First Committee of the UN General Assembly 2016
Statements from First Committee 2016
General debate | Panel discussion |
Thematic debate | Nuclear weapons | Other WMD | Outer space | Conventional weapons | Other disarmament issues | Regional disarmament
- Chair of the First Committee, H.E. Mr. Sabri Boukadoum of Algeria
- High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Mr. Kim Won-soo
- Non-Aligned Movement, delivered by H.E. Ms. Ina Hagninigtyas Krisnamurthi of Indonesia
- Association of South East Asian States (ASEAN), delivered by H.E. Mr. Hau Do Suan of Myanmar
- African Group, delivered by H.E. Mr. Anthony Bosah of Nigeria
- Arab Group, delivered by H.E. Mr. Mohamed Khaled Khiari of Tunisia
- Caribbean Community (CARICOM), delivered by Ambassador Pennelope Beckles of Trinidad and Tobago
- European Union, Mr. Jacek Bylica, Special Envoy for Disarmament and Non-proliferation
- New Agenda Coalition, delivered by H.E. Mr. Amr Aboulatta of Egypt
- Mexico, H.E. Mr. Juan José Gómez Camacho, Permanent Representative
- Chile, H.E. Mr. Cristián Barros
- United States, Mr. Frank Rose
- Kazakhstan, H.E. Mr. Kairat Abdrakhmanov
- Australia, Mr. Senator Cory Bernardi
- Finland, Ms. Sannamaaria Vanamo
- Costa Rica, Mr. Ambassador Juan Carlos Mendoza Garcia
- Ghana, Ms. Ambassador Martha A. A. Pobee
- Libya (Mr.)
- Ecuador, Mr. Ambassador Horacio Sevilla Borja
- Egypt (Mr.)
- Tanzania, Mr. Ambassador Tuvako N. Manongi
- Spain (Mr.)
- Austria, Mr. Ambassador Thomas Hajnoczi
- Russian Federation (Mr.)
- South Africa, Mr. Ambassador Matjila
- Peru, Mr. Ambassador Gustavo Meza-Cuadra
- Poland, Ms. Ambassador Beata Peksa
- Indonesia, Ms. Ambassador Ina Krisnamurthi
- Philippines, Ms. Ambassador Lourdes O. Yparraguirre
- Germany (Ms.)
- Thailand (Ms.)
- Argentina (Mr.)
- Sweden (Ms.)
- Saudi Arabia, Mr. Ambassador Abdallah Y. Al-Mouallimi
- Switzerland, Ms. Sabrina Dallafior
- United Kingdom, Mr. Ambassador Matthew Rowland
- Brazil, Mr. Ambassador Antonio de Aguiar Patriota
- Viet Nam, Ms. Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga
- Zambia (Mr.)
- Lao People's Democratic Republic, Mr. Dr. Ambassador Khiane Phansourivong
- France, Ms. Ambassador Alice Guitton
- Italy, Mr. Ambassador Vinicio Mati
- Qatar (Mr.)
- Lebanon, Ms. Maya Dagher
- Israel, Mr. Dr. Eyal Propper
- Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Ambassador Milos Vukasinovic
- Guatemala (Mr.)
- Venezuela, Mr. Ambassador Rafael Ramirez
- Maldives (Mr.)
- Norway, Mr. Ambassador Geir O. Pedersen
- Paraguay, Mr. Ambassador Marcelo Scappini Ricciardi
- Iraq (Mr.)
- El Salvador, Mr. Ambassador Ruben Zamora
- Cameroon, Mr. Ahidjo
- New Zealand, Ms. Ambassador Dell Higgie
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Mr. Ri Tong Il
- Sri Lanka, Mr. Dr. Ambassador A. Rohan Perera
- Liechtenstein (Mr.)
- Japan, Mr. Ambassador Toshio Sano
- Fiji (Mr.)
- Cuba (Ms.)
- Republic of Moldova, Mr. Ambassador Vlad Lupan
- Cambodia, Mr. Ambassador Yaungchan Sophea
- Burkina Faso, Mr. Ambassador Eric Y. Tiare
- Georgia, Mr. Ambassador Kaha Imnadze
- Botswana, Mr. Nkoloi Nkoloi
- India, Mr. Ambassador D.B Venkatesh Varma
- Malawi, Mr. Ambassador Necton Mhura
- Portugal, Mrs. Cristina Pucarinho
- Netherlands, Mr. Ambassador Henk-Cor van der Kwast
- Colombia (Mr.)
- Bangladesh, Mr. Ambassador Masud Bin Momen
- Ukraine (Mr.)
- Jamaica, Mr. Ambassador Courteney Rattray
- Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), delivered by Mr. Ambassador Franscisco Antonio Cortorreal of Domincan Republic
- Liberia, Mr. Ambassador Lewis G. Brown, II
- Republic of Korea, Mr. Ambassador Oh Joon
- Ethiopia, Ms. Ambassador Mahlet H. Guadey
- Singapore, Mr. John Khoo
- Hungary, Mr. Ambassador Dr. Gyorgy Molnar
- United Arab Emirates, Ms. Ambassador Lana Nusseibeh
- Sudan (Mr.)
- Ireland, Ms. Helena Nolan
- Eritrea, Ms. Elsa Haile
- Nigeria, Mr. Ambassador Abel Ayoko
- Armenia, Mr. Tigran Samvelian
- Bahrain (Mr.)
- Kuwait (Mr.)
- Senegal (Mr.)
- China, Mr. Ambassador Wang Qun
- Angola, Mr. Ambassador Ismael A. Gaspar Martins
- Myanmar, Mr. Ambassador U Htin Lynn
- San Marino, Ms. Natascia Bartolini
- Jordan (Mr.)
- Serbia, Mr. Zoran Vujic
- Estonia (Mr.)
- Cote d'Ivoire (Mr.)
- Kenya, Mr. Ambassador Anthony Andanje
- Namibia (Ms.)
- Iran, Mr. Ambassador Hossein Dehghani
- Canada (Ms.)
- Pakistan, Ms. Ambassador Tehmina Janjua
- Mongolia, Mr. Ambassador Sukhee Sukhbold
- Syrian Arab Republic (Mr.)
- UN Office for Disarmament Affairs, Mr. Thomas Markram
- Brunei Darussalam (Ms.)
- Nepal, Mr. Ghana Shyam Lamsal
- Turkey (Mr.)
- Algeria, Mr. Ambassador Mohammed Bessedik
- Afghanistan, Mr. Ambassador Mahmoud Saikal
- Djibouti (Ms.)
- Morocco (Mr.)
- Timor-Leste, Mr. Ivens de Sousa
- Tunisia (Mr.)
- Malaysia, Mr. Ambassador Ramlan Ibrahim
- Guinea, Mr. Ambassador Mamadi Toure
- Holy See, Mr. Archbishop Bernardito Auza
- Palestine, Mr. Maied Bamva
- Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL), Mr. Ambassador Luiz Filipe de Macedo Soares
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mr. Xolisa Mabhongo
- International Committee to the Red Cross (ICRC), Ms. Christine Beerli
- International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), delivered by Ms. Jasmin Nario Galace
- Faith communities concerned with the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons, delivered by Ms. Emily Welty
- Measures to reduce nuclear risks, delivered by Mr. John Hallam
- International Campaign to Abolish Uranium Weapons (ICBUW), delivered by Mr. Doug Weir
- International Network on Explosive Weapons (INEW), delivered by Ms. Alma Taslidžan Al-Osta
- Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, delivered by Ms. Erin Hunt
- Cyberspace and human security, delivered by Ms. Elizabeth Minor
- Outer space, delivered by Mr. Cesar Jaramillo
- Armed drones, delivered by Ms. Maria Pia Devoto
- Global Civil Society Coalition for the Biological Weapons Convention, delivered by Ms. Kathryn Millett
- Cluster Munition Coalition, delivered by Ms. Alexandra Hiniker
- Control Arms, delivered by Ms. Anna Macdonald
- International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL), delivered by Ms. Megan Burke
- International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA), delivered by Ms. Nyonsuabeleah Kollue
- Toxic Remnants of War Network, delivered by Ms. Jessica Dorsey
- Incendiary weapons, delivered by Ms. Mary Wareham
- Gender and disarmament, delivered by Ms. Ray Acheson
- Disarmament education, delivered by Ms. Rachel Salcedo
- Sustainable development goals and disarmament, delivered by Mr. Baffour Amoa
- President of the General Assembly, Mr. Ambassador Peter Thomson
- High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Mr. Kim Won-soo
- Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament, Mr. Michael Møller
- Representative of the Director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mr. Xolisa Mabhongo
- Director of External Relations of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, Mr. Chen Kai
- Representative of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organisation, Mr. Patrick Grenard
- Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL), Mr. Ambassador Luiz Filipe de Macedo Soares
- Non-Aligned Movement, delivered by Mr. Ambassador Dian Triansyah Djani of Indonesia
- Brazil, Mr. Ambassador Antonio de Aguiar Patriota
- De-alerting group, delivered by Ms. Ambassador Eva Walder of Sweden
- Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), delivered by Venezuela (Mr.)
- New Agenda Coalition, delivered by Egypt (Mr.)
- Caribbean Community (CARICOM), delivered by Mr. Ambassador E. Courtenay Rattray
- New Zealand, Ms. Ambassador Dell Higgie
- Tunisia (Mr.)
- Chair of the open-ended working group on nuclear disarmament, Ambassador Thani Thongphakdi of Thailand
- Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), delivered by the Philippines (Ms.)
- African Group, delivered by Mr. Abel Adelakun Ayoko of Nigeria
- Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative, delivered by Germany
- Collective Security Treaty Organisation, delivered by Mr. Tigran Samvelian of Armenia
- Mexico, Mr. Ambassador Jorge Lomonaco
- Thailand, Ms. Pornprapai Ganjanarintr
- United States, Mr. Ambassador Robert A. Wood
- France, Mr. Louis Riquet
- Qatar (Mr.)
- Switzerland, Mr. Ambassador Frank Grütter
- Iraq (Mr.)
- Senegal (Mr.)
- Austria, Mr. Ambassador Thomas Hajnoczi
- Netherlands, Mr. Ambassador Henk Cor van der Kwast
- Malawi (Mr.)
- United Kingdom, Mr. Ambassador Matthew Rowland
- Sweden, Ms. Ambassador Eva Walder
- Pakistan, Ms. Ambassador Tehmina Janjua
- Bangladesh, Mr. Ambassador M Shameem Ahsan
- Israel, Ms. Miehal Sehayek-Soroka
- Costa Rica, Mr. Ambassador Juan Calos Mendoza
- India, Mr. Ambassador D.B. Venkatesh Varma
- Nordic states, delivered by Mr. Ambassador Einar Gunnarsson of Iceland
- South Africa, Mr. Michiel Combrink
- Sri Lanka (Mr)
- Germany, Mr. Ambassador Michael Biontiono
- Russian Federation (Mr.)
- Lao People's Democratic Republic, Ms. Moukdavanh Sisoulith
- Ireland, Ms. Helena Nolan
- Bulgaria, Mr. Ambassador Georgi Panayotov
- Viet Nam, Mr. Nguyen Doan Minh
- Brazil, Mr. Ambassador Antonio de Aguiar Patriota
- Peru
- Czech Republic, Mrs. Ambassador Marie Chatardová
- Myanmar, Mr. Ambassador U [-llin Lynn
- Republic of Korea (Mr.)
- New Zealand, Ms. Ambassador Dell Higgie
- Egypt (Mr.)
- Paraguay (Mr.)
- Poland (Mr.)
- Singapore, Mr. Benson Lin
- Venezuela (Mr.)
- Italy, Mr. Ambassador Vinicio Mati
- Australia, Mr. Ambassador John Quinn
- Ecuador, Mr. Fernando Luque (ES)
- Iran, Mr. Ali Robatjazi
- Algeria (Mr.)
- Romania (Ms.)
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Mr. Ri In Il
- Canada, Ms. Ambassador Rosmary McCarney
- Portugal, Mrs. Cristina Pucarinho
- Libya (Mr.)
- China (Mr.)
- United Arab Emirates (Mr.)
- Germany on behalf of a group of countries
- Norway and Netherlands, delivered by Mr. Knut Langeland of Norway
- Japan, Mr. Ambassador Toshio Sano
- Guatemala, Ms. Soledad Urruela Arenales
- Morocco (Mr)
- Spain
- Lithuania (Ms.)
- Turkey (Ms.)
- Colombia (Mr.)
- Palau, Mr. Ambassador Dr. Caleb Otto
- Mongolia on behalf of a group of countries, Mr. Ambassador Sukhee Sukhbold
- Indonesia, Mr. Ambassador Triyono Wibowo
- Norway, Mr. Knut Langeland
- Nigeria, Mr. Ambassador Abel Adelakun Ayoko
- Trinidad and Tobago, Ms. Charlene Roopnarine
- Holy See, Mr. Monseigneur Simon Kassas
Other weapons of mass destruction (WMD)
- Non-Aligned Movement, delivered by Indonesia (Ms.)
- Caribbean Community, delivered by Mr. Ambassador Keith Marshall of Barbados
- Collective Security Treaty Organisation, delivered by Belarus (Mr.)
- Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), delivered by Venezuela (Mr.) (ES)
- Arab Group, delivered by Tunisia (Mr.)
- European Union, Ms. Judit Koromi
- Nordic states, Mr. Magnus Hellgren
- France, Mr. Louis Riquet (FR)
- Canada, Ms. Ambassador Rosemary McCarney
- Hungary, Mr. Ambassador Dr Gyorgy Molnar
- United States, Mr. Ambassador Robert Wood
- India, Mr. Ambassador D.B. Venkatesh Varma
- Italy, Mr. Ambassador Vinicio Mati
- Japan, Mr. Ambassador Tashio Sano
- Pakistan, Ms. Ambassador Tehmina Janjua
- Netherlands, Mr. Ambassador Henk-Cor van der Kwast
- Poland, Mr. Marcin Wroblewski
- Russian Federation, Mr. Vladimir Yermakov
- South Africa (Ms.)
- United Kingdom, Mr. Guy Pollard
- Bangladesh, Mr. Ambassador M Shameem Ahsan
- Switzerland (Mr.)
- Australia, Mr. Ian McConville
- Ireland, Ms. Ambassador Patricia O'Brien
- Algeria (Ms.)
- Libya (Mr.)
- Mexico (Mr.)
- Egypt (Mr.)
- China (Mr.)
- Iran (Mr.)
- Spain, Mr. Julio Herraíz
- Republic of Korea (Mr.)
- Qatar (Mr.)
- Nigeria, Mr. Ambassador Abel Adelakun Ayoko
- Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), delivered by Venezuela (Mr.)
- Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), delivered by Mr. Joseph Teo of Singapore
- Arab Group, delivered by Tunisia (Mr.)
- European Union, Ms. Judit Koromi
- United States, Mr. Ambassador Robert Wood
- Canada, Ms. Ambassador Rosemary McCarney
- France, Ms. Ambassador Alice Guitton
- Russian Federation, Mr. Vladimir Yermakov
- Bangladesh (Mr.)
- Pakistan, Ms. Ambassador Tehmina Janjua
- Sri Lanka (Mr.)
- Switzerland, Mr. Laurent Masmejean
- Venezuela (Mr.)
- Italy, Mr. Ambassador Vinicio Mati
- Australia, Mr. Darren Hansen
- Myanmar, Mr. Ye Gyaw Mraanan
- Egypt (Mr.)
- Iran (Mr.)
- Malaysia (Mr.)
- Holy See (Mr.)
- Chair of the Sixth Biennial Meeting on Small Arms, Mr. Ambassador Courteney Rattray
- Non-Aligned Movement, delivered by Indonesia (Ms.)
- Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), delivered by Venezuela (Mr.)
- Chair of the Group of Governmental Experts on the UN Register on Conventional Arms, Mr. Ambassador Paul Beijer of Sweden
- Collective Security Treaty Organisation, delivered by Belarus (Mr.)
- Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), delivered by Mr. Nawin Chirapant of Thailand
- France on behalf of a group of states, Ms. Ambassador Alice Guitton (FR)
- European Union, Ms. Judit Koromi
- Caribbean Community (CARICOM), delivered by Ms. Ambassador Pennelope Beckles of Trinidad and Tobago
- Iraq (Mr.)
- Japan, Mr. Ambassador Toshio Sano
- United States, Mr. Tracy A. Hall
- Kuwait (Mr.)
- Mexico (Mr.)
- Russian Federation, Mr. Vladimir Yermakov
- Senegal (Mr.)
- Cuba (Mr.)
- Paraguay (Mr.)
- Cambodia, Mr. Ambassador Ry Tuy
- Jamaica, Mr. Ambassador Courteney E. Rattray
- India (Mr.)
- United Kingdom, Ms. Eleonora Saggese
- Ghana, Mrs. Ambassador Martha A. A. Pobee
- Chile (Mr.)
- Pakistan, Ms. Ambassador Tehmina Janjua
- Netherlands, Mr. Mark Versteden
- Germany (Mr.)
- Costa Rica (Mr.)
- South Africa, Ms. Chantelle Naidoo
- Israel, Ms. Maya Yaron
- Lao People's Democratic Republic, Mr. Soulikone Samounty
- Bangladesh (Mr.)
- Guatemala, Ms. Soledad Urruela Arenales
- Ireland, Ms. Ambassador Patricia O'Brien
- Czech Republic, Mr. Vaclav Balek
- Croatia, Mr. Ambassador Vladimir Drobnjak
- Switzerland, Ms. Ambassador Sabrina Dallafior
- France, Ms. Marie-Gaelle Robles (FR)
- Australia, Mr. Ambassador John Quinn
- Algeria, Mr. Abdelkarim Ait Abdeslam
- Finland, Mr. Kai Sauer
- Venezuela, Mr. Ambassador Rafael Ramirez
- Ukraine (Mr.)
- Mali, Mr. Ambassador Issa Konfourou
- Italy, Ms. Palma D’Ambrosio
- Singapore, Mr. Colonel Lim Tong Hai
- Libya (Mr.)
- New Zealand, Ms. Katy Donnelly
- Austria, Mr. Franz Josef Kuglitsch
- Nigeria, Mr. John Chika Ejinaka
- Egypt (Mr.)
- Latvia (Mr.)
- Niger, Mr. Issa Oumar
- Botswana, Mr. Nkoloi Nkoloi
- China (Mr.)
- Iran, Mr. Ali Robatjazi
- Morocco, Mr. Bouchaib Eloumni
- Zambia (Mr.)
- Sri Lanka (Mr.)
- Spain (Mr.)
- Sweden, Mr. Magnus Hellgren
- Ethiopia (Ms.)
- Fiji (Mr.)
- Canada, Mr. John Davidson
- Ecuador, Mr. Fernando Luque
- Norway, Mr. Knut Langeland
- Republic of Korea (Ms.)
- Turkey (Mr.)
- Saudi Arabia (Mr.)
- Malaysia (Ms.)
- Lithuania (Ms.)
- Colombia (Mr.)
- Burkina Faso, Ms. Ambassador Mariame Fofana
- Yemen (Mr.)
Other disarmament and security issues
- Non-Aligned Movement, delivered by Ms. Anggi Jenie of Indonesia
- Caribbean Community (CARICOM), delivered by Ms. Ambassador Pennelope Beckles of Trinidad and Tobago
- Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), delivered by Venezuela (Mr.) (ES)
- Arab Group, delivered by Tunisia (Mr.)
- India (Mr.)
- Pakistan, Mr. Usman Jadoon
- United States, Mr. Tracy A. Hall
- Netherlands (Ms.)
- Italy, Ms. Palma D’Ambrosio
- Venezuela (Mr.)
- Switzerland (Mr.)
- Paraguay (Mr.)
- Russian Federation, Mr. Vladimir Yarmakov (RU)
- Australia, Mr. Hyung-min Kim
- Algeria (Mr.)
- Singapore, Ms. Karin Chai
- Iran, Mr. Ali Robatjazi
- Fiji (Ms.)
- Cuba (Ms.)
- Trinidad and Tobago, Ms. Charlene Roopnarine
- Bangladesh (Mr.)
- Spain (Mr.)
Regional disarmament and security
- UN Office for Disarmament Affairs Regional Disarmament Branch, Mr. Xiaoyu Wang
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