Statements and Other Documents from the 2003 Session of the CD

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Statements and other documents from the 2003 Session of the Conference on Disarmament

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Draft Report of the 2003 Conference on Disarmament

Statements from the Third Session: 28 July to 10 September

9 September

Final Statement by President, Kuniko Inoguchi
Deputy Head of Mission Biodun Owoseni (Nigeria)

4 September

Minister of Foreign Affairs Yoriko Kawaguchi (Japan)
Ambassador David Broucher (United Kingdom)
Ambassador Francois Rivasseau (France)
Ambassador Chung Eui-Yong (Republic of Korea)

2 September

Deputy Foreign Minister Kim Traavik (Norway)
Ambassador Shaukat Umer (Pakistan)

India, Iran (not available)

28 August

Ambassador Michael Smith (Australia)
Ambassador Prasad Kariyawasam (Sri Lanka)

21 August

Ambassador Kuniko Inoguchi (Japan- president)
Ambassador Carlos Antonio Paranhos (Brazil) (not available)
Mr. Peter Goosen, Chief Director of Peace and Security (South Africa)
Ambassador Marcelo Marcelo Valle Fonrouge (Argentina)

14 August

Ambassador Petru Dumitriu (Romania)
Ambassador Carlo Trezza (Italy) (closing remarks as President)
Ambassador Kuniko Inoguchi (Japan)
Working paper on FMCT submitted by Japan

7 August

Ambassador Hu Xiaodi (China)
Ambassador Carlo Trezza (EU)
Ambassador Nugroho Wisnumurti (Indonesia)

31 July

Ambassador Leonid A. Skotnikov (Russia)
Ambassador Kuniko Inoguchi (Japan)
European Union Declaration of Non-Proliferation of WMD (Thesseloniki Declaration)
Revised working paper on PAROS, submitted by Russia and China CD/1679
Serbia/Montenegro, (observer State) Algeria, Italy, China (not available)

Statements from Second Session: 13 May to 27 June

26 June

Ambassador Christopher Westdal (Canada)- farewell speech
Ambassador Jean Lint (Belgium )-(French only) farwell speech
Ambassador Camilo Reyes Rodriguez (Colombia) (Spanish only)- farewell speech
Ambassador Henrik Salander (Sweden)- farewell speech

Algeria, Finland, Japan (not available)

19 June

Ambassador Christian Faessler (Switzerland) French only
Ambassador Anda Cristina Filip (Romania)
Ambassador Chung Eui-Yong (Republic of Korea)

Poland, Netherlands, France, Norway (not available)

2 June

Ambassador Kjetil Paulsen (Norway)
Ambassador Michael Smith (Australia)
Ambassador David Broucher (United Kingdom)

Kenya, Argentina (not available)

5June

Mr. Sherwood McGinnis (USA)
Ambassador Gustavo Abin (Mexico) (in Spanish only)
Ambassador Kuniko Inoguchi (Japan)
A mbassador Hubert de la Fortelle (France) (in French only)

Russia (not available)

22 May

Ambassador Riaz H. Khokhar (Pakistan)
Ambassador Tim Caughley (New Zealand, on behalf of the New Agenda)

15 May

Rules governing the participation of non-governmental organizations in disarmament conferences (including Note by the President)
Ambassador Kuniko Inoguchi (Japan)

Statements from First Session: 20 January to 28 March

27 March

Summary of final plenary
Ambassador Christian Faessler (Switzerland) (in French)
Ambassador Anda Filip (Romania)
Ambassador David Broucher (UK)
Ambassador Aljaz Gosnar (Slovenia)
Erikas Petrikas, Representative of Lithuania (not available)

20 March

Ambassador Kuniko Inoguchi (Japan)
Ambassador Murat Esenli (Turkey)
Ambassador Mary Whelan (Ireland)
Ambassador Jean Lint (Belgium) (in French)
Ambassador Naela Gabr (Egypt) (in Arabic)
Ambassador Dimiter Tzantchev (Bulgaria)

13 March

Concluding remarks by the outgoing President of the CD Ambassador Djismun Kasri (Indonesia)
Ambassador Anna C. Mohamed (Kenya)

6 March
NGO Statement on Gender and Disarmament (WILPF & NGO Committee on the Status of Women- Working Group on Peace)
President's response to the NGO Statement (Indonesia)
Ambassador Hu Xiaodi (China)
Ambassador Naela Gabr (Egypt)
Deputy Ambassador Kjetil Paulsen (Norway)
Ambassador Chris Sanders (Netherlands)

Summary of plenary

27 February

Press Release
Ambassador Michael Smith (Australia)
Ambassador Chris Sanders (Netherlands)
Ambassador Jean Lint (Belgium)
Ambassador Rajmah Hussain (Malaysia)
Ambassador Christopher Westdal (Canada)
Ambassador Kuniko Inoguchi (Japan)
Ambassador Mykhailo Skuratovskyi (Ukraine)
Ambassador Luigi Scotto (Italy)
Ambassador Anda Filip (Romania)
Ambassador Khasbazaryn Bekhbat (Mongolia)
Deputy Permanent Representative Murat Esenli (Turkey)
Apirat Sugondhabhirom (Thailand)

23 February

Summary of Five Ambassadors (A5) Proposal for Agenda

20 February

Ambassador Ivan Mora Godoy (Cuba)
Ambassador Kuniko Inoguchi (Japan)

13 February

Summary, including Iraq and DPRK responses to US statement
Stephen G. Rademaker, Assistant Secretary of State (United States) for Arms Control
Ambassador Wolfgang Petritsch (Austria) (not available)

30 January

Statements not yet available see: http://www.unog.ch/news2/documents/newsen/dc0306e.htm

Press Release: Conference on Disarmament Debates Middle East, North Korean Withdrawal from Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Other Topics.
Ambassador Wolfgang Petritsch (Austria) on behalf of the Human Security Network
Ambassador Yaakov Levy (Israel)
Ambassador Dr. Mohammad Reza Alborzi (Islamic Republic of Iran) on behalf of the Group of 21.
Ambassador Chris Sanders (Netherlands)
Ambassador Jorge Voto-Bernales (Peru)

28 January

Ambassador Angelo Persiani (Italy)
Ambassador Chris Sanders (Netherlands)

23 January

Plenary 2

Ambassador Kanwal Sibal, (India) (pdf)
Ambassador Jean Lint (Belgium) Proposal of program of work, (a.k.a. The Five Ambassador's- A5- Proposal)

January 22

Ambassador Jorge Voto-Bernales

21 January

Plenary 1

Secretary-General Kofi Annan's statement to the Conference

16 January

Press Release on Opening of Conference

Agenda for 2003 Session (pdf)

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