United Nations (UN)

General Debate of the UN First Committee

October 8-17, 2001

Notes: the Committee was chaired by Ambassador Andre Erdos of Hungary. There were three vice-chairs: Lee Kie-Cheon (South Korea), Milos Alacalay (Venezuela) and Stephane De Loecker (Belgium).

Unless otherwise stated, the source for the excerpts reproduced below is the website of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, http://www.reachingcriticalwill.org, which also features a wealth of related documentation.

Coverage includes:

• Opening Statement by UN Under-Secretary-General
• Terrorism, Disarmament and Weapons of Mass Destruction
• Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defence and Outer Space
• Biological and Chemical Weapons
• Conventional Weapons, Small Arms and Landmines
• Disarmament Processes and Institutions

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