UN First Committee: Week 4 in Review

During the fourth week of the UNGA First Committee delegations continued to discuss regional disarmament and security as well a disarmament machinery. The following African states made presentations - Morocco and Egypt, as well as the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).

Non-governmental organisations were also given an opportunity to address the meeting. The following presentations were made:

• 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

For a full list of Draft Resolutions and Decisions, Voting Results, and Explanations of Vote
from First Committee 2011 please click HERE.