Statements from First Committee 2013

• Nepal, Mr. Deepak Dsital, Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Estonia, Abassador Jüri Seilenthal
• Uruguay, Ambassador José Luis Cancela
• Chile, Ambassador Octavio Errázuriz
• Ecuador
• Oman, Ambassador Najeem Alabri
• Burkina Faso, Ambassador Der Kogda
• Montenegro, Ambassador Milorad Scepanovic
• Syria, Ambassador Bashar Ja'afari
• Maldives, Ambassador Ahmed Sareer
• Nigeria, Mr. John Ejinaka, Director of the First United Nations Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• New Zealand, Ambassador Dell Higgie
• Mongolia, Ambassador Od Och
• Ethiopia, Ambassador Negash Kebret, Director General for International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Indonesia, Mr. Andy Rachmianto, Director for International Security and Disarmament Affairs
• Nicaragua
• Liechtenstein, Mr. Stefan Barriga, Deputy Permanent Representative
• Zambia, Ambassador Mwaba Patricia Kasese-Bota

Monday, 14 October 2013

• Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Ambassador Sin Son Ho
• Kuwait, Mr. Abdulaziz Alajmi, Second Secretary
• Norway, Mr. Knut Langeland Minister Counsellor 
• Sudan, Ambassador Daffa-Alla Elhag Ali Osman
• Afghanistan, Ambassador Zahir Tanin
• Cameroon, Ambassador M. Ahidjo 
• Portugal, Ambassador Alvaro Mendonça e Moura
• Costa Rica, Ambassador Eduardo Ulibarri
• Serbia, Ambassador Milan Milanovic
• Congo, Ambassador Raymond Serge Balé
• Macedonia, Ambassador Pajo Avirovikj
• Austria, Ambassador Alexander Kmentt, Director for Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation 
• Armenia, Ambassador Garen Nazarian
• Benin, Ambassador Jean-Francis R. Zinsou
• Cape Verde, Ambassador Antonio Pedro Monteiro Lima
• Peru
• Guatemala
• Viet Nam, Ambassador Le Hoai Trung

Wednesday, 16 October 2013

• High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Ms. Angela Kane
• Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CLEAC), Ambassador Rodolfo Reyes Rodriguez of Cuba
• Myanmar, Ambassador U Maung Wai
• Pakistan, Ambassador Zamir Akram
• Albania, Mr. Petrika Jorgji, Deputy Permanent Representative
• Argentina, Ambassador María Cristina Perceval
• Morocco, Mr. Bouchaib Eloumni, Minister Plenipotentiary
• Kenya, Ambassador Anthony Andanje
• Israel, Ambassador David Roet
• Iran, Ambassador Gholamhossein Dehghani 
• International Committee of the Red Cross, Ms. Kathleen Lawand, Senior Legal Adviser

Thematic debate

Thursday, 17 October 2013

• President of the General Assembly, Ambassador John W. Ashe
• High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Ms. Angela Kane
• Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Ambassador Grace Asirwatham 
• Deputy Director-General of the Conference of Disarmament, Mr. Jarmo Sareva 
• International Atomic Energy Agency, Mr. Geoffrey Shaw, Representative of the Director General 
• Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organisation (CTBTO), Mr. Genxin Li, Director of Legal and External Relations Preparatory Commission

Nuclear weapons

• Arab Group, Representative of Bahrain
• Non-Aligned Movement, Ambassador Mohammad Khazaee of Iran
• New Agenda Coalition, Ambassador Mootaz Ahmadein Khalil of Egypt
• European Union, Mr. András Kos, Minister Councellor 
• Mexico
• United Kingdom, Ambassador Matthew Rowland
• Japan, Ambassador Toshio Sano
• Cuba

Friday, 18 October 2013

• Report of the Open-Ended Working Group, Ambassador Manuel B. Dengo Benavides of Costa Rica
• Pakistan, Ambassador Zamir Akram 
• Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), Ms. Kitty Sweeb, Deputy Permanent Representative of Suriname
• Austria, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Honduras, Iceland, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Mexico, New Zealand, Nigeria, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Samoa, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, and Costa Rica, Ambassador Manuel B. Dengo Benavides of Costa Rica
• Costa Rica, Ambassador Manuel B. Dengo Benavides
• De-Alerting Group, Representative of Nigeria
• Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), Representative of Belarus
• France, Ambassador Jean-Huges Simon-Michel
• Bangladesh, Ambassador Abdul Hannan
• United States, Mr. Jeffrey Eberhardt, Alternate Representative
• Norway, Mr. Sten Arne Rosnes, Director
• Kazakhstan, Mr. Israil Tilegen, Minister Counsellor
• Lithuania, Ambassador Raimonda Murmokaitè
• Morocco 
• Netherlands, Ambassador Henk Cor van der Kwast
• Thailand
• Iraq
• Spain, Ms. Victoria González Román, Minister Councellor
• China
• Portugal, Ambassador Alvaro Mendonça e Moura

Monday, 21 October 2013

• Germany [informal exchange], Ambassador Michael Biontino
• President of the Conference on Disarmament, Ambassador Patricia O'Brien of Ireland
• President of the UN Disarmament Commission, Ambassador Christopher Grima of Malta
• Chair of the UN Secretary-General's Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters
• Director of the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), Theresa Hitchens
• Romania
• Algeria, Ambassador Djamel Moktefi
• Solomon Islands, Mr. Walter Diamana, Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Chair of the Third Session of the Conference of States Parties to Review the Operation of the Chemical Weapons Convention, Ambassador Krzysztof Paturej of Poland
• New Zealand, Ambassador Dell Higgie
• Senegal, Ambassador Abdou Salam Diallo
• Australia, Ambassador Peter Woolcott
• Nigeria, Mr. Abiodun Richards Adejola, Minister
• Switzerland, Ambassador Benno Laggner
• Canada
• Philippines, Mr. Eduardo Jose A. De Vega, Deputy Permanent Representative
• Venezuela, Ambassador Samuel Moncada
• Malaysia, Mr. Raja Reza Raja Zaib Shah, Deputy Permanent Representative and Charche D'Affaires A.I.
• Czech Republic, Mr. David Červenka, Deputy Permanent Representative 
• United Arab Emirates, Mr. Jamal Almusharakh, Member of Delegation
• Republic of Korea, Ambassador Yoo Yeounchul
• India, Ambassador D.B. Venkatesh Varma
• Joint Statement on the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons of 125 states, Dell Higgie of New Zealand
• Turkey
• Australia, Belgium, Canada, Finland, Germany, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal,Slovakia, Spain, Sweden and Turkey, Ambassador Peter Woolcott of Australia
• South Africa, Ambassador Jeremiah N. Mamabolo
• Austria, Ambassdor Thomas Hajnoczi
• Ecuador

Tuesday, 22 October 2013

• Chair of the Group Governmental Experts to conduct a study on outer space transparency and confidence-building measures, Ambassador Victor Vasiliev of the Russian Federation
• Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Mr. Kim Ju Song, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Israel
• Germany, Ambassador Michael Biontino
• Qatar
• Syria
• Iran, Mr. Mostafa Shishechiha, Deputy Director of Disarmament and International Security Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Ireland, Mr. Breifne O'Reilly, Director for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, Departement of Foreign Affairs and Trade
• Tanzania, Conel Edward V. Masalla, Delegate to the United Nations
• Russian Federation, Mr. Vladimir Yermakov, Deputy Director of the Department for Security and Disarmament Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
• Egypt
• Holy See, Archbishop Francis Chullikatt, Apostolic Nuncio and Permanent Observer

Disarmament machinery

• Non-Aligned Movement, Ambassador Desra Percaya of Indonesia
• Arab Group, Representative of Bahrain
• Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), Ms. Kitty Sweeb, Deputy Permanent Representative of Suriname
• European Union, Mr. András Kos, Minister Councellor
• Egypt
• United States, Christopher L. Buck, Alternate Representative
• Lithuania
• Cuba

Wednesday, 23 October 2013

• Final President of UN Confererence on the Arms Trade Treaty, Ambassador Peter Woolcott of Australia
• France, Ambassador Jean-Hugues Simon-Michel
• Colombia
• Switzerland, Ambassador Urs Schmid
• Algeria, Mr. Djamel Moktefi, Deputy Permanent Representative 
• Kuwait, Mr. Abdulaziz Alajmi, Second Secretary
• Spain, Ambassador Luis Javier Gil Catalina
• Canada 
• Iraq
• Czech Republic, Mr. David Červenka, Deputy Permanent Representative 
• Pakistan, Mr. Khalil Hashmi, Counsellor 
• Republic of Korea, Ambassador YO0 Yeonchul
• South Africa
• Ecuador
• Slovakia, Ambassador Frantisek Ruzieka 
• United Kingdom, Ambassador Matthew Rowland 
• Myanmar, Mr. Koko Shein, Minister Counsellor 
• Netherlands, Ambassador Henk Cor van der Kwast
• Iran, Mr. Mehdi Rouzehgir Ghalehnoee, Department for Disarmament and International Security 
• Peru, Ambassador Gustavo Meza-Cuadra
• Nepal
• India

Thursday, 24 October

• Chair of the GGE on the continuing operation of the UN register of conventional arms and its further development
• Russian Federation, Mr. Vladimir Yermakov, Deputy Director of the Department for Security and Disarmament Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
• Ireland, Ambassador Patricia O'Brien of Ireland
• Turkey
• Portugal, Ambassador Álvar Mendonça e Moura 

Other weapons of mass destruction

• Non-Aligned Movement, Ambassador Desra Percaya of Indonesia
• Arab Group, Representative of Bahrain
• Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), Ms. Kitty Sweeb, Deputy Permanent Representative of Suriname
• European Union, Mr. András Kos, Minister Councellor
• Egypt
• United States, Ms. Katherine C. Crittenberger, Member of the Delegation
• France, Ambassador Jean-Hugues Simon-Michel
• Norway, Ms. Silje Arnekleiv, Counsellor 
• Lithuanina
• Cuba
• Hungary
• Netherlands, Ambassador Henk Cor van der Kwast
• Switzerland, Ambassador Urs Schmid
• Poland, Mr. Lukasz Zielinski, Deputy Permanent Representative
• Spain, Ambassador Luis Javier Gil Catalina
• South Africa
• Australia, Mr. Ian McConville, Deputy Permanent Representative 
• Venezuela, Ambassador Samuel Moncada

Friday, 25 October 2013

• Chair of the GGE on developments in the field of information and communications in the context of international security, delivered by Ambassador Peter Woolcott of Australia 
• Iraq
• Pakistan
• Republic of Korea
• Finland
• Colombia
• Mexico
• Russian Federation, Mr. Vladimir Yermakov, Deputy Director of the Department for Security and Disarmament Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
• Japan, Ambassador Toshio Sano
• Croatia, Mr. Zoran JokoviC, Third Secretary
• India, Mr. Ashwani Kumar, Member of Parliament
• China
• Nigeria, Ambassador Usman Sarki
• Ireland, Mr. Breifne O'Reilly, Director for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 
• Turkey
• Iran, Mr. Mostafa Shisbechiha, Deputy Director of Disarmament and International Security Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Outer space

• Romania, Representative of Bahrain
• Non-Aligned Movement
• European Union, Ms. Clara Ganslandt, Member of the Delegation
• Egypt, Mr. Amr Aljowaily, Counselor 
• France, Ms Marie-Gaelle Robles, Counsellor 
• United States, Mr Jeffrey L. Eberhardt, Alternate Representative 
• Kazakhstan, Mr. Israil Tilegen, Minister Counsello 
• Cuba
• Canada
• Brazil

Monday, 28 October 2013

• Director and Deputy to the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Ms. Virginia Gamba
• United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa
• United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific, Ms. Sharon Riggle, Director
• United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Developement in Latin America and the Carribean, Ms. Melanie Regimbal, Director
• Pakistan, Mr. Khalil Hashmi, Councellor
• Republic of Korea
• Russian Federation, Mr. Vladimir Yermakov, Deputy Director of the Department for Security and Disarmament Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
• China
• Sri Lanka, Ms. Nanduni Hasintha Govinnage, Assistant Director, Ministry of External Affairs of Sri Lanka 
• Belarus
• Switzerland
• Australia, Ms. Emily Street, First Secretary 
• Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Mr. Kim Ju Song, Expert, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Iran, Mr. Mostafa Shishechiha

Conventional weapons

• Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Ms. Shorna-Kay Richards, Deputy Permanent Representative of Jamaica
• Arab Group, Representative of Bahrain
• ECOWAS, Ambassador Sekou Kasse of Mali
• Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), Mr. Michiel Raafenberg, Deputy Permanent Secretary Geopolitical Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Suriname
• African Group, Mr. Abiodun Richards Adejola, Minsiter of the Delegation of Nigeria
• European Union, Ms. Clara Ganslandt, Member of the Delegation

Tuesday, 29 October 

• Egypt
• Norway
• Japan, Ambassador Toshio Sano
• Greece, Ambassador Michel Spinellis
• Lesotho, Mr. Mafiroane Motanyane
• Cuba
• United Kingdom, Ambassador Matthew Rowland
• Netherlands, Ambassador Henk Cor van der Kwast
• Colombia
• Algeria, Ambassador Djamel Moktefi
• Thailand, Ms. Karavikar Svetasreni, Delegate
• Ireland, Mr. Breifne O'Reilly, Director for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade 
• Slovenia, Mr Boštjan Jerman, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Switzerland, Mr. Thomas Gurber, Charge d'Affaires 
• Lithuania
• Spain, Ms. Victoria González Román, Minister Councellor
• Iraq
• United States, Mr. Christopher L. Buck Alternate Representative 
• Pakistan, Mr. Khalil Hashmi, Counsellor 
• Finland
• Costa Rica, Ms. Maritza Chan, Minister Counselor 
• Ecuador
• Paraguay, Minister Marcelo Scappini, Charge d'Affaires 
• Croatia, Mr. Zoran Jokovic, Third Secretary
• Israel
• China

Wednesday, 30 October 

• Australia, Ambassador Peter Woolcott
• Czech Republic, Mr. David Červenka, Deputy Permanent Representative 
• Austria, Ambassador Thomas Hajnoczi
• Sweden, Ambassador Mårten Grunditz
• Morocco
• France, Ambassador Jean-Hugues Simon-Michel 
• Guatemala
• South Africa
• Mexico
• New Zealand, Mr. Joe Ballard, Deputy Permament Representative
• Guyana
• India
• Lao P.D.R., Ms. Phonenipha Mathouchanh, Delegate 
• Chile
• Nigeria, Mr. Abiodun Richards Adejola, Minister
• Philippines, Mr. Jose Eduardo A. De Vega, Deputy Permanent Representative
• Myanmar, Mr. Ko Ko Shein, Minister Counsellor 
• Botswana, Mr. Nkoloi Nkoloi, Deputy Permanent Representative 
• Togo, Mr. Sebade Toba, Director for International Organisations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation 
• Mozambique, Ambassador António Gumende
• Latvia
• Moldova, Ambassador Vlad Lupan 
• Germany, Ambassador Michael Biontino
• Rwanda
• Republic of Korea
• Turkey
• Iran, Mr. Mostafa Shishechiha, Deputy Director of Disarmament and International Security Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Other disarmament measures and international security

• UNASUR, representative Mr. Michiel Raafenberg, Deputy Permanent Secretary Geopolitical Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Suriname
• Arab Group, representative of Bahrain
• Non-Aligned Movement
• Venezuela
• Colombia
• Japan, Ambassador Toshio Sano
• Australia, Ambassador Peter Woolcott
• Ecuador
• India
• China
• Egypt, Mr. Amr Aljowaily, Councellor
• Pakistan, Mr. Khalil Hashmi, Counsellor 
• Cuba
• Romania, Ambassador Simona Miculescu 
• United States, Ms. Michele G. Markoff, Member of Delegation 
• Singapore, Ms. Lai Zhenling, Delegate
• Spain, Ms. Victoria González Román, Minister Councellor
• Russian Federation, Mr. Vladimir Yermakov, Deputy Director of the Department for Security and Disarmament Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
• Denmark, Ambassador Uffe A. Balslev 
• Iran, Mr. Mostafa Shishechiha, Deputy Director of Disarmament and International Security Department Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Regional disarmament and security

• Non-Aligned Movement, Representative of Indonesia
• CARICOM, Ms. Shorna-Kay Richards, Deputy Permanent Prepresentative of Jamaica
• Arab Group, Representative of Bahrain
• United States, Mr. Jeffrey L. Eberhardt, Alternate Representative 
• Kuwait
• United Arab Emirates, Mr. Ahmed Al Qasimi, Member of Delegation 
• Colombia
• Gabon, Ambassador Noel Nelson Messone
• Pakistan, Mr. Khalil Hashrni, Counsellor 
• Azerbaijan
• Maldives, Ambassador Ahmed Sareer
• Armenia
• Myanmar, Ms. Tin Marlar Myint, Delegate
• Algeria
• Cameroon, Mr. Mamoudou Mana, Delegate 
• Malta, Ambassador Christopher Grirna 
• Iran
• UNASUR, representative of Suriname

Civil society presentations

• Weapons of mass destruction
• Emerging technologies
• Fully autonomous weapons
• Way of work
• Arms trade treaty and small arms and light weapons
• Explosive weapons and toxic remnants of war
• Anti-personnel landmines and cluster munitions

Action on resolutions

Explanations of vote and general statements on resolutions can be found on our resolutions page. The statements posted here were on clusters rather than specific resolutions.

• Cluster One: United Kingdom
• Cluster Four: New Zealand
• Cluster Four: European Union