UN General Assembly First Committee on Disarmament and International Security
- The 2016 UNGA First Committee met from 3 October–2 November 2016.
- The 2017 UNGA First Committee met from 2 October–2 November 2017.
- The 2018 UNGA First Committee will meet from 8 October – 8 November 2018.
Resolutions
Lead sponsors: Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Belize, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Canada, Chad, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France,Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Guatemala, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malawi, Malta, Mexico, Mongolia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Palau, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Samoa, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Uruguay and Zambia
Voting result in First Committee: 152-0-28
A/C.1/71/L.37 – Women, disarmament, non-proliferation and arms control
Lead sponsors: Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belize, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Latvia, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mongolia, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Uruguay, Vanuatu and Zambia
Voting result in First Committee on PP10: 145-0-34
Adopted in First Committee as a whole without a vote
Events
OCT 6: “Music is Our Weapon” Film Screening
OCT 11: Implementation of the ATT in CARICOM Countries
OCT 14: National Control Lists Side Event – Lunch with Pacific and Caricom States on model legislation for small island states.
OCT 14: “Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade” Film Screening – Special screening, and Q and A with Andrew Feinstein at the East Village Theater
OCT 15-16: Humanitarian Disarmament Forum
OCT 18: Consultation on ATT Risk Watch Methodology
OCT 19: ATT Monitoring and Reporting Side Event – Launch of Control Arms ATT Monitor Report 2016, and presentation of analysis of ATT States Parties first annual reports
OCT 21: Bombs, Starvation and War: The Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen – Featuring a screening of the BBC’s documentary Starving Yemen
OCT 24: ATT Conference of States Parties Side Event – Together with CSP Presidents Nigeria and Finland, a presentation of outcomes of CSP 2016 and prospects for CSP 2017
