First Committee of the UN General Assembly 2009
Statements from First Committee 2009
General debate | Thematic Debate | Other Weapons Of Mass Destruction | Outerspace | Conventional weapons | Other Disarmament Measures And International Security | Regional Disarmament And Security| Disarmament machinery | NGO Statement
- Chair of the First Committee, Ambassador José Luis Cancela of Uruguay
- High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Ambassador Sergio Duarte
- European Union, delivered by Ambassador Magnus Hellgren, of Sweden
- Non-Aligned Movement, delivered by Ambassador R.M. Marty M. Natalegawa of Indonesia
- ASEAN, delivered by Ambassador U Wunna Maung Lwin of Myanmar
- African Group, delivered by Mr. Lawrence Olufemi Obisakin of Nigeria
- New Agenda Coalition, delivered by Ambassador Luiz Filipe de Macedo Soares of Brazil
- Mexico, Ambassador Claude Heller (Spanish only)
- Venezuela, Ambassador Jorge Valero Briceño (Spanish only)
- Switzerland, Mr. Anton Thalmann, Deputy State Secretary and Political Director, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs
- Kazakhstan, Ambassador Byrganym Aitimova
- Peru, Ambassador Gonzalo Gutiérrez (Spanish only)
- Republic of Korea, Ambassador Kim Bong-hyun
- Brazil, Ambassador Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti
- Japan, Ambassador Akio Suda
- China, Ambassador Wang Qun
- Cuba, Mr. Rodolfo Benitez Verson, Deputy Permanent Representative (Spanish only)
- Kenya, Ambassador Zachary D. Muburi-Muita
- United States, Under Secretary of State Ellen O. Tauscher
- Bulgaria, Ms. Elena Poptodorova, Director of Security Policy Directorate at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Algeria, Ambassador Mourad Benmehidi
- Jordan, Mr. Zeid Abuhassan (Arabic only)
- Bangladesh, Mr. M. Zulfiqur Rahman, Director General (United Nations), Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Saudi Arabia, Ambassador Khalid Al Nafisee
- Norway, Mr. Steffen Kongstad, Director General (Department for Security Policy and the High North), Ministy of Foreign Affairs
- Nigeria, Ambassador U. Joy Ogwu
- Australia, Ambassador Gary Quinlan
- South Africa, Ambassador Baso Sangqu
- Russian Federation, Ambassador Vitaly I. Churkin
- Israel, Ms. Radica Radian-Gordon, Director, Arms Control Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Dominican Republic, Minister Counselor Francisco Tovar
- Turkey, Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan
- Philippines, Ambassador Hilario G. Davide Jr
- Egypt, Ambassador Maged Abdulaziz
- Indonesia, Ambassador Dr R.M. Marty M. Natalegawa
- Myanmar, Ambassador U Wunna Mang Lwin
- Nepal, Madhu Raman Acharya, Minister Counsellor to the Permanent Mission
- Congo, Ambassador Raymond Serge Balé (French only)
- Jamaica, Ambassador Raymond Wolfe
- Belarus, Mr. Vladimir Gerasimovich, Head of the Department for International Security and Disarmament (Russian only)
- Sudan, Ambassador Abdalmahmood Abdalhaleem Mohamad (Arabic only)
- Thailand, Ambassador Norachit Sinhaseni
- New Zealand, Ambassador Dell Higgie
- India, Ambassador Hamid Ali Rao
- Tanzania, Ambassador Augustine P. Mahiga
- Holy See, Archbishop Celestino Migliore
- Canada, Ambassador Marius Grinius
- United Arab Emirates, Ambassador Ahmed Al-Jarman
- Chile
- Iran, Ambassador Mohammad Khazaee
- Mali, Ambassador Oumar Daou (French only)
- Viet Nam, Ambassador Hoang Chi Trung
- Ukraine, Ambassador Yuriy Sergeyev
- Singapore, Mr. Kelvin Zee
- Cambodia, Ambassador Dr. Kosal Sea
- Senegal, Ambassador Paul Badji
- San Marino, Ambassador Daniele D. Bondini
- Yemen (Arabic only)
- Malaysia, Mr. Richard Riot Jaem, Member of Parliament
- Costa Rica, Ambassador Jorge Urbina
- Colombia, Ambassador Claudia Blum
- Syrian Arab Republic, Ambassador Bashar Ja’afari
- Kyrgyzstan, Ambassador Nurbek Jeenbaev
- Lesotho, Ambassador Motlatsi Ramafole
- Mongolia, Ambassador Enkhtsetseg Ochir
- Iceland, Ambassador Gunnar Pálsson
- El Salvador, Ambassador Mario Antonio Rivera Mora
- Niger, Mr. Boubacar Boureima (French only)
- Georgia, Ambassador Alexander Lomaia
- Qatar
- Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Ambassador Abdurrahman Mohamed Shalgham
- Iraq, Ambasaor Hamid Al Bayati (Arabic only)
- Eritrea, Ms. Elsa Haile, Director of Regional and International Organizations Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Zambia, Brigadier General Bob D Kulima
- Morocco (French only)
- Benin, Mr. Jean-Francis R. Zinsou, Charge d'affaires (French only)
- International Committee of the Red Cross, Mr. Robert Young
- CARICOM, delivered by Counselor Frisnel Azor of Haiti (French only)
- Bahrain, Ambassador Tawfeeq Ahmed Almansoor (Arabic only)
- Ethiopia, Charge d'Affaires Fisseha Dissema
- Kuwait, First Secretary Salah Al-Saif (Arabic only)
- Oman, Mr. Mohammed Aqeel Ba-Omar, Deputy Permanent Representative (Arabic only)
- Nicaragua, Ambassador Maria Rubiales de Chamorro (Spanish only)
- Lao People's Democratic Republic, Ambassador Kanika Phommachanh
- Serbia, Ambassador Feodor Starcevic
- Turkmenistan, Ambassador Aksoltan T. Ataeva (Russian only)
- Uganda, Ambassador Ruhakana Rugunda
- Burkina Faso, Mr. Paul Robert Tiendrebeogo, Deputy Permanent Representative
- Bolivia
- Uzbekistan
- Zimbabwe, Ambassador Boniface G. Chidyausiku
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Cameroon, Mr. Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh, Minister Counsellor (French only)
- Tunisia, Ambassador Ghazi Jomaa (French only)
- Trinidad and Tobago, Mr. Eden Charles, Councellor
- Maldives, Ambassador Abdul Ghafoor Mohammed
- Lebanon(Arabic only)
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Ambassador Sin Son Ho
- Pakistan, Ambassador Zamir Akram
- Togo
- Palestine, Mr. Ammar Hijazi, First Secretary
- Inter-Parliamentary Union, Ambassador Anda Filip
Follow-up of resolutions and decisions adopted by the First Committee at is past session / Presentation of reports
- High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Ambassador Sergio Duarte
Representatives of UN and intergovernmental organizations
- High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Ambassador Sergio Duarte
- Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organisation, Executive Secretary Tibor Toth
- Conference on Disarmament, Secretary-General Sergei Ordzhonikidze
- European Union, Ambassador Magnus Hellgren of Sweden
- Australia, Ambassador Caroline Millar
- Turkey
- Switzerland, Ambassador Jurg Streuli
- Non-Aligned Movement, delivered by the delegation of Indonesia
- MERCOSUR and Associated States, delivered by the delegation of Uruguay
- Japan, Ambassador Akio Suda
- Norway, Ambassador Knut Langeland
- United Kingdom, Ambassador John Duncan
- France, Ambassador Eric Danon (French only)
- Kazakhstan, Ambassador Byrganym Aitimova
- Mexico, Ambassador Pablo Macedo (Spanish only)
- Netherlands, Ambassador Paul van den IJssel
- Chile, Ambassador Alfredo Labbe
- China, Mr. Kang Yong
- New Zealand, Ambassador Dell Higgie
- Venezuela (Spanish only)
- Cuba (Spanish only)
- Canada, Mr. Jonathan Tan
- Republic of Korea, Ambassador Im Han-taek
- Morocco (French only)
- United Arab Emirates
- United States
- Russian Federation, Mr. Viktor L. Vasiliev, Alternate Head of Delegation
- Thailand, Mrs. Siriporn Chaimongkol, Minister Counsellor
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- Singapore, Mr. Poo Zhi Yi Robbie
- South Africa, Mr. Luvuyo Ndimeni, Deputy Permament Representative
- India, Ambassador Hamid Ali Rao
- Algeria
- Slovenia, Ambassador Sanja Stiglic
- Iran, Mr. Reza Najafi, Director for Disarmament and International Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Philippines, Ambassador Hilario G. Davide, Jr.
- Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
- Pakistan, Ambassador Zamir Akram
- ASEAN, delivered by the delegation of Thailand
- Austria
OTHER WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
- Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, Director-General Ambassador Rogelio Pfirter
- European Union, delivered by Ambassador Magnus Hellgren of Sweden
- Chair of the 2009 meetings of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention, Ambassador Marius Grinius
- Australia, Mr. Paul Neville, MP, Parliamentary Adviser to the Permanent Mission
- Norway, Ambassador Knut Langeland
- MERCOSUR, delivered by the delegation of Uruguay (Spanish only)
- Switzerland, Ambassador Jurg Streuli
- Non-Aligned Movemement, delivered by Ambassador R.M. Marty M. Natalegawa of Indonesia
- Turkey
- Cuba
- Venezuela
- United States, Ambassador Garold Larson, Charge d'affaires
- Russian Federation
- Iran
- Hungary
- Poland
- Republic of Korea, Mr. Young Jong Kwon
- European Union, delivered by Ambassador Magnus Hellgren of Sweden
- Cuba
- China
- Canada, Ms. Candace Mergle
- Republic of Korea, Mr. Kim Hak-jo
- Sri Lanka, Mrs. Muditha Halliyadde
- Russian Federation, Mr. Viktor L. Vasiliev
- Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
- Burkina Faso, Ambassador Michel Kafando
- Brazil, Ambassador Luiz Filipe de Macedo Soares
- United States, Ambassador Garold Larson
- Iran
- Belarus
CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS
- Chair of Open-Ended Working Group on the Arms Trade Treaty, Ambassador Roberto Garcia Moritan
- President the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons
- European Union, delivered by Ambassador Magnus Hellgren of Sweden
- Australia, Ms. Valerie Grey
- Japan, Ambassador Akio Suda
- Norway, Mr. Erling Skojonnsberg
- Mexico, Ambassador Pablo Macedo (Spanish only)
- Argentina
- United Kingdom, Ambassador John Duncan
- Mozambique, Ambassador Daniel António
- Angola, Ambassador Ismael A. Gaspar Martins
- Chile, Ambassador Alfredo Labbé (Spanish only)
- United States, Ambassador Donald A. Mahley
- Turkey
- Non-Aligned Movement, delivered by Ambassador R.M. Marty M. Natalegawa of Indonesia
- Ireland, Ms. Alison Kelly
- Lao People’s Democratic Republic
- Venezuela, Ambassador Ilenia Medina (Spanish only)
- Finland, Ambassador Pekka Ojanen
- Cuba(Spanish only)
- Canada, Ms. Suneeta Millington
- Republic of Korea, Ambassador Im Han-taek
- Slovakia, Ambassador Milos Koterec
- South Africa, Mr. Rob Wensley
- Thailand
- Sweden, Ambassador Magnus Hellgren
- Algeria(Arabic only)
- Indonesia
- Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mr. Jose Ikongo Isekotoko Boyoo (French only)
- Netherlands, Ambassador Paul van den IJssel
- China
- SICA and Mexico, Ambassador Jairo Hernandez of Costa Rica (Spanish only)
- Slovenia, Ambassador Sanja Stiglic
- Switzerland, Mr. Serge Bavaud, Counsellor (French, English)
- France, Ambassador Eric Danon (French only)
- Malawi, Mr. David Ezala, Assistant Director Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Germany, Ambassador Hellmut Hoffmann
- Romania
- MERCOSUR and Associated States, delivered by Uruguay
- Jamaica, Mrs. Angella Hamilton Brown, Minister Counsellor
- Kenya, Deputy Permanent Representive Philip Richard O. Owade
- Sudan (Arabic only)
- India, Ambassador Hamid Ali Rao
- Philippines, Mr. Rafael S.C. Hermoso, Second Secretary
- Iran
- Congo
- New Zealand, Ambassador Dell Higgie
- Israel
- Senegal, Ambassador Paul Badji (French only)
- Ethiopia, Mr. Beryihun Degu
- Austria, Ambassador Christian Strohal
- African Group, delivered by Mr. Lawrence Olufemi Obisakin of Nigeria
- Tanzania, Mr. Justin N. Seruhere, Charge d'affaires
- Morocco (French only)
- United Kingdom, Ambassador John Duncan
- Burkina Faso
- United Nations Coordination Action on Small Arms, Mr. Patrick McCarthy, Coordinator of the CASA Project on ISACS
- Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe
- Presentation of the Report on the UN Register of Conventional Arms, Ambassador Roberto Garcia Moritan
- Netherlands, Ambassador Paul van den IJssel
- Japan, Ambassador Mr. Akio Suda
- MERCOSUR and Associated States, delivered by Mr. Federico Perazza of Uruguay (Spanish only)
- Cuba
- Peru, Mr. Alexis Aquino (Spanish only)
- Russian Federation, Mr.Victor Vasiliev
- United States (UN Register)
- United States (Verification and Compliance)
- India, Ambassador Hamid Ali Rao
REGIONAL DISMARMAMENT AND SECURITY
- High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Ambassador Sergio Duarte
- Chief of Regional Disarmament Branch of the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs, Ms Agnes Marcaillou
- UN Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa, Ms. Jacqueline Seck Diouf, Director
- UN Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific, Mr. Taijiro Kimura, Director
- UN Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament, and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
REGIONAL DISMARMAMENT AND SECURITY
- Malta
- Peru, Mr. Alexis Aquino (Spanish only)
- Algeria (Arabic only)
- Nepal, Minister Counsellor Mr. Amrit Bahadur Rai
- United Arab Emirates (Arabic only)
- Egypt
- Iraq (Arabic only)
- Armenia
- Russian Federation
- Gabon, Mr. Michel Regis Onanga Ndiaye (French only)
- Pakistan
- Cuba (Spanish only)
- Azerbaijan, Mr. Ogtay Ismayil-Zada, First Secretary
- Venezuela (Spanish only)
- Regional Centre on Small Arms, Dr. Francis K. Sang, CBS
DISARMAMENT MACHINERY
- UN Secretary-General's Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters
- Director of United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, Dr. Theresa Hitchens
- Chair of Conference of Disarmament, Ambassador Christian Strohal
- Chair of United Nations Disarmament Commission, Ambassador Andrzej Towpik of Poland
- European Union, delivered by Ambassador Magnus Hellgren of Sweden
- MERCOSUR and Associated States, delivered by Uruguay (Spanish only)
- Peru
- Norway, Deputy Permanent Representative Ms. Hilde Janne Skorpen
- Austria
- Venezuela (Spanish only)
- Canada, Mr. Geoff Garthsore
- Qatar
- Brazil, Ambassador Luiz Filipe de Macedo Soares
- India, Ambassador Hamid Ali Rao
- Cuba
- Turkey
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
- Nuclear Weapons, Ms. Ray Acheson, Project Director of Reaching Critical Will
- Nuclear Weapons, Dr. Zia Mian, Program on Science and Global Security at Princeton University
- Landmines, Mr. Steve Goose, Human Rights Watch and the International Campaign to Ban Landmines
- Cluster Munitions, Cluster Munitions Coalition
- Arms Trade Treaty, Ms. Bibiane Aningina Tshefu, Women as Partners for Peace
- Arms Trade Treaty, Mr. Fred Lubang, Coordinator of the Philippines Action Network on Small Arms
- Small Arms and Light Weapons, Ms. Rebecca Peters, Director of International Action on Small Arms
- Small Arms and Light Weapons, Mr. Ted Rowe, President of World Forum on the Future of Sport Shooting Activities
- Arms Trade Treaty, Mr. Allen Young, Defense Small Arms Advisory Council DSAAC, Executive Director Major General (Retired)
- African Group, delivered by Mr. Lawrence Olufemi Obisakin of Nigeria (on L.33)
- Pakistan (on L.24)
- Brazil, Ambassador Luiz Filipe de Macedo Soares (on L.54)
- Egypt (on L.3)
- Cuba
- Syria (on L.4)
- European Union, delivered by Ambassador Magnus Hellgren of Sweden (on L.33)
- New Zealand (on L.31)
- Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), delivered by the delegation of Mali (on L.5)
- Pakistan (on L.22, L.28, L.30)
- Non-Aligned Movement, delivered by delegation of Indonesia (on L.8)
- Cuba (on L.10, L.12, L.13)
- Non-Aligned Movement, delivered by the delegation of Indonesia (on L.10, L.12, L.13)
- Austria (on L.41)
- Non-Aligned Movement, delivered by the delegation of Indonesia (on L.11, L.9)
- Cuba (on L.9, L.52, L.41)
- Japan (on L.36)
- Canada (on L.1/Rev.1)
- Cuba (on L.25 and L.40)
- Gabon (on L.27)
- Cuba (on L.39)
- Morocco (on L.47)
- Australia (on L.47 Rev.1)
- Kazakhstan (on L.14)
- African Group, delivered by the delegation of Nigeria (on L.32)
- India (on L.14)
- United Kingdom (on L.38 Rev.1)
- European Union, delivered by Ambassador Magnus Hellgren of Sweden (on L.38 Rev.1)
- Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), delivered by the delegation of Nigeria (on L.38 Rev.1)
- Syria (on L.55)
- Egypt (on L.55 and L.46 Rev.1)
- Iran (on L.55)
- Chile (on L.46 Rev.1)
- DPRK (on L.55)
- Chair of the First Committee, Ambassador Jose Luis Cancela of Uruguay
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