Conference Agrees to Grant Observer Status to Georgia The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard statements from Nepal and the Republic of Korea discussing the deadlock in the Conference and calling on it to meet the international community’s expectations, as well as a statement from...

The Conference on Disarmament this morning heard statements from the representatives of six countries who discussed the deadlock in the Conference, calling upon the Conference to move forwards on negotiations and arrive at a programme of work, in a context of transparency and reform. Austria said...

Speakers Raise Issues Relating to Deadlock in Conference and Situation in Gaza The Conference on Disarmament this morning opened its 2009 session, hearing a message from the Secretary-General of the United Nations and general statements on the deadlock in the Conference and on the situation in...

The Conference on Disarmament, the world's sole multilateral forum for disarmament negotiations, will hold the first public plenary of its 2009 session on Tuesday, 20 January at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The session will open under the presidency of Ambassador Le Hoai Trung of Viet Nam....