Statements from First Committee 2011

General Debate

Monday, 3 October 2011

• UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, H.E. Mr. Sergio Duarte
• Non-Aligned Movement, H.E. Mr. Hasan Kleib, Permanent Representative of Indonesia
• African Group, H.E. Mr. Bukun-Olu Onemola of Nigeria
• New Agenda Coalition, H.E. Ms. Dell Higgie, Ambassador for Disarmament of New Zealand
• Caribbean Community
• Mexico, H.E. Ms. Yanerit Morgan, Deputy Permanent Representative
• Kazakhstan, H.E. Ms. Byrganym Aitimova, Permanent Representative
• Japan, H.E. Mr. Mari Amano, Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament
• Brazil, H.E. Ms. Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, Permanent Representative
• Viet Nam, H.E. Mr. Le Hoai Trung, Permanent Representative
• Kenya, H.E. Mr. Macharia Kamau, Permanent Representative

Tuesday, 4 October 2011

• Central Asian States, H.E. Mr. Murad Askarov, Permanent Representative of Uzbekistan
• Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), H.E. Mr. U Than Swe, Permanent Representative of Myanmar
• Israel, Mr. Eyal Propper, Director, Arms Control Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Russian Federation, Mr. Mikhail Ulyanov, Director of the Department for Security Affairs and Disarmament
• Australia, H.E. Mr. Gary Quinlan, Permanent Representative
• United States, Ms. Rose Gottemoeller, Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Arms Control
• Kuwait, Mr. Mohammad Faisal AI-Mutairi, Counsellor
• Republic of Korea, H.E. Mr. Kim Sook, Permanent Representative
• New Zealand, H.E. Ms. Dell Higgie, Ambassador for Disarmament
• Senegal, H.E. Mr. Abdou Salam Diallo, Permanent Representative
• Tunisia, H.E. Mr.Othman Jerandi, Permanent Representative
• Yemen, Mr. Abdullah Fadhel Al-Saadi, Deputy Permanent Representative
• Nepal, H.E. Mr. Gyan Chandra Acharya, Permanent Representative
• Indonesia
• United Republic of Tanzania, H.E. Mr. Ombeni Y. Sefue, Permanent Representative

Wednesday, 5 October 2011

• Collective Security Treaty Organization
• Turkey, Ambassador Ertuğrul Apakan, Permanent Representative
• San Marino, H.E. Mr. Daniel D. Bodini, Permanent Representative
• Norway, Ms. Mona Juul, Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Cuba, H.E. Mr. Oscar León González, Deputy Permanent Representative
• Sudan, H.E. Mr. Daffa-Alla Elhag Ali Osman, Permanent Representative
• Algeria, H.E. Mr. Mourad Benmehidi, Permanent Representative
• Egypt, H.E. Mr. Maged Abdelaziz, Permanent Representative
• Jamaica
• France, H.E. Mr. Eric Danon, Permanent Representative
• Cambodia, H.E. Dr. Kosal Sea, Permanent Representative
• Kyrgyzstan, Mr. Ulan Djusupov, Head of International Organizations and Security Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• United Arab Emirates, H.E. Mr. Ahmed Abdullrahman Al-Jarman, Permanent Representative
• Maldives, H.E. Mr. Aslam Shakir, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs

Thursday, 6 October 2011

• Azerbaijan, Mr. Yusuf Mammadaliyev, Counselor
• Iran, H.E. Mr. Mohammed Khazaee, Permanent Representative
• India, H.E. Ms. Sujata Mehta, Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament
• Colombia, H.E. Mr. Néstor Osorio, Permanent Representative
• Libya, H.E. Mr. Abdurrahman Mohamed Shalgham, Permanent Representative
• Malaysia, H.E. Mr. Hussein Haniff, Permanent Representative
• Netherlands, H.E. Mr. Paul van den IJssel, Ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament
• Tajikistan, H.E. Mr. Sirodjidin Aslov, Permanent Representative
• Qatar
• Lesotho, H.E. Mr. Motlatsi Ramafole, Permanent Representative
• Peru, H.E. Mr. Alfredo Chuquihuara, Chargé d'Affaires a.i.
• South Africa, Ambassador Lesi Gumbi, Chief Director, UN Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Thailand, H.E. Mr. Jakkrit Srivali, Ambassador and Chargé d'affaires, a.i.
• Uganda, H.E. Mr. Adonia Ayabare, Deputy Permanent Representative and Chargé d'affairs, a.i.
• Venezuela, H.E. Mr. Jorge Valero, Permanent Representative
• Morocco, H.E. Mr. Mohammed Loulichki, Permanent Represenative

Friday, 7 October 2011

• Switzerland, H.E. Mr. Alexandre Fasel, Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament
• Democratic People's Republic of Korea, H.E. Mr. Sin So Ho, Permanent Representative
• Ukraine
• Lao PDR, H.E. Mrs. Kanika Phommachanh, Permanent Representative
• Mongolia, H.E. Ms. Enkhtsetseg Ochir, Permanent Representative
• Myanmar, H.E. Mr. U Maung Wai, Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament
• China, H.E. Mr. Wang Qun, Ambassador for Disarmament Affairs in Geneva
• Philippines, H.E. Mr. Libran N.Cabactulan, Permanent Representative
• Denmark, H.E. Mr. Theis Truelsen, Ambassador and Under-Secretary for Disarmament, Non-proliferation and Arms Control, MFA
• Argentina
• Bahrain
• Democractic Republic of the Congo
• Niger
• Ecuador
• United Kingdom, H.E. Ms. Jo Adamson, Ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament
• Timor-Leste
• Lebanon, Mr. Fadi Ziadeh, Counsellor
• Nigeria. H.E. Mr. Raff Bukun-Olu Wole Onemola, Deputy Permanent Representative

Monday, 10 October 2011

• Canada, H.E. Ms. Elissa Golberg, Permanent Representative
• Oman, H.E. Mr. Najeem Al-Abri, Deputy Permanent Representative
• Singapore, H.E. Mr. Leonard Lin, Permanent Representative
• Bangladesh, H.E. Mr. Md.Abdul Hannan, Ambassador and Permanent Representative
• Togo, Mr. Kokou Nayo M'Beou, Minister Counsellor
• Liberia, Mr. Remongar Dennis, Deputy Permanent Representative
• Chile, Ambassador Octavio Errazuriz, Permanent Representative
• Iraq, H.E. Mr. Haid Al Bayati, Permanent Representative
• Montenegro, H.E. Mr. Milorad Šcepanovic, Permanent Representative
• Syria
• Portugal, H.E. Mr. José Moraes Cabral, Permanent Representative
• Uruguay, Ambassador José Luis Cancela, Permanent Representative
• Burkina Faso, Ms. Nadine Traore, Director of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Cooperation
• Serbia, H.E. Mr. Feodor Starcevic, Permanent Representative
• Palestine

Tuesday, 11 October 2011

• Pakistan, Mr. Raza Bashir Tarar, Deputy Permanent Representative
• Liechtenstein, Mr. Stefan Barriga, Minister, Deputy Permanent Representative
• Nicaragua
• Saudi Arabia, Mr. Saad Abdullah Alsaad, First Secretary
• Moldova
• Eritrea, H.E. Ms.Elsa Haile, Director of International Organizations
• Costa Rica, H.E. Mr. Eduardo Ulibarri, Permanent Representative
• Spain, H.E. Mr. Román Oyarzun, Deputy Permanent Representative
• Ethiopia
• Botswana, H.E. Mr. Charles T. Ntwaage, Permanent Representative
• Georgia, H.E.Alexander Lomaia, Permanent Representative
• Holy See, H.E. Archbishop Francis A. Chullikatt, Apostolic Nuncio, Permanent Observer
• International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Mr. Walter A. Füllemann, Permanent Observer
• Agency of the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL), H.E. Ambassador Gioconda Ubeda Rivera, Secretary General
• UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Mr. Sergio Duarte

Thematic debate

Wednesday, 12 October 2011
Representatives of the UN and intergovernmental organizations

• UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Mr. Sergio Duarte
• UN Office for Disarmament Affairs at Geneva, Mr. Jarmo Sareva
• Organisation for the Prohibition of Chempical Weapons, Mr. Ahmet Üzümcü, Director-General
• International Atomic Energy Agency, Mr. Geoffrey Shaw, Representative of the Director General

Nuclear weapons

• Kazakhstan, Mr. Israil Tilegen, Counsellor
• South Africa, Ambassador Leslie Gumbi, Chief Director: United Nations (Political) Department of International Relations and Cooperation
• United States, Ambassador Laura Kennedy, Ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament
• Romania, Mr.Eugen Mihut, Deputy Permanent Representative
• United Kingdom, Ambassador Jo Adamson, Ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament

Thursday, 13 October 2011

• Russian Federation, Mr. Victor Vasiliev, Alternative Representative
• De-alerting Group, H.E. Mr. Alexandre Fasel, Permanent Representative of Switzerland to the Conference on Disarmament
• Pakistan, Mr. Raza Bashir Tarar, Deputy Permanent Representative
• Lithuania
• United Republic of Tanzania, Dr. Justin N. Seruhere, Minister Plenipotentiary and Chargé d'affaires a.i.
• Philippines, Mr. Carlos D.Sorreta, Deputy Permanent Representative
• Republic of Korea, H.E. Mr. Kwon Hae-ryong, Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative
• China
• Spain
• Senegal, Ambassador Abdou Salam Diallo, Permanent Representative
• Cuba
• Australia, Mexico, and New Zealand, Ambassador Juan José Gómez Camacho, Permanent Representative of Mexico to the UN and Other International Organizations in Geneva
• Mexico, Ambassador Juan José Gómez Camacho, Permanent Representative of Mexico to the UN and Other International Organizations in Geneva
• Czech Republic
• India, H.E. Ms. Sujata Mehta, Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament
• Canada, H.E. Ms. Kelly Anderson, Counsellor, Deputy Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament
• Iran, H.E. Mr. Reza Najafi, Director for Disarmament and International Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Germany, H.E. Mr. Hellmut Hoffmann, Ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament
• New Agenda Coalition, H.E. Ms. Dell Higgie, Ambassador for Disarmament of New Zealand

Friday, 14 October 2011

• United States of America, Ms. Marcie B.Ries, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State
• Norway, H.E. Ms. Inga M.W. Nyhamar, Deputy Director General
• Switzerland, H.E. Alexandre Fasel, Permanent Representative
• Article XIV Process Coordinating states Mexico and Sweden, H.E. Mr. Jan Knutsson, Permanent Representative of Sweden
• Japan, H.E. Mr. Mari Amano, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipoteniary
• Netherlands, H.E. Mr. Paul van den IJssel, Ambassador to the Conference of Disarmament
• Australia, H.E. Mr. Peter Woolcott, Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva and Ambassador for Disarmament
• Thailand, H.E. Mrs. Siriporn Chaimongkol, Minister Counsellor
• Algeria, H.E. Mr. Djamel Moktefi, Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative
• Austria, H.E. Mr. Alexander Kmentt, Ambassador, Director for Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
• MERCOSUR Members and Associated States, H.E. Mrs.Lilian Silveira, Minister, Deputy Permanent Representative of Uruguay
• France, H.E. Mr. Eric Danon, Permanent Representative of France to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva
• United Arab Emirates, Mr. Mohammed Rashed Al Mansoori, Member of the UAE Delegation
• Malaysia, Mr. Mohd Ishrin Mohd Ishak, Representative of Malaysia
• Bahrain
• Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Mr. Ri Tong Il, Deputy Permanent Representative
• Nigeria, Ambassador Magdiel G. S. Samaki, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Association of Southeast Asian Nations

Monday, 17 October 2011
Other WMD

• President-designate of Seventh Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention, H.E. Mr. Paul van den IJssel, Ambassador of the Netherlands to the Conference of Disarmament
• Australia, Mr. Paul Wilson, Counsellor and Deputy Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament
• United States, Ambassador Laura Kennedy, Ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament
• Lithuania, H.E. Ambassador Vaidotas Verba, Permanent Representative
• Norway, Mr. Knut Langeland
• Belarus, Mr. Igor Ugorich, Deputy Head, Department of Intenrational Security and Arms Control, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• United Kingdom, Ambassador Jo Adamson, Ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament
• Cuba
• China
• Iraq, Ambassador Hamid Al-Bayati, Permanent Representative (Arabic)
• MERCOSUR and Associated States, Mrs. Imelda Smolcic, Minister Counsellor of Uruguay
• Spain
• Poland
• Italy, Ambassador Giovanni Manfredi, Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament
• India, Mrs. Santosh Chowdhary, Honourable Member of Parliament
• Republic of Korea
• Canada, Mr. Hussein Hirji
• Switzerland, H.E. Mr. Alexandre Fasel, Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament
• Russian Federation
• France, H.E. Mr. Eric Danon, Permanent Representative of France to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva
• Iran
• Sweden, H.E.Mr.Paul Beijer, Ambassador, Chair of the ATT Preparatory Committee

Outer space

• Australia, Ms.Claire Elias, First Secretary of Australian Mission
• Romania, Mr. Dumitru Prunariu, President of the Scientific Council of the Romanian Space Agency
• United States, Ambassador Laura Kennedy, Ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament
• Kazakhstan, Mr.Israil Tilegen, Counsellor of the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Kazakhstan
• China
• Italy, Mr.Giovanni Manfredi, Permanent Representative of Italy to the Conference on Disarmament
• Sri Lanka
• Republic of Korea
• Canada, Ms.Roxane Milot, Policy Officer, Permanent Mission of Canada
• Russian Federation, Mr. Victor Vasiliev, Alternative Representative
• Brazil, H.E.Ambassador Regina Maria Cordeiro Dunlop
• Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Conventional weapons

• Chair of the GGE on the UN Standardized Instrument for Reporting Military Expenditures, H.E. Ambassador Claus Wunderlich
• Chair of the Preparatory Committee for the UN Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty, H.E. Ambassador García Moritán
• Costa Rica, H.E. Ambassador Eduardo Ulibarri, Permanent Representative
• CARICOM
• South Africa, Ambassador Leslie Gumbi, Chief Director: United Nations (Political) Department of International Relations and Cooperation

Tuesday, 18 October 2011

• Chair of the 2010 CCW Meeting og the High Contracting Parties on CCW Universalization, Ambassador Gancho Ganev of Bulgaria
• United States, Ambassador Laura Kennedy, Ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament
• Germany, H.E. Mr. Hellmut Hoffmann, Ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament
• Lithuania
• Netherlands, H.E. Mr. Paul van den IJssel, Ambassador to the Conference of Disarmament
• Philippines, Mr. Raphael S. C .Hermoso, Second Secretary
• Pakistan, Mr. Khalil Hashmi, Director (Disarmament), Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Jamaica, Mrs. Angella Comfort, Deputy Permanent Representative
• Senegal
• Japan, H.E. Mr. Mari Amano, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipoteniary
• Australia, H.E. Mr. Gary Quinlan, Permanent Representative
• Sweden, Mr. Ulf Lindell
• Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mr. Jose Ikongo Isekotoko Boyoo, Director of the Ministry of Interior, Security, Decentralization, and Territorial Management
• China
• Burkina Faso, Colonel Noufou Beremwoudougou, Attache de Defense
• Mexico, Mr. Roberto Dondisch Glowinski
• Algeria, H.E. Ambassador Djamel Moktefi, Permanent Representative
• Norway, Ambassador Terje Hague
• Lesotho, Mr. Mafiroane Motanyane, Chargé d'affaires
• France, H.E. Mr. Eric Danon, Permanent Representative of France to the Conference on Disarmament

Wednesday, 19 October 2011

• Thailand, Mr. Narong Silpathamtada
• Romania, Mr. Eugen Mihut, Deputy Permanent Representative
• Slovenia, Mr. Boštjan Jerman
• Kenya
• Ethiopia
• United Kingdom, Ambassador Jo Adamson, Ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament
• MERCOSUR and Associated States, Mrs. Imelda Smolcic, Minister Counsellor of Uruguay
• Austria, Ambassador Alexander Kmentt, Director for Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
• Cuba
• New Zealand, Ambassador Dell Higgie, Ambassador for Disarmament
• India, Mr. Satpal Singh Rawat, Honourable Member of Parliament
• Mali
• Côte d’Ivoire, Ambassador Youssoufou Bamba, Permanent Representative
• Finland, H.E. Mr. Aapo Pölhö, Ministry for Foreign Affairs
• Albania, Mr. Petrika Jorgji, Deputy Permanent Representative
• Switzerland, H.E. Alexandre Fasel, Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament
• Mozambique
• Non-Aligned Movement
• Nigeria
• United Republic of Tanzania, H.E. Mr. Mahadhi Juma Maalim, MP, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs
• Russian Federation
• Israel, Mr. Eran Yuvan, First Secretary, Arms Control Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Thursday, 20 October 2011

• Repulic of Korea, H.E. Kwon Hae-ryong, Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative in Geneva
• Iran
• Panama
• Botswana, Ms. Tapiwa S. Mongwa, Chargé d'affaires, a.i.
• Cambodia

Other disarmament matters and international security

• China, H.E. Ambassador Wang Qun
• Australia, H.E. Mr. Peter Woolcott, Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva and Ambassador for Disarmament
• Japan, H.E. Mr. Mari Amano, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Head of the Delegation to the CD
• South Africa
• Cuba
• India
• Russian Federation, Mr. Victor Vasiliev, Alternative Representative
• Non-Aligned Movement
• United States
• Belarus

Regional disarmament and security

• Regional Disarmament Branch of the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs
  • Ms. Agnès Marcaillou, Chief of the Regional Disarmament Branch, UN Office for Disarmament Affairs
  • Ms. Mélanie Régimbal, Director of the UN Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UN-LiREC)
  • Mr. Xiaoyu Wang, Director of the UN Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (UNRCPD)
  • Mr. Ivor Richard Fung, Director of the UN Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC)

Friday, 21 October 2011

• Algeria
• Non-Aligned Movement
• MERCOSUR and Associated States, Mrs.Imelda Smolcic, Minister Counsellor
• CARICOM
• African Group
• Malta, H.E. Mr. Saviour F. Borg, Ambassador, Permanent Representative

Disarmament machinery

• President of the Conference on Disarmament, Ambassador Rodolfo Reyes Rodríguez of Cuba
• Chair of the UN Disarmament Commission, Ambassador Hamid Al-Bayati of Iraq
• Chair of the UN Secretary-General's Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters, Professor Olga Pellicer of Mexico
• Director of the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), Ms. Theresa Hitchens

Monday, 24 October 2011

cont. Regional disarmament and security

• Arab Group
• Peru
• Kuwait, Mr. Bader Al-Adwani, Third Secretary
• Republic of the Congo
• United Arab Emirates
• Cuba
• Nepal
• Armenia
• Myanmar
• Cameroon
• Austria
• Iran, Mr. Reza Najafi, Director for Disarmament and International Security

cont. Disarmament machinery

• Philippines, Mr. Raphael S.C.Hermoso, Second Secretary
• Pakistan, Mr. Zamir Akram, Permanent Representative
• South Africa
• Netherlands, H.E. Mr. Paul van den IJssel, Ambassador to the Conference of Disarmament
• Czech Republic
• Austria, H.E. Mr. Christian Strohal, Permanent Representative
• France, H.E. Mr. Eric Danon, Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament
• Algeria
• India, Mr. Amandeep Singh Gill, Counsellor
• Cuba
• MERCOSUR and Associated States, Mrs. Imelda Smolcic, Minister Counsellor of Uruguay

Tuesday, 25 October 2011

cont. Disarmament machinery

• Italy, H.E. Mr. Giovanni Manfredi, Permanent Representative
• Morocco
• Poland, Mr. Cezary Lusinski, Head of Delegation
• Hungary
• Norway, Mr. Knut Langeland, Minister Counsellor
• Mexico
• Switzerland, H.E. Mr. Benno Laggner, Chef Task Force Disarmament and Nuclear Non-Proliferation
• Slovenia, Mr. Bostjan Jerman, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Spain
• Lithuania
• Non-Alligned Movement
• Canada, Mr. Hussein Hirji
• Egypt
• Finland, H.E. Aapo Pölhö, Ministry for Foreign Affairs
• Iran

NGO presentations

• Military expenditure, human security, and nuclear power, Ms. Alicia Godsberg, Peace Action New York State
• Implementation of the 2010 NPT outcome document, Ms. Katherine Prizeman, Global Action to Prevent War
• Outer space, Ms. Tiffany Chow, Secure World Foundation
• Revitalizing multilateral disarmament negotiations, Dr. John Burroughs, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy
• Arms Trade Treaty, Mr. Jeff Abramson, Contol Arms
• UN Programme of Action on Small Arms, Ms. Michele Poliacof, International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA)
• Landmines, Mr. Zach Hudson, International Campaign to Ban Landmines
• Cluster munitions, Ms. Alicia Pierro, Cluster Munition Coalition
• UN Programme of Action on small arms and light weapons and the Arms Trade Treaty, Mr. Ted Rowe, President of the World Forum on the Future of Sport Shooting Activities (WFSA)
• Proposed Arms Trade Treaty, Mr. D. Allen Youngman, Defense Small Arms Advisory Council