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Statements from First Committee 2023

General Debate
Civil Society Presentations
Debate on Working Methods and Programme Planning
Exchange with the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs
Thematic Debate: Nuclear weapons, Other WMD, Outer space, Conventional weapons, Other disarmament measures and international security, Regional disarmament and security, Disarmament Machinery

GENERAL DEBATE

Monday, 2 October

Tuesday, 3 October 

Wednesday, 4 October

Thursday, 5 October

  • China (Mr.)
  • Bulgaria (Ms.)
  • Guatemala (Ms.)
  • Sudan (Mr.)
  • Ghana (Ms.)
  • Nepal (Mr.)
  • Kazakhstan (Mr.)
  • Poland (Mr.)
  • Jordan (Mr.)
  • Timor-Leste (Mr.)
  • Argentina (Ms.)
  • Ecuador (Mr.)
  • Belarus (Mr.)
  • Japan (Mr.)
  • Hungary (Mr.)
  • Romania (Mr.)
  • Germany (Mr.)
  • Chile (Mr.)
  • Tanzania (Mr.)
  • Maldives (Ms.)
  • Lithuania (Mr.)
  • Japan (Mr.) - right of reply
  • Russia (Mr.) - right of reply
  • Australia, United Kingdom, and United States (Ms.) - right of reply
  • Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Mr.) - right of reply
  • United States (Mr.) - right of reply
  • Syria (Mr.) - right of reply
  • China (Mr.) - right of reply
  • Japan (Mr.) - right of reply
  • Russia (Mr.) - right of reply

Friday, 6 October

Monday, 9 October

Tuesday, 10 October 2023

Wednesday, 11 October 2023

CIVIL SOCIETY

Wednesday, 11 October

WORKING METHODS AND PROGRAMME PLANNING

Thursday, 12 October

EXCHANGE WITH THE HIGH REPRESENTATIVE FOR DISARMAMENT AFFAIRS

Friday, 13 October

  • Deputy to the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Mr. Adedeji Ebo
  • Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL), Ambassador Flávio Damico Soares
  • Ireland (Mr.)
  • France (Ms.)
  • Deputy to the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs (Mr.)
  • Chief of WMD Branch (Mr.)
  • Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL) (Mr.)
  • Timor-Leste (Mr.)
  • Deputy to the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs (Mr.)
  • Mexico (Mr.)
  • UNODA representative (Ms.)

THEMATIC DEBATE

Nuclear weapons 

Friday, 13 October

Monday, 16 October 

Tuesday, 17 October

Other Weapons of Mass Destruction

Tuesday, 17 October

Wednesday, 18 October

Thursday, 19 October

  • Chair of OEWG on outer space, Mr. Hellmut Lagos from Chile (Mr.)
  • Myanmar (Mr.)
  • Colombia (Ms.)
  • Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (Mr.)
  • United States (Mr.) - right of reply
  • Russia (Mr.) - right of reply
  • United States (Mr.) - right of reply
  • Russia (Mr.) - right of reply

Outer space

Thursday, 19 October

Friday, 20 October

  • France (Ms.)
  • Mexico (Mr.)
  • Republic of Korea (Ms.)
  • Aotearoa New Zealand (Mr.)
  • Japan (Mr.)
  • Ireland (Mr.)
  • Spain (Mr.)
  • Switzerland (Mr.)
  • Iran (Mr.)
  • Italy (Mr.)
  • Canada (Ms.)
  • Nigeria (Mr.)
  • United States (Mr.)
  • Greece (Ms.)
  • China (Mr.)
  • Norway (Mr.)
  • Brazil (Mr.)
  • Zambia (Mr.)
  • Paraguay (Ms.)
  • Algeria (Mr.)
  • Bolivia (Ms.)
  • Cuba (Ms.)
  • Holy See (Mr.)
  • Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Mr.) - right of reply
  • Russia (Mr.) - right of reply
  • Israel (Mr.) - right of reply
  • United States (Mr.) - right of reply
  • Republic of Korea (Mr.) - right of reply
  • Iran (Mr.) - right of reply
  • Arab Group, delivered by Jordan (Mr.) - right of reply
  • Syria (Mr.) - right of reply
  • Russia (Mr.) - right of reply
  • Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Mr.) - right of reply
  • United States (Mr.) - right of reply

Conventional weapons

Friday, 20 October

Monday, 23 October 

Tuesday, 24 October

  • Holy See (Mr.)

Other disarmament measures and international security

Tuesday, 24 October

Regional disarmament and security

Tuesday, 24 October

  • Non-Aligned Movement, delivered by Indonesia (Mr.)
  • Indonesia (Mr.)
  • Egypt (Mr.)
  • Kazakhstan (Mr.)
  • Pakistan (Mr.)
  • Arab Group, delivered by Jordan (Mr.)
  • Cuba (Ms.)
  • Uruguay (Mr.)
  • United Kingdom (Mr.)
  • Saudi Arabia (Mr.)
  • Bangladesh (Mr.)
  • Saudi Arabia (Mr.) - right of reply
  • Democratic People's Republic of Korea - right of reply
  • Iran (Mr.) - right of reply
  • Russia (Mr.) - right of reply [Russian]
  • Israel (Mr.) - right of reply
  • European Union (Mr.) - right of reply
  • Kuwait (Ms.)
  • Syria (Mr.) - right of reply
  • China (Mr.) - right of reply
  • Arab Group (Mr.) - right of reply
  • Iran (Mr.) - right of reply
  • Russia (Mr.) - right of reply

Wednesday, 25 October

Disarmament Machinery 

  • NAM, delivered by Indonesia (Mr.)
  • ASEAN, delivered by Singapore (Mr.)
  • Group of States, delivered by Ireland (Mr.)
  • Arab Group, delivered by Jordan (Mr.)
  • European Union (Mr.)
  • South Africa (Mr.)
  • Indonesia (Mr.)
  • CARICOM, delivered by Bahamas (Mr.)
  • Philippines (Mr.)
  • France (Ms.)
  • Mexico (Mr.)
  • Chief Regional Disarmament ODA (Ms.)
  • Director of UNLIREC (Ms.)
  • Director of UNRCPD (Mr.)
  • Director of UNREC (Mr.)
  • Egypt (Mr.)
  • Malaysia (Mr.)
  • Netherlands (Mr.)
  • Slovenia (Mr.)
  • Austria (Mr.)
  • Chile (Mr.)
  • Cuba (Ms.)
  • Bangladesh (Mr.)
  • Republic of Korea (Ms.)
  • Russia (Mr.)
  • Iran (Mr.)
  • Switzerland (Ms.)
  • Italy (Mr.)
  • Canada (Mr.)
  • United States (Mr.)
  • India (Mr.)
  • China (Mr.)
  • Pakistan (Mr.)
  • United Kingdom (Mr.)
  • Nepal (Ms.)
  • Algeria (Mr.)
  • Canada (Mr.) - right of reply
  • China (Mr.) - right of reply
  • Israel (Mr.) - right of reply
  • Azerbaijan (Mr.) - right of reply 
  • DPRK (Mr.) - right of reply 
  • Russia (Mr.) - right of reply  
  • Kuwait (Ms.) - right of reply   
  • Palestine (Mr.) - right of reply  
  • Egypt (Mr.) - right of reply   
  • Jordan (Mr.)right of reply   
  • Saudi Arabia (Mr.)right of reply    
  • Syria (Mr.) - right of reply   

Thursday, 26 October 

  • Briefing by the President of the Conference on Disarmament (Ms.)
  • Briefing by the Chairperson of the Disarmament Commission (Mr.)
  • Briefing by the Chairperson of the Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters (Ms.) (video)
  • Briefing by the Director of the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) (Mr.)
  • Australia (Ms.)
  • Brazil (Mr.)
  • Armenia (Mr.) - right of reply
  • Iraq (Mr.) - right of reply
  • Iran (Mr.) - right of reply
  • Russia (Mr.) - right of reply 
  • Kuwait (Ms.) - right of reply  
  • Azerbaijan (Mr.) - right of reply  
  • Israel (Mr.) - right of reply  
  • Armenia (Mr.) - right of reply
  • Palestine (Mr.) - right of reply 
  • Iraq (Mr.) - right of reply 
  • Russia (Mr.) - right of reply