Disarmament in Review
This page links to resources and press releases related to the 2013 Substantive Session
of the UN Disarmament Commission.
Report
Statements
- 01 April 2013 Statement by the Chair Christopher Grima, Permanent Representative of Malta to the United Nations
- 01 April 2013 Statement Before the Disarmament Commission Angela Kane, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs
Agenda
- A/CN.10/L.70 — Provisional Agenda
- A/CN.10/CRP.1/Rev.1 — Schedule of meetings
Documentation before the Commission
- A/CN.10/207 — Note by the Secretary-General
Working papers
- A/CN.10/2013/WG.I/WP.1* Preventing the use of nuclear weaponsWorking paper submitted by the United States of America
- A/CN.10/2013/WG.I/WP.2 Recommendation for Achieving the objective of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation of nuclear weaponsWorking paper submitted by the Chair
- A/CN.10/2013/WG.I/WP.3 General guiding elements for achieving nuclear disarmament and non-proliferationWorking paper submitted by the Chair
- A/CN.10/2013/WG.II/WP.1 Practical confidence-building measures in the field of conventional weapons
Working paper submitted by Ireland on behalf of theEuropean Union - A/CN.10/2013/WG.II/WP.2 Practical confidence-building measures in the field of conventional weaponsWorking paper submitted by the Chair
- A/CN.10/2013/WP.1 Recommendations for achieving the objective of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation of nuclear weapons and practical confidence-building measures in the field of conventional weaponsWorking paper submitted by Egypt
Press releases
- 19 April 2013 Disarmament Commission Chair, Concluding Session, Says Trust Rebuilt, Stage Set for Success as Positions on Nuclear, Conventional Weapons Items Inch Closer
- 03 April 2013 Disarmament Commission ‘Place where we can think and debate’, say delegations
hoping to reframe discussion, find convergence on critical issues;
Central to concerns: Accelerating pace of nuclear disarmament,
stemming proliferation, building confidence in conventional weapons realm - 01 April 2013 With profoundly difficult agenda, Disarmament Commission will be judged less by words, more by quality of outcomes, says High Representative as session opens; Chair says commission at ‘Watershed Moment’; Disarmament high on global agenda, but multilateral machinery still delivering ‘Very Little’
