Statements

First Committee of the UN General Assembly 2017

Statements from First Committee 2017

General debate

Monday, 2 October

Chair of the First Committee, Mr. Mohammed Hussein Bahr Aluloom of Iraq
President of the General Assembly, Mr. Miroslav Lajčák
High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu
Non-Aligned Movement, delivered by Ambassador Ms. Ina H. Krisnamurthi of Indonesia
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), delivered by Ambassador Mr. Virachai Plasai of Thailand
Caribbean Community (CARICOM), delivered by Ambassador Ms. Pennelope Beckles of Trinidad and Tobago
African Group, delivered by Ambassador Mr. Professor Tijjani Muhammad-Sande of Nigeria
Arab Group, delivered by Ambassador Mr. Khaled Alyemany of Yemen
Nordic Countries, delivered by Ambassador Mr. Tore Hattrem of Norway
New Agenda Coalition, delivered by Ambassador Mr. Juan Sandoval Mendiolea of Mexico
European Union, Mr. Jacek Bylica
Mexico, Ambassador Mr. Juan Sandoval Mendiola
Germany, Ambassador Ms. Susannne Baumann
Chile, Ambassador Mr. Cristian Barros

Tuesday, 3 October

Peru, Ambassador Mr. Gustavo Meza-Cuadra
Brazil, Ambassador Mr. Mauro Vieira
United States, Ms. Anita E. Friedt
Jamaica, Ambassador Mr. Courtenay Rattray
Sweden, Ambassador Ms. Eva Walder
Honduras, Ms. Tatiana Zelaya
Israel, Mr. Alon Roth-Snir
Belarus, Mr. Nikolai Ovsyanko
Cuba, Ms. Mirtha Granda Averhoff
Philippines, Ambassador Mr. Teodoro L. Locsin
Austria, Mr. Robert Gerschner
Australia, Ambassador Ms. Gillian Bird
Ecuador, Ambassador Mr. Diego Morejon Pazmino
Netherlands, Ambassador Mr. Robbert Jan Gabrielse
Viet Nam, Ambassador Ms. Nguyen Phuong Nga
Norway, Ambassador Mr. Tore Hattrem
Argentina (Ms.)
South Africa, Ambassador Mr. Jerry Matthews Matjila

Wednesday, 4 October

Russian Federation, Ambassador Mr. Mikhail I. Ulyanov
Morocco (Mr.)
France, Ambassador Ms. Alice Guitton
Indonesia, Ambassador Mr. Dian Triansyah Djani
Thailand, Ambassador Mr. Nontawat Chandrtri
Egypt, Ambassador Mr. Amr Abdellatif Aboulatta
Lebanon, Ambassador Mr. Nawaf Salam
Ukraine, Mr. Serhiy Shutenko
Italy, Ambassador Mr. Vinico Mati
Iraq (Mr.)
Paraguay (Mr.)
Zambia (Ms.)
Kuwait, Mr. Talal Alfassam
Senegal (Mr.)
Guatemala, Ambassador Mr. Jorge Skinner-Klee
Qatar (Mr.)
Nigeria (Mr.)
Japan, Ambassador Mr. Nobushige Takamizawa

Thursday, 5 October

Belgium, Mr. Jeroen Cooreman
Mongolia, Ambassador Mr. Sukhee Sukhbold
Hungary (Mr.)
Tanzania, Ambassador Mr. Modest Jonathan Mero
Eritrea, Ms. Elsa Haile
Lao People's Democratic Republic, Ambassador Mr. Khiane Phansourivong
Switzerland, Ambassador Ms. Sabrina Dallafior
Algeria, Ambassador Mr. Sabri Boukadoum
Dominican Republic, Ambassador Mr. Francisco A. Cortorreal
Finland, Mr. Ilkka Rentola
Slovakia (Mr.)
Kenya (Ms.)

Friday, 6 October

United Kingdom, on behalf of France and the United States, Ambassador Mr. Matthew Rowland
Republic of Korea, Ambassador Mr. Cho Tae-yul
Angola, Ambassador Mr. Ismael Abraao Gaspar Martins
Georgia, Ambassador Mr. Kaha Imnadze
Colombia (Mr.)
China, Mr. Wang Qun
Sri Lanka, Ambassador Mr. Rohan Perera
Venezuela, Ambassdor Mr. Rafael Dario Ramirez Carreno
Spain (Mr.)
Libya, Ambassador Mr. Almhiji Almjbari
Nicaragua (Mr.)
Sudan (Mr.)
Haiti, Mr. Patrick Saint-Hilaire
Ghana (Mr.)
Botswana (Mr.)
New Zealand, Ambassador Ms. Dell Higgie
Trinidad and Tobago, Ambassador Ms. Penelope Beckles
United Arab Emirates, Ambassador Ms. Lana Nusseibeh
Maldives (Ms.)
United Kingdom, Ambassador Mr. Matthew Rowland
Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Ambassador Mr. Ja Song Nam

Monday, 9 October

El Salvador, Mr. Hector Jaime Calderon
India, Ambassador Amandeep Singh Gill
Cyprus, Ambassador Mr. Kornelios Korneliou
Portugal, Ms. Cristina Pucarinho
Saudi Arabia, Ambassador Abdallah Y. Al-Mouallimi
Namibia, Ambassador Mr. Neville Gertze
Syrian Arab Republic, Ambassador Mr. Bashar Ja'afari
Kazakhstan, Ambassador Mr. Yerbolat Sembayev
Turkey, Mr. Rauf Alp Denktas
Singapore (Mr.)
Bahrain, Ambassador Mr. Jamal Fares Alrowaiei
Costa Rica, Ambassador Mr. Juan Carlos Mendoza Garcia
Ireland, Ms. Jackie O'Halloran
Canada, Ambassador Ms. Rosemary McCarney
Panama, Ambassador Ms. Laura Elena Flores Herrera
Nepal, Ambassador Mr. Durga Prasad Bhattarai
Jordan, Mr. Muaz Al Otoom
Bulgaria, Ambassador Mr. Georgi Panayotov
Poland, Mr. Marcin Wroblewski

Tuesday, 10 October

Iran, Ambassador Gholamali Khoshroo
Congo (Mr.)
Central African Republic (Mr.)
Malaysia, Ambassador Muhammad Shahrul Ikram Yaakob
Uzbekistan (Mr.)
Armenia (Mr.)
Timor Leste (Mr.)
San Marino, Ms. Natascia Bartolini
Cote d'Ivoire (Mr.)
Tunisia (Mr.)
Afghanistan (Mr.)
Pakistan (Mr.)
Liechtenstein (Mr.)
Myanmar, Ambassador Mr. Htin Lynn
Uruguay (Mr.)
Ethiopia (Ms.)
Brunei Darussalam (Ms.)
Burkina Faso (Ms.)
Albania (Mr.)
Fiji (Mr.)
Kyrgyzstan (Mr.)
Estonia (Ms.)
Collective Security Treaty Organisation (Mr.)
Slovenia (Ms.)
Bangladesh (Mr.)
Holy See, Archbishop Mr. Bernardito Auza
Tajikistan (Mr.)
Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL), Ambassador Mr. Luiz Filipe de Macedo Soares
Palestine, Mr. Majed Bamya
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) (Mr.)
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Ms. Kathleen Lawand
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organisation (CTBTO) (Mr.)
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), Mr. Tim Wright
BioWeapons Prevention Project, Ms. Marie Chevrier
Control Arms, Ms. Anna Macdonald
Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, Ms. Mary Wareham
Joint statement on armed drones, Ms. Sophia Wistehube of Human Rights Clinic at Columbia Law School
International Network on Explosive Weapons, Ms. Sahr Muhammedally
International Campaign to Ban Landmines, Ms. Elizabeth Minor
Cluster Munition Coalition, Ms. Elizabeth Minor
Statement on incendiary weapons, Ms. Marta Kosmyna of Human Rights Watch
Joint statement on gender and disarmament, Ms. Emily Welty of the International Peace Research Association
Joint statement on cyber, Ms. Allison Pytlak of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
Statement on outer space, Ms. Alice Slater of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
Joint statement on nuclear perils, Mr. John Burroughs of Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy
International Action Network on Small Arms, Ms. Rose Welsch

Panel discussion

Wednesday, 11 October

High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu
Director-General, United Nations Office at Geneva, Mr. Michael Møller
Director-General, International Atomic Energy Association, Mr.
Head of Chemistry and Safety Inspectorate Division, Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, Mr. Gareth Williams
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organisation, Mr.
Secretary-General, Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean, Mr. Luiz Filipe de Macedo Soare

Joint First and Fourth Committee session

Thursday, 12 October

Thematic Debate

Nuclear weapons

Wednesday, 11 October

Non-Aligned Movement, delivered by Indonesia
New Agenda Coalition, delivered by Ambassador Mr. Juan Sandoval Mendiolea of Mexico
De-alerting Group, delivered by Ambassador Ms. Eva Walder of Sweden
Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN), delivered by Viet Nam (Ms)
African Group, delivered by Egypt (Mr.)
Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative (NPDI), delivered by Ambassador Mr. John Quinn, Australia
Caribbean Community (CARICOM), delivered by Ambassador Mr. Courtenay Rattray, Jamaica
Group of 29 States, delivered by Ambassador Mr. John Quinn, Australia
Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), delivered by Argentina (Mr.)
Arab Group, delivered by Ambassador Mr. Marwan Aldobhany, Yemen

Thursday, 12 October

Chair of the negotiations for the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, Ambassador Ms. Elayne Whyte Gomez of Costa Rica
Mexico (Mr.)
Ireland, Ms. Jenny Quinn
United States, Ambassador Mr. Robert Wood
Austria, Mr. George-Wilhelm Gallhofer
Cuba, Ms. Mirta Granda Averhof
Sweden, Ambassador Ms. Eva Walder
Switzerland, Ambassador Ms. Sabrina Dellafior
Belarus, Mr. Nikolai Ovsyanko
Republic of Korea, Ambassador Mr. Kim In-chul
Japan, Ambassador Mr. Nobushige Takamizawa
Kazakhstan (Mr.)
Australia, Ambassador Mr. John Quinn
India, Ambassador Mr. Amandeep Singh Gill
Canada, Ambassador Ms. Rosemary McCarney
Norway, Mr. Knut Langeland
Myanmar, (Mr.)
Paraguay (Mr.)
Egypt (Mr.)
Senegal (Mr.)
Ecuador, Mr. Fernando Luque Marquez
Maldives (Ms.)
Malawi (Mr.)
Germany, Ambassador Mr. Michael Biontino
Singapore (Ms.)
Costa Rica (Mr.)
Latvia (Mr.)

Friday, 13 October

Report from the Chair of the High Level FMCT Expert Preparatory Group, Ambassador Ms. Heidi Hulan of Canada
Bangladesh (Mr.)
China (Mr.)
Israel (Mr.)
Finland (Mr.)
Brazil (Mr.)
Guatemala (Mr.)
South Africa (Ms.)
Lao PDR (Mr.)
Indonesia (Mr.)
Iraq (Mr.)
Samoa (Mr.)
Spain (Ms.)
Pakistan (Mr.)
Cape Verde (Ms.)
Hungary (Mr.)
Netherlands (Mr.)
Algeria (Mr.)
United Arab Emirates (Mr.)
Venezuela (Mr.)
Portugal (Ms.)
Thailand (Mr.)
New Zealand (Ms.)
Italy (Mr.)

Monday, 16 October

Poland, Mr. Marcin Wroblewski
France, Ambassador Ms. Alice Guitton
Russian Federation, Ambassador Mr. Mikhail Ulyanov [in Russian]
Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Ambassador Mr. Kim In Ryong
Peru (Mr.)
Qatar (Mr.)
United Kingdom, Ambassador Mr. Matthew Rowland
Zambia (Mr.)
Comoros (Mr.)
Lithuania (Mr.)
Nepal, Mr. Bharat Raj Paudyal
Sudan (Mr.)
Czech Republic, Ambassador Ms. Marie Chatardová
Turkey (Mr.)
Ghana (Mr.)
Bulgaria, Ms. Lachezara Stoeva
El Salvador (Mr.)
Iran (Mr.)
Holy See, Archbishop Mr. Bernardito Auza

Other weapons of mass destruction

Monday, 16 October

President of the Biological and Toxins Weapons Convention (BTWC), Hungary (Mr.)
Non-Aligned Movement, delivered by Mr. Danny Rahdiansyah of Indonesia
Nordic Countries, delivered by Mr. Jerzy Makarowski of Sweden
Arab Group, delivered by Yemen (Mr.)
Caribbean Community (CARICOM), delivered by Guyana (Mr.)
Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO), delivered by Belarus (Mr.)
Switzerland, Ambassador Ms. Sabrina Dallafior
Mexico (Ms.)
European Union, Ms. Judit Körömi
United States, Ambassador Ms. Robert Wood
Australia, Ms. Vanessa Wood
India, Ambassador Mr. Amandeep Singh Gill
Paraguay (Ms.)
Turkey, Mr. Rauf Alp Denktas
Cuba, Ms. Anayansi Rodriguez Camejo
Egypt, Mr. Bassem Hassan
Germany, Ambassador Mr. Michael Biontino
Bangladesh (Mr.)
Canada, Ambassador Ms. Rosemary McCarney
Ecuador, Mr. Fernando Luque Marquez
France, Ambassador Ms. Alice Guitton
Japan, Ambassador Mr. Nobushige Takamizawa
Indonesia, Mr. Danurdoro K.M. Parnohadiningrat
Thailand, Ms. Maratee Nalita Andamo
China, Mr. Wang Chang
Poland, Mr. Marcin Kawalowski
Ireland, Ambassador Mr. Michael Gaffey
United Kingdom (Mr.)
Pakistan, Ambassador Mr. Farukh Amil
Algeria, Mr. Mustapha Abbani
Netherlands, Mr. Niels Hanje
Republic of Korea, Ambassador Mr. Kim In-chul
Myanmar (Mr.)
Oman (Mr.)
Spain, Ambassador Mr. Julio Herráiz
Nepal, Mr. Surendra Thapa
Italy (Mr.)
Argentina (Ms.)

Tuesday, 17 October

Outer space

Tuesday, 17 October

Non-Aligned Movement, delivered by Indonesia (Ms.)
Arab Group, delivered by Yemen (Mr.)
European Union, Ms. Judit Körömi
Collective Security Treaty Organisation (Mr.)
Switzerland, Ambassador Ms. Sabrina Dallafior
Kazakhstan (Mr.)
United States (Mr.)
Australia, Mr. Darren Hansen
Japan, Ambassador Mr. Nobushige Takamizawa
Paraguay (Mr.)
Norway, Mr. Erik B. Husem
Egypt (Mr.)
Pakistan, Ambassador Mr. Farukh Amil
Algeria (Mr.)
Russian Federation, Mr. Vladimir Yermakov
France, Ambassador Ms. Alice Guitton
Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Ambassador Mr. Kim In Ryong
South Africa, Mr. Shuaib Mahomed
Cuba (Ms.)
China (Mr.)
Bangladesh (Mr.)
Republic of Korea (Mr.)
Myanmar, Ambassador Mr. Htin Lynn
Indonesia (Mr.)
Italy, Ambassador Mr. Vinicio Mati
Venezuela (Mr.)
United Kingdom (Mr.)
El Salvador (Mr.)
Argentina (Mr.)
Iran (Mr.)
Holy See (Mr.)

Conventional weapons

Wednesday, 18 October

Report from the CCW Review Conference, delivered by Pakistan (Mr.)
Non-Aligned Movement, delivered by Indonesia (Mr.)
Nordic Countries, delivered by Ms. Petra Paasilinna of Finland
Caribbean Community (CARICOM), delivered by Ambassador Mr. Rudolph Michael Ten-Pow of Guyana
African Group, delivered by Egypt (Mr.)
European Union, delivered by Ms. Judit Koromi
Switzerland, Ambassador Ms. Sabrina Dallafior
Austria, Ambassador Mr. Thomas Hajnoczi
Italy, Ambassador Mr. Vinicio Mati
Australia, Mr. Hugh Watson
Japan, Ambassador Mr. Nobushige Takamizawa
India (Mr.)
France, Ambassador Ms. Alice Guitton
Paraguay (Mr.)
United Kingdom (Ms.)
United States, Ambassador Mr. Robert Wood
Egypt (Mr.)
Senegal (Mr.)
Guatemala (Mr.)
Mexico (Ms.)
Germany, Ambassador Mr. Michael Biontino
Costa Rica (Mr.)
Jamaica, Ambassador Mr. Courtenay Rattray
Haiti, Mr. Patrick Saint-Hilaire
Bangladesh (Mr.)
Netherlands, Mr. Maarten Broekhof
Republic of Korea, Ms. Seo Eunji
Norway, Mr. Knut Langeland

Friday, 20 October

Report from the GGE on military expenditure, delivered by Romania (Mr.)
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Mr. Nawin Chirapant of Thailand
Ireland, Ambassador Mr. Michael Gaffey
Pakistan (Mr.)
Canada, Ambassador Ms. Rosemary McCarney
South Africa, Mr. Shuaib Mahomed
Cuba (Ms.)
Singapore, Colonel Mr. Lim Tong Hai
Sri Lanka (Ms.)
Ecuador, Mr. Fernando Luque Marquez
Lao People's Democratic Republic, Ms. Somsanouk Keobounsan
Trinidad and Tobago, Ms. Charlene Roopnarine
Algeria, Mr. Abdelkarim Ait Abdeslam
Russian Federation, Mr. Vladimir Yermakov [in Russian]
China (Mr.)
Spain, Mr. Julio Herraiz Espana
Ghana, Mr. Daniel Okaiteye
Guinea (Mr.)
Togo, Mr. Tchakpide Ouro-Bodi
Turkey (Mr.)
Israel (Mr.)
Zambia, Ambassador Mr. Lazarous Kapambwe
Ukraine (Mr.)
Myanmar (Mr.)
Lithuania (Ms.)
Sudan (Mr.)
New Zealand, Ms. Katy Donnelly
Samoa, Ambassador Mr. Aliioaiga Feturi Eusaia
Colombia (Mr.)

Monday, 23 October

Other disarmament issues

Monday, 23 October

Report from Chair of GGE on information and communications technology, Mr. Karsten Geier, Germany
Non-Aligned Movement, delivered by Indonesia (Mr.)
Arab Group, delivered by Yemen (Mr.)
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), delivered by Mr. Joseph Teo, Singapore
European Union, Ms. Judit Körömi
Caribbean Community (CARICOM), delivered by Mr. Dr. Walton Webson of Antigua and Barbuda
Switzerland, Ambassador Ms Sabrina Dallafior [in French]
Canada (Mr.) [in French]
United States, Ms. Rachel Hicks
India, Ambassador Mr. Amandeep Singh Gill
Paraguay (Mr.)

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