Conference on Disarmament
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Conference on Disarmament (CD) is a multilateral disarmament negotiating forum. Established in 1979, the Conference succeeded the Ten-Nation Committee on Disarmament (1960), the Eighteen-Nation Committee on Disarmament (1962-68) and the Conference of the Committee on Disarmament (1969-78).
The CD is a forum established by the international community for the negotiation of multilateral arms control and disarmament agreements. While the conference is not formally a United Nations (UN) organization, it is linked to the UN through a personal representative of the United Nations Secretary-General; this representative serves as the secretary general of the conference. Resolutions adopted by the UN General Assembly often request the conference to consider specific disarmament matters. In turn, the conference annually reports its activities to the Assembly.
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[edit] Membership
It has 65 members representing all areas of the world, including all known nuclear-weapon states. [1]
- Algeria
- Argentina
- Australia
- Austria
- Bangladesh
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Cuba
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- Ethiopia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Hungary
- India
- Indonesia
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Islamic Republic of Iran
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Malaysia
- Mexico
- Mongolia
- Morocco
- Myanmar
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nigeria
- Norway
- Pakistan
- Peru
- Poland
- Republic of Korea (South Korea)
- Romania
- Russian Federation
- Senegal
- Slovakia
- South Africa
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- United States of America
- Venezuela
- Viet Nam
- Zimbabwe
[edit] Discussions
The CD operates by consensus and has successfully negotiated the Biological Weapons Convention and the Chemical Weapons Convention.
The Conference on Disarmament held intensive efforts over three years to draft the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty text and its two annexes, but it did not succeed in reaching consensus on the adoption of the text. Australia then sent the text to the United Nations General Assembly in New York, where it was submitted as a draft resolution.[2] On 10 September 1996, the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) was adopted by a large majority, exceeding two-thirds of the General Assembly's Membership.[3].
Currently under discussion are a Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty (FMCT), a prevention of an arms race in outer space (PAROS), nuclear disarmament, and negative security assurances (NSA).
[edit] References
- ^ "Disarmament: Member States". United Nations Office at Geneva. http://www.unog.ch/80256EE600585943/(httpPages)/6286395D9F8DABA380256EF70073A846?OpenDocument. Retrieved on 2007-05-04.
- ^ http://unbisnet.un.org:8080/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=X204697124L65.19785&profile=bibga&uri=full=3100001~!396802~!33&ri=1&aspect=power&menu=search&source=~!horizon#focus
- ^ http://www.un.org/documents/ga/res/50/ares50-245.htm
[edit] External links
- United Nations' page of Conference on Disarmament
- Press releases of Conference on Disarmament
- Disarmament insight website
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