Statements

First Committee of the UN General Assembly 2018

Statements from First Committee 2018

GENERAL DEBATE

Monday, 8 October

Chair of the First Committee, H.E. Mr. Ion Jinga of Romania
High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu
Non-Aligned Movement, delivered by H.E. Ms. Ina H. Krisnamurthi of Indonesia
President of the General Assembly, H.E. Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés
Nordic Countries, delivered by H.E. Mr. Tore Hattrem of Norway
New Agenda Coalition, deliverd by H.E. Mr. Jerry Matjila of South Africa
African Group, delivered by H.E. Mr. Omar Hilale of Morocco
Caribbean Community (CARICOM), delivered by H.E. Ms. Pennelope Beckles of Trinidad and Tobago
Arab Group, delivered by H.E. Mr. Mohamed Edrees of Egypt
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), delivered by H.E. Mr. Teodoro L. Locsin Jr. of Philippines
European Union, delivered by Mr. Jacek Bylica, Special Envoy for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament
Mexico, H.E. Mr. Juan Sandoval
Iraq, H.E. Mr. Mohammed Hussein Bahr Aluloom
Austria, H.E. Thomas Hajnoczi

Wednesday, 10 October

Wednesday, 17 October

Canada (Ms.)
Botswana (Mr.)
Ecuador (Mr.)
Côte d'Ivoire (Mr.)
Tunisia (Mr.)
Israel (Mr.)
Serbia (Mr.)
Romania (Mr.)
Myanmar (Mr.)
Cameroon (Mr.)
Burkina Faso (Ms.)
Timor-Leste (Mr.)
Sri Lanka (Mr.)
Algeria (Mr.)
Honduras (Ms.)
Switzerland (Ms.)
Morocco (Mr.)
Holy See (Mr.)
Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL) (Mr.)
Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organisation (CTBTO) (Mr.)
Palestine (Mr.)
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) (Ms.)

CIVIL SOCIETY PRESENTATIONS

Wednesday, 17 October

Joint statement on humanitarian disarmament, delivered by Ms. Alma Al-Osta of Humanity and Inclusion
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), delivered by Mr. Carlos Umana
Western States Legal Foundation and Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy, delivered by Ms. Jaqueline Cabasso
Statement on biological weapons, delievered by Ms. Katrin Geyer, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA), delivered by Ms. Natalie Goldring
International Campaign to Ban Landmines, delivered by Mr. Morgan McKenna
Cluster Munition Coalition, delivered by Mr. Morgan McKenna
Control Arms Coaltion, delivered by Mr. Victor Amisi
Statement on incendiary weapons by Human Rights Watch, delivered by Ms. Roos Boer, PAX
International Network on Explosive Weapons (INEW), delivered by Ms. Laura Boillot
Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, delivered by Mr. Peter Asaro
Joint statement on armed drones, delivered by Ms. Mitzi Austero, Nonviolence International Southeast Asia
Joint statement on cyber and human security, delivered by Ms. Allison Pytlak, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
Joint statement on outer space, delivered by Mr. Cesar Jaramillo, Project Ploughshares
Joint statement on gender, delivered by Ms. Gabriella Irsten, WILPF-Sweden
Joint statement on depleted uranium, delivered by Mr. Wim Zwijnenburg, International Campaign to Ban Uranium Weapons
Joint statement on environmental impacts of conflict, delivered by Mr. Doug Weir, Toxic Remnants of War Network
Joint statement on disarmament education, delivered by Ms. Terrie Soule and Ms. Sydney Korman, Pace University
Joint statement on chemical weapons

PANEL DISCUSSION

Wednesday, 18 October

High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu
Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament (Mr.)
International Committee of the Red Cross, delivered by Mr. Robert Mardini
UN Peacebuilding Fund (Mr.)
Executive Director of the Secretary-General's High Level Panel on Digital Cooperation, Ambassador Mr. Amandeep Singh Gill
Director of UNIDIR, Ms. Renata Dwan
Secretary-General of OPANAL, Ambassador Mr. Amb. Luiz Filipe de Macedo Soares

BRIEFING BY CHAIRPERSONS OF GROUP OF GOVERNMENTAL EXPERTS (GGE)

Wednesday, 18 October

THEMATIC DEBATE : NUCLEAR WEAPONS

Thursday 18 October

Non-Aligned Movement, delivered by Indonesia (Ms.)
African Group, delivered by Morocco (Mr.)
League of Arab States, delivered by Egypt (Mr.)
New Agenda Coalition, delivered by South Africa (Mr.)
De-alerting Group, delivered by New Zealand (Ms.)
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), delivered by Thailand (Ms.)
Joint statement on behalf of 28 countries, delivered by Australia
Non-proliferation and Dsarmament Initiative (NPDI), delivered by the Philippines
European Union

Friday, 19 October

Report from the Chair of the of High-level Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty Expert Preparatory Group, H.E. Ms. Heidi Hulan, Canada
CARICOM, delivered by H.E. Mr. Courtney Rattray, Jamaica
Mexico, H.E. Ms. Socorro Flores
India (Mr.)
United States, H.E. Mr. Robert Wood
Paraguay (Mr.)
Switzerland, H.E. Ms. Sabrina Dallafior
Canada (Ms.)
Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Mr.)
Pakistan (Mr.)
Egypt (Mr.)
Latvia (Mr.)
Singapore (Ms.)
Peru (Mr.)
Cuba (Ms.)
Sweden (Ms.)
South Africa (Mr.)
Belarus (Mr.)
Lao PDR (Mr.)
Ireland (Mr.)
Italy (Mr.)
Ghana (Mr.)
El Salvador (Mr.)
Japan (Mr.)
Germany (Mr.)
Maldives (Ms.)

Monday, 22 October

Costa Rica (Ms.)
Nepal (Mr.)
France (Mr.)
Algeria (Mr.)
Austria (Ms.)
Viet Nam (Mr.)
New Zealand (Ms.)
Kazakhstan (Mr.)
Poland (Mr.)
Indonesia (Mr.)
Norway (Ms.)
Iraq (Mr.)
Turkey (Ms.)
Portugal (Mr.)
Argentina (Mr.)
Netherlands (Mr.)
Venezuela (Mr.)
Australia (Ms.)
Republic of Korea (Mr.)
Madagascar (Ms.)
Finland (Mr.)
Sudan (Mr.)
Zambia (Mr.)
Brazil (Mr.)
Spain (Ms.)
Myanmar (Mr.)
China (Mr.)
United Kingdom (Mr.)
Czech Republic (Mr.)
Bangladesh (Mr.)
Malaysia (Mr.)
Haiti (Mr.)
Hungary (Mr.)
Thailand (Ms.)
Joint statement by China, Russia, France, United States, and United Kingdom, delivered by the United Kingdom (Mr.)
United Arab Emirates (Ms.)
Russian Federation (Mr.)
Democratic Republic of the Congo (Mr.)
Iran (Mr.)
Senegal (Mr.)
Guyana (Ms.)
Bulgaria (Mr.)
Israel (Ms.)
eSwatini (Mr.)
Philippines (Mr.)
Ukraine (Mr.)
Trinindad and Tobago (Ms.)
Kyrgyzstan (Ms.)
Holy See (Mr.)
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) (Mr.)

OTHER WMD

Monday, 22 October

Tuesday, 23 October

Wednesday, 24 October

Turkey (Ms.)
Argentina (Mr.)
Australia (Ms.)
Thailand (Ms.)
Syria (Mr.)
Brazil (Mr.)
Spain (Ms.)
Myanmar (Mr.)
Italy (Mr.)
Bangladesh (Mr.)
China (Mr.)
United Kingdom (Mr.)
El Salvador (Mr.)
Malaysia (Mr.)
Republic of Korea (Mr.)
Russian Federation (Mr.)
Philippines (Mr.)
Iran (Mr.)
Lithuania (Ms.)
Austria (Ms.)
Netherlands (Ms.)
International Partnership Against Impunity for the Use of Chemical Weapons, delivered by France (Mr.)

OUTER SPACE

Tuesday, 23 October

Wednesday, 24 October

Egypt (Mr.)
Cuba (Ms.)
South Africa (Mr.)
Paraguay (Mr.)
Kazakhstan (Mr.)
African Group, delivered by Morocco (Mr.)
Nepal (Mr.)
France (Mr.)
Algeria (Mr.)
Pakistan (Mr.)
Indonesia (Mr.)
Venezuela (Mr.)
Australia (Ms.)
Nigeria (Mr.)
Myanmar (Ms.)
Italy (Mr.)
China (Mr.)
United Kingdom (Mr.)
Republic of Korea (Mr.)
Russian Federation (Mr.)
Japan (Mr.)
Sri Lanka (Mr.)
Namibia (Mr.)
Iran (Mr.)
Malaysia (Mr.)
Malawi (Mr.)
Bangladesh (Mr.)
Ecuador (Mr.)
Holy See (Mr.)

CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS

Wednesday, 24 October

Thursday, 25 October

African Group, delivered by Morocco (Ms.)
Nordic Countries, delivered by Finland (Mr.)
Caribbean Community, delivered by Guyana (Mr.)
European Union (Mr.)
Joint statement on behalf of 50 countries, on the use of explosive weapons with wide area effects, delivered by Ireland (Ms.)
Latvia (Mr.)
Honduras (Ms.)
United States (Mr.)
Switzerland (Ms.)
Egypt (Mr.)
Canada (Ms.)
Paraguay (Mr.)
Jamaica (Ms.)