General Assembly 1st Committee - Disarmament and International Security
Topic 1: Ensuring international cooperation of the peaceful uses of outer space.
Topic 2: Addressing the supply of small-arms to regions of conflict.
Topic 3: Minimizing transnational disputes over natural resources that span multiple borders.
Chair: Athul Mocherla
Deputy Chair: Amelle Férée
Topic 2: Addressing the supply of small-arms to regions of conflict.
Topic 3: Minimizing transnational disputes over natural resources that span multiple borders.
Chair: Athul Mocherla
Deputy Chair: Amelle Férée
Committee Introduction:
The Disarmament and International Security (DISEC) Committee is the General Assembly’s First Committee (GA1) and one of the six committees of the United Nations General Assembly. It includes all United Nations Member States, as under the UN Charter, all member states and observer states of the United Nations are part of the First Committee and have an equal vote. Documents devised by the First Committee require a simple majority (51%) to pass and like other General Assembly Committees is not able to authorize armed interventions, impose sanctions or pass binding resolutions. Like all General Assembly committees the GA1 deals with matters regarding world peace, but focuses on dealing with affairs that threaten to endanger international security and acknowledges all disarmament and international security matters, within the field of the UN Charter.
The First Committee is arguably the most important of the six General Assembly Committees, mainly due to the complex topics being discussed. More than other Committees in the General Assembly, the aim of the DISEC Committee is to present effective solutions, that focus on addressing the nature of the problem to permanently settle the issue.
The first contribution of the GA1 to the United Nations was Resolution 1 regarding the problems raised by the discovery of atomic energy on January 24 1946 which led to the creating of the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission (UNAEC).
The Disarmament and International Security (DISEC) Committee is the General Assembly’s First Committee (GA1) and one of the six committees of the United Nations General Assembly. It includes all United Nations Member States, as under the UN Charter, all member states and observer states of the United Nations are part of the First Committee and have an equal vote. Documents devised by the First Committee require a simple majority (51%) to pass and like other General Assembly Committees is not able to authorize armed interventions, impose sanctions or pass binding resolutions. Like all General Assembly committees the GA1 deals with matters regarding world peace, but focuses on dealing with affairs that threaten to endanger international security and acknowledges all disarmament and international security matters, within the field of the UN Charter.
The First Committee is arguably the most important of the six General Assembly Committees, mainly due to the complex topics being discussed. More than other Committees in the General Assembly, the aim of the DISEC Committee is to present effective solutions, that focus on addressing the nature of the problem to permanently settle the issue.
The first contribution of the GA1 to the United Nations was Resolution 1 regarding the problems raised by the discovery of atomic energy on January 24 1946 which led to the creating of the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission (UNAEC).
Country List:
China
Egypt
Germany
India
Netherlands
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Sri Lanka
Switzerland
UK
USA
Vietnam
Afghanistan
Egypt
Germany
India
Netherlands
Russia
Saudi Arabia
Sri Lanka
Switzerland
UK
USA
Vietnam
Afghanistan
Chair Report:
TBA
