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Disarmament machinery
- Author: United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
- Main Title: UNODA Occasional Papers No. 40 , pp 41-54
- Publication Date: September 2023
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18356/9789210028011c005
- Language: English
COVID-19 snarled the functioning of the multilateral disarmament machinery. As the pandemic erupted in early 2020, the General Assembly promptly postponed the annual session of the United Nations Disarmament Commission (UNDC), effectively cancelling it. Likewise, physical restrictions imposed at the United Nations Office at Geneva forced the Conference on Disarmament to suspend and subsequently limit its work, though the body still succeeded in taking forward its 2020 session. Timing appeared to favour the General Assembly’s First Committee, whose annual session followed the reopening of the United Nations Headquarters in September 2020; nevertheless, COVID restrictions required it to hold fewer formal meetings, to dispense with the thematic debate and to conduct many of its deliberations and consultations virtually. The Committee’s session ultimately ran from 6 October to 10 November 2020 and included 15 in-person meetings, down from the 27 originally scheduled.
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