Latest posts tagged with #FirstCommittee on Bluesky
It’s a wrap! The #1972BWC resolution was adopted by consensus in #UNGA80 #FirstCommittee this past week. Now all eyes on the BWC Working Group and the draft report being discussed in 8-12 December in Geneva.
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🚨🗳️The #AutonomousWeapons resolution has been adopted. Resolution L.41 tabled by
@austriaun.bsky.social and 30 cosponsor states at #FirstCommittee has passed with broad cross-regional support.
✅ 156 in favour
🟡8 abstentions
❌5 against
Read our analysis: stopkillerrobots.org/news/156-sta...
Accusations have been loud at the UN’s #FirstCommittee discussion on #SpaceSecurity. But the quiet story is cooperation, as states maintain parallel progress on both legal and behavioural tracks.
Voting is today. Catch up here: reachingcriticalwill.org/images/docum...
📢 Join us tomorrow at our #FirstCommittee online side event on nuclear disarmament verification.
We will discuss the group of Scientific and Technical experts, UNIDIR’s new digital repository and our report on demonstrative verification ☢️
🔗 unidir.org/PathwaysNDV1C
The gap between #AI development and regulation must be closed. It’s time for the international community to draw clear boundaries on the use of militarised AI and autonomy. #StopKillerRobots #UNGA80
Watch the #FirstCommittee discussion live: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1c...
(7/7) And see our 'statements' page to read the most recent statement to the Eightieth Session of the #UNGA80 #FirstCommittee and our other statements to disarmament fora: gpwmdcounterdisinfo.com/statements/
(1/7) Last week the @gpwmd.bsky.social
Initiative to Counter Disinformation delivered a statement on #CBRN #Disinformation in Disarmament at the Eightieth Session of the #UNGA80 #FirstCommittee.
(1/6) This week on the margins of #UNGA80 #FirstCommittee, the @gpwmd.bsky.social Initiative launched our newest evidence-based tool to support countering activities — the #CBRN #Disinfo Tracker.
As the thematic conversations on #FirstCommittee start this week at #UnitedNations HQ in New York, our Campaign Outreach Manager Isabelle recaps progress on #AutonomousWeapons from the week before.
📺 Watch what's happening live here: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1e...
Proud to see @ploughsharesca.bsky.social intern Kianna Low-A-Che deliver the joint civil society statement on #SpaceSecurity at #UNGA #FirstCommittee
A call to turn principles into practice to keep space peaceful for all. Big thanks to those who crafted.
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At #UNGA #FirstCommittee, #Italy proposed a legally binding ban on destructive #ASAT tests, turning restraint into law and bridging legal + normative divides in #SpaceSecurity.
Also calls for equity and inclusivity in governing space for all humankind. 🌍🚀
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Discussions on #1972BWC #bioweapons continued this past week in #UNGA80 #FirstCommittee with a key focus on #verification. Catch up here: tinyurl.com/3db3fpvw
In yesterday’s statement on #bioweapons to #UNGA80, I, like many #FirstCommittee delegations, focused on #verification. I argued that renewed attention to #BWC1972 compliance assessment, including #AI-based approaches, offers both opportunity and responsibility. 1/3
“The race to regulate #AutonomousWeapons is at a critical juncture and legal red lines have never been more urgent. The clock is ticking and time is running out.” #StopKillerRobots
📄 Read our full #FirstCommittee statement: www.stopkillerrobots.org/resource/sto...
#UNGA80 @yanitrak.bsky.social
Machines should never decide who lives or dies. That’s why we’re at the #UnitedNations today — to make sure states say NO to killer robots.
📹 Follow the #FirstCommittee live: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1z...
What if #CBRN #disinformation was traceable? Join us this Monday to learn more #UNGA80 #FirstCommittee
We’re at the #UnitedNations urging countries to act before it’s too late — to protect humanity and #StopKillerRobots.
Watch the #FirstCommittee talks live: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1a...
We’re at the #UnitedNations to remind states what’s at stake and why they need #StopKillerRobots.
Listen to the #FirstCommittee discussions live from New York: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k13...
🛰️ #SpaceSecurity is a big focus at the #UN #FirstCommittee.
During Week 1:
💣 Nuclear and tech entanglement is reshaping deterrence.
🚀 Restraint in the space arms race is slipping—“nearing the point of no return.”
More via Reaching Critical Will (p. 23) 👇
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Join us 20 October 2025 10:00 ET, in the margins of #UNGA80 #FirstCommittee, for the public launch of our CBRN Disinformation Tracker—a chronological, interactive resource that tracks how disinformation is shaping multilateral disarmament debates on weapons of mass destruction.
Catch up on the #1972BWC #bioweapons discussion during the opening week of #UNGA80 #FirstCommittee: tinyurl.com/yc4js3tm
"As we see more and more #AI powered military tools being used in conflict concrete action to establish red lines has never been more important."
We're in #NewYork for #UNGA80 as states will discuss #KillerRobots at #FirstCommittee. Our Campaign Outreach Manager Isabelle explains what's at stake👇
#BiologicalWeapons #EuropeanUnion #Statement #UNGA #FirstCommittee
EU Statement – UN General Assembly 1st Committee: General Statement
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The EU will continue to promote and further strengthen multilateral instruments against chemical ...
As #UNGA80 #FirstCommittee on Disarmament & International Security gets underway today, I’m excited to announce the webinar launch of the @gp-wmdctrdisinfo.bsky.social @warstudieskcl.bsky.social #CBRN #Disinformation Tracker in the margins of the meeting. Register using the QR code below.
This Friday during #FirstCommittee, UNIDIR will join an event hosted by Malta 🇲🇹 to mark 25 years of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda.
The discussion will explore how #WPS intersects with disarmament and arms control efforts.
📅 10 October, NY
🔗 unidir.org/WPSat1C
From 8 Oct–7 Nov, the UN #FirstCommittee will meet on #Disarmament.
@rcw-wilpf.bsky.social, our disarmament programme, will be at the UN urging feminist action to abolish nuclear weapons, regulate AI in war, and invest in peace.
➡️ www.wilpf.org/the-first-committee-must-act-for-disarmament-now/
These statements show the urgent need for regulation – and we hope states will build on this in the #FirstCommittee on Disarmament and International Security where #AutonomousWeapons will be discussed next month.
As the #disarmament community gears up for #UNGA, my RCW Briefing Book chapter on #bioweapons provides an update on #1972BWC WG discussions on #compliance and #verification and sets out recommendations for #FirstCommittee delegations. tinyurl.com/2s488ecf
