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1 Jerzy Zaleski, Nuclear Disarmament in the Conference on Disarmament 1 (2011)

handle is hein.unl/unaaeb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Nuclear Disarmament in the Conference on Disarmament January 2011 The CD Discussion Series Between December 2010 and July 2011, the UNIDIR project The Conference on Disarmament: Breaking the Ice and the Geneva Forum are organizing a series of thematic discussions to examine the myths and realities of the CD-as well as the critical challenges facing it-with the aim to increase understanding of the history, processes and issue areas of this unique negotiating forum. Background paper by Jerzy Zaleski for the discussion Nuclear Disarmament and the role of the CD organized by UNIDIR and the Geneva Forum, 19 January 2011 A short introduction to the agenda of the CD 1 At its initial session in 1979, the Committee on Disarmament' established, on the basis of the results of the first special session of the General Assembly devoted to disarmament, a list of issues for its future work on the cessation of the arms race and disarmament. This list consisting of ten subjects, therefore frequently referred to as the Decalogue, had at its top nuclear, chemical and other weapons of mass destruction, and included also other areas of disarmament and arms control, such as conventional weapons, reduction of military budgets and of armed forces, confidence-building measures, verification methods, etc. The tenth and last issue on this list was a comprehensive programme of disarmament leading to general and complete disarmament under effective international control.2 2 Although the Decalogue was meant to be a framework for establishing annual agendas of the CD, the very first agenda adopted in April 1979 included 1 In 1982, the Committee on Disarmament was renamed the Conference on Disarmament. 2 The Decalogue: (1) nuclearweapons in all its aspects; (2) chemical weapons; (3) otherweapons of mass destruction; (4) conventional weapons; (5) reduction of military budgets; (6) reduction of armed forces; (7) disarmament and development; (8) disarmament and international security; (9) collateral measures; confidence-building measures; effective verification methods in relation to appropriate disarmament measures, acceptable to all parties concerned; and (10) comprehensive programme of disarmament leading to general and complete disarmament under effective international control. Until October 2009, Jerzy Zaleski served as the Senior Political Affairs Officer in the Geneva Branch of the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, acting as the Secretary of the Conference on Disarmament and a senior member of the Secretariat of the Review Conferences of States Parties to the NPT, and earlier also to the Review Conferences of BWC and CCW. In 2005 he was elected the Secretary-General of the 2005 NPT Review Conference. He also supervised the United Nations Programme of Fellowships on Disarmament. Prior to entering the United Nations Office in Geneva, he was the Head of the Political Division of the Department of the UN System in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland, his responsibilities included disarmament, arms control and international security and the UN peacekeeping operations; he also acted as the Executive Secretary of the Polish delegations to the UN General Assembly sessions. He holds a master degree in electronics and computer sciences and a postgraduate diploma in international relations. Zaleski is currentlyan independent disarmament consultant. DEAS FOR PEACE AND SECURITY

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