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Conference on Disarmament (CD)
Sessions:
2008 | 2007
| 2006 | 2005 | 2004
| 2003 | 2002
| 2001 | 2000
RCW Publications:
• The CD Report
(current session) -
Weekly summary reports on who said what and its implications,
a free news service from RCW. (To subscribe, email info[at]reachingcriticalwill.org
with the subject line "subscribe cdreport".)
• RCW's Guide to the
CD (PDF, updated January 2008) - What is
the CD? How does it operate? What do they do and how can I
get involved?
Background information:
• Fact and Figures
- Basic background information about the world's lone body
for negotiating disarmament treaties
• The
Core Issues discussed in the CD
• Positions
Matrix - Who says what in the CD? Member States' positions
on the core issues of Fissile Material Treaty, Nuclear Disarmament,
Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space, Negative Security
Assurances and Programme of Work.
•CD Agenda
- What it is the CD is supposed to be working on.
• Membership in the CD- Who
is the CD? What countries have a say in this forum?
(CD
Delegations Directory)
•
Governmental Contact Information for UN Missions-
Got something to say to your government about what it is or
is not doing in Geneva? Use this handy database to contact
your representatives.
• Rules of Procedure
•A5 Proposed Agenda
(CD/1693/Rev1) - Five Ambassadors (from Belgium,
Algeria, Chile, Colombia, and Sweden) proposed an agenda which
would establish subsidiary bodies and ad hoc committees. The
A5 proposal enjoys broad, but not consensus, support.
•Shannon
Mandate (CD/1299)- The formerly agreed upon basis
of negotiations of a Fissile Materials Treaty.
Non-governmental perspectives:
• NGO Submissions
to the CD - Information for NGOs and civil society
organizations on submitting papers to the CD
• Analysis
from the Acronym Institute for Disarmament Diplomacy on the
CD- Good analysis on the CD from some of the
leading disarmament experts in the world.
• Why the CD Still Matters,
from David Atwood, NGO Committee on Disarmament, Geneva.
Conference on Disarmament
Sessions for 2008
During 2008, the rotating Presidency of the Conference will
be held by Tunisia,
Turkey, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, the United States, and
Venezuela.
| First Session:
January 21 - March 28
Second Session:
May 12 - June 27
Third Session:
July 28 - September 12 |
•Press Releases
•Statements to
the Conference
•Papers from the
Conference
•CD Reports
•Summary of Statements
by Topic
Conference on Disarmament
Sessions for 2007
During 2007, the rotating Presidency of the Conference will
be held by South Africa,
Sri Lanka, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Syria.
| First Session:
January 22 - March 30
Second Session:
May 14 - June 29
Third Session:
July 30- September 14 |
•Press Releases
•Statements to
the Conference
•Papers from the
Conference
•CD Reports
•Summary of Statements
by Topic
Conference on Disarmament
Sessions for 2006
During 2006, the rotating Presidency of the Conference will
be held by Poland,
the Republic of Korea, Romania, the Russian Federation, Senegal
and Slovakia.
| First Session:
January 23 - March 31
Second Session:
May 15 - June 30
Third Session:
July 31- September 15 |
•Press Releases
•Statements to
the Conference
•Papers from the
Conference
•CD Reports
•Summary of Statements
by Topic
| First Session:
January 24 - April 1
Second Session:
May 30 - July 15
Third Session:
August 8 - September 23 |
Conference on Disarmament
Sessions for 2005
During 2005, the rotating Presidency of the Conference will
be held by the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan
and Peru.
•Press Releases
•Statements to
the Conference
•CD Reports
•Summary of
Statements by Topic
Conference on Disarmament
Sessions for 2004
| First Session:
19 January to 26 March,
Second Session:
10 May to June 25
Third Session:
26 July- September 10 |
During 2004, the rotating Presidency of
the Conference was held by Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia,
Morocco and Myanmar.
•Draft Report
of the 2004 Session of the CD
•Statements to
the Conference
•Summary of Statements
by Topic
•CD Advisories
•Press Releases
Conference on
Disarmament Sessions for 2003
| First Session:
20 January to 28 March,
Second Session:
12 May to 27 June
Third Session:
28 July- 10 September |
•Statements to the Conference
on Disarmament
•CD Alert Emails, including Summary
of Statements by Topic
•Press
releases
Conference on Disarmament
2002
| First Session:
21 January to 28 March,
Second Session:
16 May to 28 June
Third Session:
31 July- 13 September |
•Statements to the Conference
on Disarmament
•Press Releases on the
Conference on Disarmament
Conference on
Disarmament 2001
Statements and press releases from
the CD
First Session: January 22 - March 30, 2001
Second Session: May 14 - June 29, 2001
Third Session: July 30 - September 14, 2001
Membership in the Conference
on Disarmament:
Currently, the membership of the CD consists of the following
65 member states:
Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belarus,
Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia,
Cuba, DPR Korea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ecuador,
Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Indonesia,
Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya,
Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, New
Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Republic of
Korea, Romania, Russian Federation, Senegal, Slovakia, South
Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tunisia,
Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States of America, Venezuela,
Viet Nam, Zimbabwe
The Conference invited the following non-Member States to participate
in its work in 2008:
Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Holy See, Iceland, Jordan, Kuwait, Latvia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mauritius, Montenegro, Moldova, Mozambique, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia, Sudan, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, United Arab Emirates,
Since 1982, 22 non-members requested membership: Greece, Croatia,
Kuwait, Portugal, Slovenia, the Czech Republic, Costa Rica,
Denmark, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Cyprus,
Lithuania, Ghana, Luxembourg, Uruguay, the Philippines, Azerbaijan,
the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Armenia, Thailand, Georgia, Jordan
and Estonia.
Groupings in the Conference
on Disarmament:
Western Group
Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Finland, France,
Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands,
New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Republic of Korea, Slovakia, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States.
Group of 21
Algeria, Bangladesh, Brazil, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Cuba,
DPR Korea, Democratic Rep. of Congo, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia,
India, Indonesia, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraq, Kenya, Malaysia,
Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru,
Senegal, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia,
Venezuela, Vietnam, Zimbabwe
Eastern European Group
Belarus, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Romania, Russian Federation,
Ukraine
Group of One
China
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