Mr.)
• Burkina Faso (Mr.)
• Sri Lanka (Ms.)
• Switzerland (Mr.)
• Spain (Mr.)
• Colombia (Ms.)
• Togo (Mr.)
• Czech Republic (Mr.)
• India (Ms.)
• El Salvador (Ms.)
• Republic of Korea (Ms.)
• Türkiye (Mr.)
• Guatemala (Ms.)
• Japan (Ms.)
• Kuwait (Mr.)
• Cuba (Mr.)
• Viet Nam (Mr.)
• Iran (Mr.) - right of reply
• Armenia (Mr.) - right of reply

Monday, 24 October

• Mali (Mr.)
• Eswatini (Mr.)
• Uruguay (Mr.)
• Israel (Mr.)
• Ireland (Ms.)
• Slovenia (Mr.)
• Angola (Ms.)
• Lao People's Democratic Republic (Mr.)
• Dominican Republic (Ms.)
• Paraguay (Mr.)
  
• Mozambique (Mr.)
• Chile (Mr.)
• Belarus (Mr.)
• Iran (Mr.)
• Gabon (Mr.)
• Palestine (Mr.)
• Holy See (Mr.)
• Russia (Mr.) - right of reply

Other disarmament measures

Monday, 24 October

• Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), delivered by Indonesia (Ms.)
  
• Caribbean Community (CARICOM), delivered by Belize (Mr.)
• Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), delivered by Philippines (Mr.)
• Arab Group, delivered by Iraq (Mr.)
• European Union (Ms.)
• Indonesia (Ms.)
• United States (Mr.)
• Egypt (Mr.)
• France (Ms.)
• Australia (Ms.)
• Netherlands (Mr.)
• Pakistan (Mr.)
• Philippines (Ms.)
• Thailand (Mr.)
• South Africa (Mr.)
• Austria (Mr.)
• Italy (Mr.)
• Russia (Mr.)
• Malaysia (Mr.)
• China (Mr.)
• Estonia (Ms.)
• Bangladesh (Mr.)
• Senegal (Mr.)
• Ukraine (Mr.)
• Algeria (Mr.)
• United Kingdom (Ms.)
• Iraq (Mr.)
• Sri Lanka (Mr.)
• Armenia (Mr.)
• India (Ms.)
• El Salvador (Ms.)
• Republic of Korea (Ms.)
• Türkiye (Mr.)
• Japan (Mr.)
• Cuba (Ms.)
• Kuwait (Mr.)
• Switzerland (Mr.)
• Romania (Ms.)
• Chile (Mr.)
• Brazil (Mr.)
• Mexico (Mr.)
• Myanmar (Mr.)
• Iran (Mr.)
• Holy See (Mr.)
• Costa Rica (Ms.)
• Russian Federation (Mr.) - right of reply
• DPRK (Mr.) - right of reply
• China (Mr.) - right of reply
• Israel (Mr.) - right of reply
• France (Ms.) - right of reply
• Iran (Mr.) - right of reply

EXCHANGES WITH THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE OEWG ON ICTs AND UNODA

Tuesday, 25 October

• Presentation from the Chairperson of the UN Open-ended Working Group on information and communications technology (OEWG), H.E. Mr. Burhan Gafoor of Singapore
• Presentation from the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs on the work of the UN Regional Centres for Disarmament, Ms. Radha Day

Regional disarmament 

Monday, 24 October

• Non-Aligned Movement, delivered by Indonesia (Ms.)
• Caribbean Community (CARICOM), delivered by Belize (Mr.)

Tuesday, 25 October

• Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), delivered by Brunei-Darussalam (Ms.)
• Arab Group, delivered by Iraq (Mr.)
• European Union (Mr.)
• Indonesia (Mr.)
• Egypt (Mr.)
• France (Ms.)
• United States (Mr.)
• Australia (Ms.)
• Poland (Mr.)
• Philippines (Ms.)
• Ukraine (Mr.)
• Pakistan (Mr.)
• Russia (Mr.)
• Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Mr.)
• Estonia (Ms.)
• Bangladesh (Mr.)
• Iran (Mr.)
• Algeria (Mr.)
• United Kingdom (Ms.)
• Iraq (Mr.)
• Malaysia (Mr.)
• Niger (Mr.)
• Nepal (Ms.)
• Armenia (Mr.)
• Kazakhstan (Mr.)
• Cuba (Ms.)
• Saudi Arabia (Mr.)
• Greece (Mr.)
• Jordan (Mr.)
• Brazil (Mr.)
• Georgia
• United Arab Emirates
• Israel - right of reply
• Azerbaijan - right of reply
• Armenia - right of reply
• Azerbaijan - right of reply
• Armenia - right of reply

Outer space

• Non-Aligned Movement, delivered by Indonesia (Ms.)
• African Group, delivered by Nigeria (Mr.)
• Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), delivered by Malaysia (Mr.)
• Arab Group, delivered by Iraq (Mr.)
• Group of States, delivered by Russia (Mr.)
• European Union (Mr.)
• Canada (Ms.)
• Indonesia (Mr.)
• France (Ms.)
• Egypt (Mr.)
• Australia (Ms.)

Wednesday, 26 October

• United States (Mr.)
• Aotearoa New Zealand (Ms.)
• Netherlands (Mr.)
• Italy (Mr.)
• Nigeria (Mr.)
• Philippines (Ms.)
• Ukraine (Mr.)
• Argentina (Mr.)
• Austria (Mr.)
• Pakistan (Mr.)
• Russian Federation (Mr.) (Russian)
• China (Mr.)
• Bangladesh (Mr.)
• Brazil (Mr.)
• Iran (Mr.)
• Algeria (Mr.)
• United Kingdom (Ms.)
• Sri Lanka (Mr.)
• Switzerland (Mr.)
• Spain (Mr.)
• Malaysia (Mr.)
• Republic of Korea (Mr.)
• Kazakhstan (Ms.)
• Japan (Mr.)
• Cuba (Mr.)
• Paraguay (Mr.)
• Chile (Mr.)
• Belarus (Mr.)
• Colombia (Ms.)
• Ireland (Mr.)
• Holy See (Mr.)
• Russia (Mr.) - right of reply (Russian)

Disarmament machinery

• Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), delivered by Indonesia (Ms.)
• Arab Group, delivered by Iraq (Mr.)
• Caribbean Community (CARICOM), delivered by The Bahamas (Mr.)

Thursday, 27 October

• President of the Conference on Disarmament (Mr.)
• President of the Disarmament Commission (Mr.)
• Chair of the UNSG's Advisory Board on Disarmament, Ms. Elisa Goldberg
• Director of the UN Institute for Disarmament Education, Mr. Robin Geiss
• Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), delivered by Singapore (Mr.)
• Joint statement from chairpersons and presidents of disarmament conventions, delivered by Italy (Mr.)
• Joint statement on gender, delivered by Ireland (Mr.)
• European Union (Mr.)
• Indonesia (Ms.)
• Netherlands (Mr.)
• Egypt (Mr.)
• France (Ms.)
• Philippines (Ms.)
• Sri Lanka (Ms.)
• South Africa (Ms.)
• Austria (Ms.)
• Pakistan (Mr.)
• Russia (Ms.)
• India (Mr.)
• Malaysia (Mr.)
• China (Mr.)
• Bangladesh (Mr.)
• Brazil (Mr.)
• United Kingdom (Ms.)
• Iraq (Mr.)
• Spain (Mr.)
• Ecuador (Mr.)
• Republic of Korea (Ms.)
• Türkiye (Mr.)
• Cuba (Mr.)
• Belarus (Mr.)
• Iran (Mr.)
• Ireland (Mr.)
• Algeria (Mr.)

JOINT MEETING OF THE FIRST COMMITTEE AND FOURTH COMMITTEE

Thursday, 27 October

• Director and Deputy to the High Representative, Mr. Adedeji Ebo
• Acting Director of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), Mr. Niklas Hedman
• Chair of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS), Mr. Omran Sharaf
• Chair of the Open-Ended Working Group on Reducing Space Threats, Mr. Hellmut Lagos
• Geneva Centre for Security Policy, Mr. Nayef Al-Rodhan
• Beijing Institute for Technology, Mr. Guoyu Wang
• Satellite Industry Association, Ms. Jennifer Williams
• Joint statement by 44 states, delivered by United Kingdom (Ms.)
• Austria (Ms.)
• Switzerland (Ms.)
• Costa Rica (Ms.)
• Portugal (Mr.)
• Netherlands (Mr.)
• Argentina (Mr.)
• Russian Federation (Mr.)
• India (Mr.)
• United Arab Emirates (Mr.)
• China (Mr.)
• El Salvador (Ms.)
• France (Mr.)
• United States (Ms.)
• Republic of Korea (Ms.)
• Iran (Mr.)
• Brazil (Mr.)
• Pakistan (Mr.)
• Belarus (Mr.)