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It deals with disarmament and international security matters. The First Committee meets every year in October for a 4–5-week session, after the General Assembly General Debate. All 193 member states of the UN can attend. It is the only main committee of the General Assembly entitled to verbatim records.
The United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) is a research institute of the United Nations focused on disarmament and international security.It was established in 1980 by the United Nations General Assembly with the stated purpose of informing states and the global community on questions of international security, and to assist with disarmament efforts so as to facilitate ...
All 193 members of the United Nations are members of the General Assembly, with the addition of the Holy See and Palestine as observer states as well as the European Union (since 1974). Further, the United Nations General Assembly may grant observer status to an international organization or entity, which entitles the entity to participate in ...
The United Nations Disarmament Commission was first established on 11 January 1952 by United Nations General Assembly Resolution 502 (VI). This commission was put under the jurisdiction of the United Nations Security Council and its mandate included: preparing proposals for a treaty for the regulation, limitation and balanced reduction of all armed forces and all armaments, including the ...
First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) Name Country Position H.E. Omar Hilale Morocco: Chair Vacant, Latin American and Caribbean Group Vice-chair Amir Hamzah Mohd Nasir Malaysia: Vice-chair Saša Milanović Bosnia and Herzegovina: Vice-chair Sanna Leena Orava Finland: Rapporteur
Members countries of the Conference on Disarmament The conference is currently composed of 65 formal members, representing all areas of the world, as well as all known nuclear-weapon states . Additionally, members are organized into a number of informal regional groups to facilitate their preparation for, and representation in the plenary ...
In a similar incident in 2014, members of the organization attacked three US sailors on leave from their ship in Istanbul, placing bags over their heads. The assailants chanted “Yankee, go home ...
As of 2019, there are two permanent non-member observer states in the General Assembly of the United Nations: the Holy See and the State of Palestine.Both were described as "Non-Member States having received a standing invitation to participate as Observers in the sessions and the work of the General Assembly and maintaining Permanent Observer Missions at Headquarters".