Statements from First Committee 2006

General Debate

Monday, October 2

• Chair, Ambassador Mona Juul (Norway)
• Under Secretary General, UN Department for Disarmament Affairs, Mr. Nobuaki Tanaka
• Norway, Mr. Kjetil Skogrand
• Bangladesh, Mr. Reaz Rahman
• New Agenda Coalition(statement delivered by Egypt), Mr. Sameh Shoukry
• Non-Aligned Movement(statement delivered by Indonesia), Mr. Rezlan Ishar Jenie
• EU(statement delivered by Finland), Mr. Kari Kahiluoto
• Mexico, Mr. Pablo Macedo
• Argentina, Mr. Cesar Mayoral
• People's Republic of China, Mr. Cheng Jingye
• Switzerland, Mr. Jurg Streuli
• Brazil, Mr. Ronaldo Mota Sardenberg
• Japan, Mr. Yoshiki Mine
• New Zealand (Word document), Mr. Don Mackay
• Russian Federation, Mr. A.I. Antonov

Tuesday, October 3

• Non-Aligned Movement, (statement delivered by Indonesia) Mr. Rezlan Ishar Jenie 
• Mongolia, Mr. Bataar Choisuren 
• Colombia, Mrs. Claudia Blum 
• Australia, Hon. Mr. Bruce Baird 
• Kenya, Mr. Zachary Dominic Muburi-Muita 
• African Group(statement delivered by Nigeria), Mr. Chuka Chidebeleze Udedibia
• Kuwait, Mr. Abdullah Al-Murad
• Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Mr. Ali A. Berbash
• Eritrea, Mrs. Elsa Haile
• Iraq,  Mr. Hamid Al Bayati
• Senegal, Mr. Paul Badji (only available in French)
• Phillipines, Mr. Bayani S. Mercado 
• Iceland, Mr. Hjalmar W. Hannesson
• United Arab Emirates, Mr. Abdulaziz Nasser R. Al-Shamsi

Wednesday, October 4

• Kazakhstan, Mr, Yerzhan Kh. Kazykhanov
• Cuba, Mr. Rodrigo Malmierca Diaz
• Egypt, Mr. Maged A. Abdelaziz (only available in Arabic)
• Republic of Belarus, Mr. Igor Fissenko
• Viet Nam, Mr. Hoang Chi Trung
• Republic of Korea, Mr. Choi Young-jin
• Tunisia, Mr. Mokhtar Chaouachi
• Venezuela, Mr. Francisco Javier Arias Cardenas (only available in Spanish)
• Singapore, Mr. Loke Seow Lay
• Qatar, Mr. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser
• Dominican Republic, Mr. Erasmo Lara-Pena (only available in Spanish)
• South Africa, Mrs. Glaudine Mtshali
• Turkey, Mr. Kerim Uras
• Algeria, Mr. Youcef Yousfi (only available in French)
• Japan, Mr. Yoshiki Mine 

Thursday, October 5

• Israel, Ms. Miriam Ziv
• Morocco, Mr. Lofti Bouchaara
• Bolivia, Ms. Maria Alicia Terrazas Ontiveros
• United States of America, Mrs. Christine B. Rocca
• Burkina Faso, Mr. Michael Kafando
• El Salvador, Mr. Cesar E. Martinez Flores
• Pakistan, Mr. Masood Khan (only available in Arabic)
• Myanmar, Mr. Thaung Tun
• Carribbean Community(statement delivered by Trinidad and Tobago), Mr. Philip Sealy
• Lebanon, Ms. Reina Charbel (only available in Arabic)
• Sudan, Mr. Abdul Hahmoud (only available in Arabic)
• San Marino, Mr. Daniele D. Bodini
• Saudi Arabia, Mr. Ehab M. Al-Najjar (only available in Arabic)
• Jamaica, Ms. Vilma McNish
• Southern African Development Community (statement delivered by Lesotho), Mr. Lebohang Fine Maema
• Fiji, Mr. Sainivalati Navoti
• Holy See, Archbishop Celestino Migliore

Friday, October 6

• Nepal, Mr. Nava Raj Subedi
• Ghana, Mr. Nana Effah-Apenteng
• Nigeria, Mr. Simeon A. Adekanye
• Asean (statement delivered by Myanmar), Mr. Thaung Tun
• Syrian Arab Republic, Mr. Bashar Ja'afari (only available in Arabic)
• Cambodia, Mr. Chem Widhya
• Lao People's Democratic Republic, Mr. Alounkeao Kittikhoun
• Canada, Mr. Eric Walsh
• Thailand, Mrs. Khunying Laxanachantorn Laohaphan
• Tanzania, Mr. Augustine P. Mahiga
• Oman, Mr. Saleh Arafa Astanbooli
• India, Mr. Balasaheb B. Batil (also see India's Working Paper on Nuclear Disarmament)
• Cameroon, Mr. Martin Belinga-Eboutou (only available in French)
• Armenia, Mr. Armen Martirosyan
• Serbia, Mr. Pavle Jevremovic

Monday, October 9
Morning Session

• Albania, Mr. Lublin Dilja
• Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Mr. Desalegn Alemu
• The Republic of Yemen, Mr. Ismail Mohamed Yahya Almaabri (only in Arabic)
• The Kingdom of Bahrain, Me. Aisha Al-Khalifa (only in Arabic)
• Georgia, Mr. Irakli Alasania
• Togo, Mr. Tchabode Adjagba (only in French)
• Benin, Mr. Jean-Francis Regis Zinsou
• Congo, Mr. Luc Joseph Okio
• Gabon, Mr. Alfred Moungara-Moussotsi (only in French)
• Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Mr. Pak Gil Yon
• Uzbekistan, Mr. Alisher Vohidov (only in Russian)
• Ukraine, Mr, Yuriy Polurez
• Islamic Republic of Iran, Mr. Mehdi Danesh-Yazdi
• Jordan, Ms. Saja Majali
• Andorra, Mr. Julian Vila Coma
• ICRC Red Cross, Mrs. Cristina Pellandini
• reply; Armenia
• reply; Japan
• reply; European Union (statement delivered by Finland)
• reply; Republic of Korea
• reply; New Zealand, Ambassador Don MacKay

Thematic Debate

Monday, October 9
Afternoon Session

• Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization, Executive Secretary, Ambassador Tibor Toth
• UN Department for Disarmament Affairs, Under Secretary General, Mr. Nobuaki Tanaka
• Conference on Disarmament, Secretary-General, Sergei Ordzhonikidze
• Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, Director-General, Ambassador Rogelio Pfirter

Tuesday, October 10
Morning Session

• European Union (statement delivered by Finland), Mr. Kari Kahiluoto
• Bangladesh, Ambassador Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury
• The People's Republic of China
• Morocco
• Norway
• Japan, Mr. Yoshiki Mine
• Switzerland
• The Russian Federation
• The Republic of Korea, Mr. Chang Dong-hee
• Israel
• Canada, Ambassador Paul Meyer
• The United States of America, Mr Robert Luaces
• Australia, Ms. Caroline Millar
• Brazil, (on behalf of Mercosur)
• Pakistan, Ambassador Masood Khan
• Italy, Mr. Carlo Trezza
• Mexico

Afternoon Session: Thematic Debate: Nuclear Weapons

• Cuba
• Belarus
• Indonesia
• India, Ambassador Jayant Prasad
• United States of America
• Netherlands, Ambassador Johannes Landman
• Brazil

Afternoon Session: Introduction of Resolutions

• Malaysia, H.E. Mr. Hamidon Ali (introduced L.44)
• Brazil (introduced L.21 and L.20)
• Australia (introduced L.48 and L.47)
• India, Ambassador Jayant Prasad (introduced L.51 and L.49)
• reply; DPRK

Wednesday, October 11
Afternoon Session: Thematic Debate: Other Weapons of Mass Destruction

• President-Designate of the Sixth Review Conference of the State Parties to the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention(BTWC), Ambassador Masood Khan (power point presentation)
• European Union(statement delivered by Finland), H.E. Mr. Kari Kahiluoto
• Mercosur(statement delivered by Brazil; in Spanish only), Ambassador Carlos Antonio da Rocha Paranhos
• Mercosur (statement delivered by Brazil; in Spanish only), Ambassador Carlos Antonio da Rocha Paranhos
• New Zealand, Ambassador Don MacKay
• China
• Switzerland (statement available in French only), H.E. Jürg Steuli
• United States, Mr Robert Luaces
• Republic of Korea, H.E. Mr. Chang Dong-hee
• Canada, Ms. Gillian Frost
• Norway Mr Kjetil Paulsen
• Russian Federation
• France
• Australia, H.E. Caroline Miller
• Venezuela (statement available in Spanish only)
• Canada, Ambassador Paul Meyer
• Russian Federation
• Indonesia
• Sri Lanka, Ambassador Sarala Fernando
• India
• Belarus
• Japan, Ambassador Yoshiki Mine

Thursday, October 12

Thematic Debate: Other Weapons of Mass Destruction

• Sudan

Introduction of Draft Resolutions

• India, Mr. Jayant Prasad (introduced L.52)
• Netherlands (introduced L.38)
• Hungary
• Russian Federation (introduced L.36)
• Poland, Mr. Tadeusz Chomicki (introduced L.19)
• Indonesia
• Iran
• Egypt (introduced L.10)
• Mexico(introduced L.30 and L.31)

Thematic Debate: Conventional Weapons

• Chairperson of the Group of Governmental Experts on the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms
• President of the UN Conference to Review the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All its Aspects, Ambassador Prasad Kariyawasam
• Canada, Mr. Earl Turcotte
• European Union (statement delivered by Finland), Mr. Kari Kahiluoto
• Mercosur (statement delivered by Brazil)
• Costa Rica
• China
• New Zealand, Ambassador Don MacKay
• Kenya, Mr. J.K. Kandie
• Mozambique, Mr. Filipe Chidumos
• The Republic of Korea, Mr. Hong-ghi Choi
• The Russian Federation
• Japan

Friday, October 13
Afternoon Session: Thematic Debate: Conventional Weapons

• President-designate of the CCW Review Conference (no statement available)
• Costa Rica (on behalf of CAIS), S.E. Jorge Urbina
• Kenya, Ms. Salome Kagosha
• Japan, H.E. Mr. Yoshiki Mine
• Switzerland
• Norway
• Israel, Mr. Joshua Zarka
• Moldova, H.E. Mr. Alexei Tulbure
• Indonesia

Monday, October 16
Morning Session

• Chairman of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission, Dr. Hans Blix
• President of the Governmental Group of Experts on Verification in All its Aspects, Mr. John Barrett

Thematic Debate: Conventional Weapons

• Australia, Ms. Caroline Millar
• Austria, Mr. Markus Reiterer
• Belgium
• Lithuania
• United States of America, Mr. Robert Luaces
• Belarus
• Gabon
• European Union (statement delivered by the Netherlands)

Tuesday, October 17
Morning Session

• Under Secretary General, UN Department for Disarmament Affairs, Mr. Nobuaki Tanaka
• Chief of the Regional Disarmament Branch, Department for Disarmament Affairs, Ms. Agnes Marcaillou
• Togo
• Nigeria

Thematic Debate: Conventional Weapons

• Morocco (only in French)
• Spain (available in Spanish only)
• Suriname
• Ethiopia
• Denmark
• Cameroon (only in French)
• India
• Pakistan (introduced L.41)
• Sierra Leone
• Bulgaria
• Benin (available in French only)
• Republic of Yemen (available in Arabic only)

Wednesday, October 18
Morning Session: Thematic Debate: Conventional Weapons

• Congo
• Niger (available in French only)
• Cuba (available in Spanish only)
• Nigeria

• right of reply; Russian Federation
• right of reply; DPRK
• right of reply; Moldova

Introduction of Draft Resolutions

• South Africa (introduced L.15)
• Myanmar (introduced L. 39)
• United Kingdom, Ambassador John Duncan (introduced L.55)
• Sweden, H.E. Ms. Elisabet Borsiin Bonnier (introduced L.18)
• Germany, H.E. Mr. Bernhard Brasack (introduced L.37)
• Mali (introduced L.25)
• Sierra Leone, Ambassador Sylvester Ekundayo Rowe (introduced L.17)

Thematic Debate: Disarmament Machinery

• Chairperson of the Secretary-General's Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters, Professor Joy Ogwu (Nigeria)
• President of the Conference on Disarmament, Ambassador Anton Pinter (Slovakia)
• Chairperson of the UN Disarmament Commission, Ambassador Joon Oh (Republic of Korea)
• Director of UNIDIR, Dr. Patricia Lewis

Thursday, October 19
Morning Session

Thematic Debate: NGO Presentations to the First Committee on WMD and Conventional Weapons

• Under-Secretary General, UN Department for Disarmament Affairs, Mr. Nobuaki Tanaka
• Greenpeace, Ms. Merav Datan
• Professor in the Program on Science and Global Security, Princeton University, Dr. Zia Mian
• Executive Secretary of the World Forum on the Future of Sport Shooting Activities, Mr. Thomas Mason
• Director of the International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA), Ms. Rebecca Peters
• Member of IANSA from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Charles Nasibo (available in French only)
• reply ; Japan

Friday, October 20
Morning Session

Introduction of Draft Resolutions

• Uzbekistan (introduced L.54)
• Kazakhstan, H.E. Yerzhan Kh. Kazykhanov
• Mongolia (introduced L.)
• Pakistan, Ambassador Masood Khan (introduced L.43)
• Pakistan, Ambassador Masood Khan (introduced L.42)
• Pakistan, Ambassador Masood Khan (introduced L.45)
• New Agenda Coalition(statement delivered by Mexico; only available in Spanish) (introduced L.13)
• Japan, H.E. Mr. Yoshiki Mine
• Russian Federation (introduced L.35)
• India(introduced L.50)
• Non-Aligned Movement, (statement delivered by Indonesia) (introduced L.5, L.6, L.7 and L.8)
• Sri Lanka (introduced L.)
• Under-Secretary General, UN Department for Disarmament Affairs, Mr. Nobuaki Tanaka
• Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Thematic Debate: Regional Security

• Brazil
• Azerbaijan, Mr. Ogtay Ismayil-Zada
• Iraq(only available in Arabic)
• Burkina Faso(only available in French)
• Qatar(only available in Arabic)
• United Arab Emirates
• Kuwait (only available in Arabic)
• Cuba
• Pakistan
• Algeria (introduced L.34)
• Rwanda, Prof. Joseph Nsengimana (introduced L.33)
• Albania

Thematic Debate: Disarmament Machinery

• European Union, H.E. Mr. Kari Kahiluoto (Finland)
• Canada, Ambassador Paul Meyer
• Poland, Ambassador Zdzislaw Rapacki
• Romania, H.E. Ambassador Doru Costea
• Pakistan, Ambassador Masood Kahn

Monday, October 23
Afternoon Session

Thematic Debate: Disarmament Machinery

• United States of America
• South Africa
• Ethiopia
• Norway

Introduction of Draft Resolutions

• Non-Aligned Movement (statememt delivered by Indonesia) (introduced L.9)
• Ecuador (on behalf of GRULAC) (introduced L.14)
• Nepal
• Nigeria
• Canada
• Republic of Korea(introduced L.11)
• Slovakia (introduced L.29)

Voting on Cluster 1: General Statements

• Israel
• Palestine
• Iran
• Australia
• Switzerland

Tuesday, October 24
Official UN holiday; no session.

Wednesday, October 25
Afternoon Session

Voting on Cluster 3: General Statements

• China

Voting on Cluster 5: General Statements

• European Union (statement delivered by Finland)
• Cameroon

Voting on Cluster 6: General Statements

• Cuba

Thursday, October 26
Afternoon Session

Voting on Cluster 1: General Statements

• European Union

Voting on Cluster 4: General Statements

• Nigeria
• United Kingdom
• Colombia

Friday, October 27

Voting on Cluster 6

No general statements made

Voting on Cluster 7

No general statements made

Voting on Cluster 1

No general statements made

Voting on Cluster 6

No general statements made
Monday, October 30
Afternoon SessionVoting on Cluster 1

No general statements made

Voting on Cluster 4: General Statements

• Mali

Voting on Cluster 5: General Statements

• Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
• European Union (statement not available)

Voting on Cluster 6No general statements made

Voting on Cluster 7: General Statements

• Non-Aligned Movement (statement delivered by Indonesia)

Closing Statements

• Non-Aligned Movement (statement delivered by Indonesia)
• European Union (statement not available)