High Representative Statements (2017)

December

18th

High Representative’s message to the sixteenth meetings of states parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction

High Representative Nakamitsu briefs the Security Council on issues related to small arms and light weapons

12th

Remarks by the High Representative Nakamitsu at EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Conference 2017

4th

High Representative Izumi Nakamitsu Message to the Biological Weapons Convention Meeting of States Parties

November

30th

Remarks by High Representative Nakamitsu to 27th UN-Japan Conference on Disarmament and Non-proliferation Issues

28th

Message to the Twenty-Second Conference of States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention

24th

High Representative’s message to the Meeting of CCW High Contracting Parties (delivered by UNODA Director Geneva)

17th

Remarks by High Representative Nakamitsu to 16th UN-Republic of Korea Joint Conference on Disarmament and Non-proliferation Issues

13th

Remarks by High Representative Izumi Nakamitsu to the Vatican Conference on a World Free from Nuclear Weapons

High Representative’s briefing to the Security Council on the elimination of the chemical weapons programme of the Syrian Arab Republic

High Representative’s remarks at Symposia on Small Arms and Light Weapons Tracing and Stockpile Management in Conflict and Post-conflict Situations

October

23rd

Remarks by the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu at the Side Event on Disarmament and Non-proliferation Education

20th

Remarks by Izumi Nakamitsu at the 2017 Moscow Nonproliferation conference: Nuclear Energy, Disarmament, and Non-proliferation – Plenary Session I: Prospects and Challenges of the 2020 NPT Review Cycle

High Representative’s address to Non-proliferation Studies students in Moscow

18th

Remarks by Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu at the side event on “Contextualizing General and Complete Disarmament”

12th

HR Remarks at UN General Assembly First Committee high level exchange on the current state of affairs in the field of arms control and disarmament and the role of international organizations with mandates in this field :
“The implications of emerging technological developments on disarmament and non-proliferation”

11th

Remarks by Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu on follow-up of resolutions and decisions adopted by the First Committee at its previous session and on the presentation of reports by the Secretary-General

High Representative’s opening Remarks at the UNIDIR Annual Cyber Stability Conference : “ICTs in the Context of International Peace and Security: Current Conditions and Future Approaches”

6th

Statement by the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs on the awarding of the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons

4th

Nuclear Discussion Forum 2017: “The Effect of New Technologies on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament: Artificial Intelligence, Hypersonic Technology and Outer Space”

2nd

Remarks by Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu at the opening meeting of the 72nd session of the First Committee of the General Assembly

September

26th

High Representative’s statement to the high level side event on preventing terrorism and the proliferation of WMD organized by Panama and OAS

21st

HR Remarks at Security Council ministerial meeting on the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction

12th

Remarks by Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu at the Conference on Disarmament

11th

HR’s speech at the Third Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty

5th

Message to the Seventh Meeting of the States parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions

August

30th

HR’s remarks at Informal Meeting of the GA to mark the International Day against Nuclear Tests

9th

Remarks by Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu – The Imperatives for Disarmament in the 21st Century to Ninth Conference of Mayors for Peace: “Work towards the realization of a world without nuclear weapons”

June

28th

Statement by High Representative for Disarmament Affairs to The Security Council: The global effort to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction by non-state actors

20th

DDR High-level Roundtable: Tenth anniversary of the Integrated DDR Standards and the experience of Côte d’Ivoire

15th

Briefing to the Security Council on the implementation of Security Council resolution 2118 (2013) on the elimination of the chemical weapons programme of the Syrian Arab Republic

Statement by High Representative Izumi Nakamitsu to the second session of the United Nations Conference to negotiate a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination

13th

Statement by High Representative Izumi Nakamitsu on the outcome of the final session of the open-ended working group on a fourth Special Session of the General Assembly devoted to disarmament

7th

High Representative’s remarks to the AI for Global Good Summit

5th

Statement by the High Representative for the Global Week of Action Against Gun Violence

Remarks by the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs to the final session of the open-ended working group on a fourth special session of the General Assembly devoted to disarmament

2nd

Keynote speech by High Representative for Disarmament Affairs: Arms Control Association’s Annual Meeting

May

29th

High Representative’s remarks at the Annual NATO Conference on WMD Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation

8th

High Representative Nakamitsu addresses the Preparatory Committee for the 2020 Review Conference of the NPT, First Session

April

24th

High Representative’s remarks to the United Nations Disarmament Commission, closing session

5th

High Representative’s briefing to the United Nations Security Council Consultations on Syria

3rd

High Representative’s opening remarks to the United Nations Disarmament Commission

High Representative’s message to 2017 Critical Issues Forum Students Conference in Nagasaki, Japan

March

27th

High Representative opening remarks at the United Nations Conference to negotiate a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination

13th

High Representative’s remarks to Regional Dialogue and Consultations on Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty: Towards the PrepCom 2017

2nd

High Representative remarks at the High-level fissile material cut-off treaty (FMCT) expert preparatory group: Informal Consultations

February

14th

High Representative’s remarks to 50th Anniversary of the Treaty of Tlatelolco International Seminar