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: Albania, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czechia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malawi, Malta, Mongolia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Samoa, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Togo, Ukraine, Uruguay and Zambia.
Voting result in First Committee: 144-0-29
Voting result in the General Assembly: 155-0-29
A/C.1/72/L.48 – United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific
Lead sponsors: Afghanistan, Angola, Australia, Austria, China, Japan, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Republic of Korea, Samoa, Singapore, Thailand, Vanuatu and Viet Nam
Adopted in First Committee without a vote
Adopted in the General Assembly without a vote
General statement: Nepal
A/C.1/72/L.20 – Regional confidence-building measures: activities of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa
Lead sponsors: Republic of Cameroon
Adopted in First Committee without a vote
Adopted in the General Assembly without a vote
A/C.1/72/L.43 – Problems arising from the accumulation of conventional ammunition stockpiles in surplus
Lead sponsors: Albania, Angola, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland
Adopted in First Committee without a vote
Adopted in the General Assembly without a vote
Explanation of vote: Cuba, Pakistan
A/C.1/72/L.21 – Assistance to States for curbing the illicit traffic in small arms and light weapons and collecting them
Lead sponsors: Albania, Algeria, Angola, Australia, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czechia, Eritrea, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali*, Malta, Mauritania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden, Thailand, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Zimbabwe
Adopted in First Committee without a vote
Adopted in the General Assembly without a vote
General statement: Mali
Events
OCT 16: Control Arms ATT Monitor: Annual Report Launch
OCT 20: Broader Benefits of the Arms Trade Treaty – The report seeks to explain the benefits of ATT membership to non-members
OCT 24: Report from the ATT Conference of States Parties 2017 and Prospects for the Conference of States Parties 2018
OCT 26: Achieving Peace, Security and Sustainable Development: Practical links between ATT, UNPoA and SDGs – summarized how the effective implementation of the ATT and UNPoA can contribute toward meeting the targets set by the SDGs
Articles
- UN First Committee Briefing Book – Arms Trade Treaty
- First Committee Monitor No. 2 – 9 October 2017 – International Arms Trade
- First Committee Monitor No. 4 – 23 October 2017 – International Arms Trade
- First Committee Monitor No. 5 – 30 October 2017 – International Arms Trade
- First Committee Monitor No. 6 – 6 November 2017 – International Arms Trade
Control Arms Articles:
