Conference on Disarmament

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The Conference on Disarmament is a multilateral disarmament negotiating forum of the international community, based in Geneva, that serves as the primary venue for negotiating global arms control and non-proliferation agreements.


Statements (51)
Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations-related body
international organization
multilateral disarmament negotiating forum
abbreviation CD
affiliation United Nations
agendaItem cessation of the nuclear arms race and nuclear disarmament
comprehensive programme of disarmament
effective international arrangements to assure non-nuclear-weapon states against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons
new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons
prevention of an arms race in outer space
prevention of nuclear war
transparency in armaments
country Switzerland
decisionMakingMethod consensus
established 1979
hasChair rotating presidency
hasMemberCategory non-nuclear-weapon states
nuclear-weapon states
location Geneva
mandate negotiate disarmament agreements
negotiate multilateral arms control agreements
negotiate non-proliferation agreements
meetsAt Palais des Nations
meetsFrequency annual sessions
membershipType state members
name Conference on Disarmament
negotiatedInstrument Biological Weapons Convention
Chemical Weapons Convention
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction
Environmental Modification Convention
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons review-related measures
numberOfMembers 65
predecessor Conference of the Committee on Disarmament
Eighteen Nation Committee on Disarmament
presidencyRotationBasis alphabetical order of member states
primaryLanguage English
French
region Europe
reportsThrough First Committee of the United Nations General Assembly
reportsTo United Nations General Assembly
role primary multilateral disarmament negotiating forum of the international community
primary venue for negotiating global arms control agreements
primary venue for negotiating global non-proliferation agreements
scope global
secretariatProvidedBy United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
subjectArea arms control
disarmament
non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction

Referenced by (7)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Conference on Disarmament ("Conference of the Committee on Disarmament")
Conference on Disarmament ("Eighteen Nation Committee on Disarmament")
predecessor
First Committee (Disarmament and International Security)
cooperatesWith
Conference on Disarmament
name
Biological Weapons Convention ("Conference of the Committee on Disarmament")
negotiatedAt
Chemical Weapons Convention
negotiatedIn
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom ("United Nations disarmament forums")
participatesIn

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