First Committee (Disarmament and International Security)

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Main committee of the United Nations General Assembly

The First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) is the United Nations General Assembly body responsible for debating and making recommendations on global disarmament, arms control, and international security issues.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	As subject	As object
First Committee	0	3
Disarmament and International Security Committee	0	1
First Committee of the General Assembly	0	1

Statements (65)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Main committee of the United Nations General Assembly →
alsoKnownAs	First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) → surface form: Disarmament and International Security Committee First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) → surface form: First Committee of the General Assembly
composition	Member States of the United Nations → surface form: All Member States of the United Nations
cooperatesWith	Conference on Disarmament → Security Council on related matters → United Nations Disarmament Commission → United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs →
decisionMakingProcess	Informal consultations → Majority voting →
electionOfBureau	Annually by the General Assembly →
field	Arms control → Confidence-building measures in the military field → Conventional arms control → Conventional weapons → Disarmament → Disarmament machinery → Information and telecommunications in the context of international security → International security → Missile proliferation → Non-proliferation → Nuclear disarmament → Nuclear weapons → Outer space security → Peace and security → Regional disarmament → Small arms and light weapons → Transparency in armaments → Weapons of mass destruction →
hasBureau	Chair → Rapporteur → Vice-Chairs →
hasVotingMembers	Member States of the United Nations → surface form: United Nations Member States
language	Arabic → Chinese → English → French → Russian → Spanish →
locatedIn	New York City →
mandate	Consideration of disarmament and related international security questions → Drafting and adopting resolutions and decisions on disarmament and international security → Making recommendations to the General Assembly on disarmament and international security → Promoting multilateral negotiations on disarmament → Reviewing the work of the UN disarmament machinery →
meetsAt	United Nations Headquarters →
meetsDuring	Regular session of the United Nations General Assembly →
parentOrganization	United Nations →
partOf	United Nations General Assembly →
produces	Decisions on disarmament and international security → Resolutions on disarmament and international security →
reportsTo	United Nations General Assembly → surface form: Plenary of the United Nations General Assembly
scope	Global →
sessionEndPeriod	Early November →
sessionFrequency	Annually →
sessionStartPeriod	Early October →
shortName	First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) self-linksurface differs → surface form: First Committee UNGA First Committee →
usesDocuments	Draft resolutions → Reports of the Secretary-General → Working papers →
website	https://www.un.org/en/ga/first →
workingMethod	Action on draft resolutions and decisions → General debate → Thematic debates →

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) → alsoKnownAs → First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) →

this entity surface form: First Committee of the General Assembly

First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) → alsoKnownAs → First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) →

this entity surface form: Disarmament and International Security Committee

United Nations General Assembly → hasMainCommittee → First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) →

GA → hasMainCommittee → First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) →

subject surface form: United Nations General Assembly

Third session of the United Nations General Assembly → hasPart → First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) →

United Nations General Assembly committees → hasPart → First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) →

this entity surface form: First Committee

Sixth Committee → hasSiblingCommittee → First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) →

this entity surface form: First Committee

Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) → relatedBody → First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) →

First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) → shortName → First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) self-linksurface differs →

this entity surface form: First Committee