President of Conference Says there is an Absence of Consensus on the Establishment of any Subsidiary Bodies The Conference on Disarmament today adopted its agenda for its 2005 session and the President of the Conference said that he had concluded that there was an absence of consensus on the…

The Conference on Disarmament today held a brief public plenary during which it approved a request by Panama to become the thirty-fourth observer to the work of the Conference during its 2005 session. The President of the Conference, Ambassador Chris Sanders of the Netherlands, said that the…

The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard statements from the Russian Federation on the prevention of an arms race in outer space, and from New Zealand, South Africa and Spain on their respective positions on reaching a consensus on a programme of work in order for the Conference to meet…

UN Secretary-General Says Disarmament is Critical for Conflict Prevention, Peace-Building and Realizing the Millennium Goals The Conference on Disarmament this morning held the first plenary of the first part of its 2005 session and heard the message of United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan…

The Conference on Disarmament, the world's sole multilateral forum for disarmament negotiations, will open its 2005 session on Monday, 24 January, at the Palais des Nations. The first public plenary will take place at 10 a.m. on Thursday, 27 January. The session will open under the presidency of…