High Representative Statements (2002)

December

3rd

Opening Statement for the UN-ROK Joint Conference on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Issues: Changing Security Dynamics and their Implications for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, Cheju Island, Republic of Korea

November

15th

The Relevance of Regimes, Plenary Address at the Carnegie International Non-Proliferation Conference – Ronald Reagan International Trade Center, Washington, D.C.

11th

Opening Statement for the Bio-Weapons Prevention Project Launch – Palais des Nations, Geneva

8th

Gender and Disarmament, Key Note Address at the Fourth Annual Women Waging Peace Policy Day – John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

7th

Global Security and Civil Society, Statement before the Threshold Foundation – New York

October

28th

Remarks at the Certificate Awarding Ceremony, 2002 UN Programme of Fellowships on Disarmament – United Nations, New York

15th

Statement at the Symposium marking the Tenth Anniversary of the UN Register of Conventional Arms – United Nations, New York

14th

Opening Remarks at “The Outer Space Treaty at Thirty-Five” Panel Discussion – United Nations, New York

11th

Statement to the Open Debate of the Security Council on the Question of Small Arms – United Nations, New York

9th

Remarks at the Launch of the UN Study on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Education – United Nations, New York

6th

Message to the Survivors of the Atomic Bombings – Hill of Grace, Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Home for the Elderly

3rd

“Help schools to promote a safer world”, by Jayantha Dhanapala and William C.Potter, International Herald Tribune

Opening Remarks: Panel Discussion on “The Impact of 11 September 2001 on the Disarmament Agenda for the 21st Century” – United Nations

1st

Opening Remarks: Panel Discussion on “Disarmament in Conflict Prevention” – United Nations, New York

September

30th

Statement before the First Committee of the General Assembly – United Nations, New York

14th

Statement on the Occasion of the Launching of the Joint Ministerial Statement on the CTBT – United Nations

11th

Remarks to DPI/NGO Conference, Session on “Demobilizing the War Machines: Making Peace Last” – United Nations, New York

10th

“Making Peace Last: Disarmament as an Essential Element”, NGO Committee on Disarmament, Peace and Security Workshop, DPI/NGO Conference – United Nations, New York

August

25th

On eve of Johannesburg forum, UN official flags links between disarmament, development

July

14th

The NPT and the Future of Nuclear Weapons – Workshop on the Outcome and Implementation of the 2002 NPT PrepCom – Monterey Institute of International Studies, L’Imperial Palace, Annecy, France

June

19th

Nuclear Disarmament: Towards Securing a Global Future for Humanity – Seminar on Nuclear Disarmament: Towards Securing a Global Future for Humanity, Hosted by Pax Christi, Dublin, Ireland

16th

“Preventing a new dark age”, by Jayantha Dhanapala and Ramesh Thakur, The Japan Times

4th

“Let’s get together against terrorism: A threatened world”, by Jayantha Dhanapala and Ramesh Thakur, International Herald Tribune

May

30th

Multilateralism and the U.S. National Interest in Disarmament – Casper Committee on Foreign Relations, Casper, Wyoming

18th

The Canberra Commission: Lessons Learned for a Future Commission – The Ideas-Institutional Nexus, A Conference Co-Hosted by the University of Waterloo and United Nations University, Waterloo (Ontario), Canada

9th

International Law, Security, and Weapons of Mass Destruction – Showcase Program 2002 Spring Meeting of the Section of International Law and Practice American Bar Association, New York, New York

April

16th

Remarks upon Accepting the Alan Cranston Peace Award, Award Ceremony Hosted by the Global Security Institute – United Nations, New York

9th

The NPT, Nuclear Disarmament, and Terrorism, Conference on Nuclear Dangers and the State of Security Treaties, Hosted by the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research – United Nations, New York

2nd

Opening Remarks: A Disarmament Agenda for the 21st Century, An International Conference Sponsored by the United Nations and the People’s Republic of China – Beijing, China

March

21st

“The Impact of September 11 on Multilateral Arms Control”, Arms Control TD DAY, March 2002, pages 9-14

20th

The Role of Civil Society in the Implementation of the UN Programme of Action on Small Arms, African Conference on the Implementation of the UN Programme of Action on Small Arms: Needs and Partnerships – Pretoria, South Africa

18th

Coordinating Regional Initiatives of the UN Programme of Action on Small Arms, African Conference on the Implementation of the UN Programme of Action on Small Arms: Needs and Partnerships – Pretoria, South Africa

1st

“The Challenge of Results-Based Disarmament”, Synthesis, Spring/March 2002, published by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, pages 5-7

January

22nd

Multilateral Approaches to WMD Threats After September 11 – Annual Luncheon of the Arms Control Association, Washington, DC