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UN First Committee

Formal Title: UN DISARMAMENT AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY COMMITTEE

Summary:

The UN First Committee, a subsidiary organ of the UN General Assembly, deals with all disarmament and nonproliferation questions.

For more in-depth information, please consult the Inventory of Nonproliferation Organizations and Regimes, which can be found on the CNS website at: http://cns.miis.edu/pubs/.

China and the UN First Committee:

China is a participant in the UN First Committee. China's Ambassador for Disarmament Affairs is Hu Xiaodi (also Ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament).

[LINK TO UN FIRST COMMITTEE WEBSITE]

Key statements related to China and the UN First Committee:

Other UN arms control and nonproliferation-related committees in which China has participated include:

[CHINA AND THE UN DISARMAMENT COMMISSION (UNDC)]

[CHINA AND THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY (IAEA)]

[CHINA AND THE UN SPECIAL COMMISSION ON IRAQ (UNSCOM)]

[CHINA AND THE UN REGISTER OF CONVENTIONAL ARMS (UNROCA)]

[CHINA AND THE CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT (CD)]


Last Updated September 2003

CNSThis material is produced independently for NTI by the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies and does not necessarily reflect the opinions of and has not been independently verified by NTI or its directors, officers, employees, agents. Copyright © 2007 by MIIS.

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