GA1 (Disarmament & International Security) - POL 293a01 - Workshop Model United Nations - Guides at Milner Library, Illinois State University

General Information

Disarmament and International Security (First Committee)
"[D]eals with disarmament, global challenges and threats to peace that affect the international community and seeks out solutions to the challenges in the international security regime."
United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA)
"[S]upports multilateral efforts aimed at achieving the ultimate goal of general and complete disarmament under strict and effective international control."

UNODA: Confidence-Building Measures
"The objective of CBMs is to prevent or reduce the occurrence of ambiguities, doubts and suspicions and to improve international cooperation in the field of peaceful biological activities."
UNODA: Transparency and Confidence-Building
"Confidence building measures are meant to prevent or reduce the occurrence of ambiguities and suspicions to improve international cooperation in disarmament and arms control."
Confidence-building measures in the regional and subregional context: resolution
A/RES/78/38
UN. General Assembly (78th sess. : 2023-2024)

Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco)
UN Conference on Disarmament
The "single multilateral disarmament negotiating forum of the international community."
United Nations Disarmament Commission
It was "created as a deliberative body, with the function of considering and making recommendations on various issues in the field of disarmament and of following up on the relevant decisions and recommendations of the special session. It reports annually to the General Assembly."
UNODA: Nuclear Weapons