Where can I find documents on nuclear disarmament?
You can find official documents on nuclear disarmament issued by the Conference on Disarmament, or other UN bodies, through the links below:
Here is also a list of relevant documents on nuclear disarmament, compiled by UNODA Geneva (last updated 10 October 2016):
CD/1213 12 August 1993
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Russian Federation: statement related to nuclear weapons on Ukraine's territory
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CD/1221 27 August 1993
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Ukraine: Statement concerning nuclear disarmament of Ukraine
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CD/1225 5 October 1993
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Russian Federation: agreement with Ukraine regarding the recycling of nuclear warheads
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CD/1226 5 October 1993
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Russian Federation: statement regarding the elimination of nuclear weapons in Ukraine
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CD/1228* 28 October 1993
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Ukraine: Press release
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CD/1221 27 August 1993
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Ukarine: Resolution of the Verkhovna Rada regarding ratification of START I
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CD/1230 30 November1993
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Russian Federation: statement regarding a decision by Ukraine on START I
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CD/1237 21 January 1994
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Indonesia: statement by President Soeharto on the nuclear issue on the Korean peninsula
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CD/1243 4 February 1994
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Russian Federation: Trilateral statement between the Russian federation, Ukraine and the United States
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CD/1244 8 February 1994
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Ukraine: START: resolution by the Verkhovna Rada
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CD/1248 3 March 1994
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UK: Joint UK- Russian declaration on de-targeting nuclear missiles
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CD/1258 19 May 1994
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USA: Joint US-Ukraine statement on security and defense matters
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CD/1278 1994
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Netherlands: statement on behalf of the WEOG on FMCT
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CD/1279 7 September 1994
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Poland: statement on behalf of the EEG on FMCT
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CD/1280 12 September 1994
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Pakistan: statement on para 39 of the annual CD report on fissile materials
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CD/1388 14 March 1996
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G21: propsal for the establishment of an ad hoc committee on Nuclear Disarmament
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CD/1419 7 August 1996
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Proposal for a programme of action for the elimination of nuclear weapons
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CD/1445 13 February 1997
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Proposal for a Special Coordinator on Nuclear Disarmament
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CD/1450 20 March 1997
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Iran: Proposal on a Programme of Work
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CD/1453 1 April 1997
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Egypt: working paper for a mandate of an ad hoc committee on Nuclear Disarmament
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CD/1456 15 May 1997
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Canada: views on the CD's agenda and programme of work
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CD/1457 15 May 1997
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India: Final document of the XII Ministerial conference of the NAM
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CD/1460 26 May 1997
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USA and Russia: Joint summit documents
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CD/1462 5 June 1997
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G21: Proposal on a Programme of Work
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CD/1463 12 June 1997
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Proposed mandate for an ad hoc committee on Nuclear Disarmament
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CD/1483 20 January 1998
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South Africa: Draft decision and mandate on the establishment of an ad hoc committee on Nuclear Disarmament
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CD/1486 21 January 1998
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Canada: Working paper concerning CD action on Nuclear Disarmament
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CD/1496 12 February 1998
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Belgium: Proposal on nuclear issues
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CD/1542 11 June 1998
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Sweden: Joint declaration relating to nuclear disarmament
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CD/1545 31 July 1998
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Algeria: Proposal under item 1 of the agenda of teh CD
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CD/1549 12 August 1998
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G21 statement
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CD/1563 26 January 1999
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Egypt: Draft mandate for an ad hoc committee on Nuclear Disarmament
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CD/1565 2 February 1999
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Proposal on Nuclear Disarmament
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CD/1568 4 February 1999
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Canada: proposal concerning CD action on Nuclear Disarmament
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CD/1571 18 February 1999
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G21: Draft decision and mandate on the establishment of an ad hoc committee on Nuclear Disarmament
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CD/1574 9 March 1999
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Canada: working paper: substantive discussion in the CD
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CD/1609 24 March 2000
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New Zealand: Resolution on nuclear disarmament
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CD/1614 25 May 2000
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Mexico: portion of text adopted at the 2000 NPT RevCon
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CD/1644 30 May 2001
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Russia: proposals concerning the programme of work
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CD/1683* 3 September 2002
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Ireland: paper submitted by the NAC at the first session of the PrepCom of the 2005 NPT RevCon
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CD/1707 26 May 2003
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New Zealand: paper submitted by the NAC at the second session of the PrepCom of the 2005 NPT RevCon
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CD/1709 17 June 2003
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UK: working paper submitted at the second session of the PrepCom of the 2005 NPT RevCon
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CD/1715 2 September 2003
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Cuba: note on the eighteenth session of the General Conference of OPANAL
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CD/1716* 29 September 2003
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Peru: communique adopted by the Rio Group
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CD/INF.53 1 September 2006
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Basic Documents of the Conference on Disarmament related to Nuclear Disarmament- compilation prepared by the Secretariat
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CD/1814 14 February 2007
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UK: white paper: The future of the UK's nuclear deterrent
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CD/1816 20 February 2007
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India: Working paper: Nuclear Disarmament
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CD/1817 23 February 2007
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Algeria: High Level African Regional Conference on the Contribution of Nuclear Energy to Peace and Sustainable Development
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CD/1821 2007
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Cuba: recommendations for achieving the objective of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation of nuclear wepaons submitted by the NAM
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CD/1827 16 August 2007
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Reports of the seven Coordinators on the work done during the 2007 session
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CD/1842 26 March 2008
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France: Statement by President Sarkozy
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CD/1846 15 August 2008
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Reports of the seven Coordinators on the work done during the 2008 session
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CD/1854 18 December 2008
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France: Letters Mr. Sarkozy and Kouchner
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CD/1859 13 March 2009
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Russia: Statement President on START I
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CD/1860 27 March 2009
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France: Visit Pierrelatte and Marcoule
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CD/1861 20 April 2009
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Russia and US: London statement on reductions in strategic offensive arms
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CD/1862 20 April 2009
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Russia and US: Joint London statement
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CD/1877 15 December 2009
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Reports of the seven coordinators submitted to the President of the Conference on the work done during the 2009 session on agenda items 1 to 7
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CD/1881
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Letter dated 12 January 2010 from the permanent representatives of Australia and Japan to the conference on disarmament addressed to the secretary-general of the conference transmitting the synopsis of the report of the international commission on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament entitled “eliminating nuclear threats: a practical agenda for global policymakers”
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CD/1891 14 September 2010
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Islamic Republic of Iran, Working paper, The position paper of the G-21 on nuclear disarmament
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CD/1899 14 September 2010
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Reports of the coordinators on agenda items one to seven
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CD/1904 2 February 2011
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Letter dated 1 February 2011 from the Permanent Representative of Pakistan addressed to the President of the Conference on Disarmament transmitting the text of the press statement issued by Pakistan’s National Command Authority dated 14 December 2010
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CD/1908 17 May 2011
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Letter dated 13 May 2011 from the Permanent Representative of Germany to the Conference on Disarmament addressed to the Deputy Secretary- General of the Conference transmitting the text of the Berlin statement on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation issued by the Foreign Ministers of Australia, Canada, Chile, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates on 30 April 2011
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CD/1914 4 August 2011
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Letter dated 19 July 2011 from the Chargé d’affaires of France addressed to the Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament transmitting the text of the joint press release issued at the first meeting of the five permanent members of the Security Council in follow-up to the Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), held in Paris on 30 June-1 July 2011
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CD/1915 4 August 2011
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Note verbale dated 3 August 2011 from the Permanent Mission of Cuba to the United Nations Office at Geneva addressed to the Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament transmitting the text of the statement on peace and nuclear disarmament issued by the National Assembly of People’s Power of the Republic of Cuba on 28 July 2011 in Havana
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CD/1916 15 August 2011
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Letter dated 8 August 2011 from the Permanent Representatives of Argentina and Brazil to the Conference on Disarmament addressed to the Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament transmitting an article jointly authored by the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of those countries concerning the twentieth anniversary of the Agreement between Argentina and Brazil for the Exclusively Peaceful Use of Nuclear Energy”, creating the Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials (ABACC)
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CD/1916/CORR.1 19 September 2011
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Letter dated 8 August 2011 from the Permanent Representatives of Argentina and Brazil to the Conference on Disarmament addressed to the Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament transmitting an article jointly authored by the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of those countries concerning the twentieth anniversary of the Agreement between Argentina and Brazil for the Exclusively Peaceful Use of Nuclear Energy”, creating the Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials (ABACC)
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CD/1918 7 September 2011
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Letter dated 1 September 2011 from the President of the Conference on Disarmament addressed to the Secretary-General of the Conference transmitting the reports of the five Coordinators submitted to the President of the Conference on the work done during the 2011 session on agenda items 1 to 7
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CD/1923 13 September 2011
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Nigeria on behalf of member States of G-21, Working paper, Nuclear Disarmament
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CD/1934 1 June 2012
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Note verbale dated 30 May 2012 from the Permanent Mission of Cuba to the United Nations Office at Geneva addressed to the Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament transmitting the text of the final statement of the Meeting of Cuban Civil Society Organizations on Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, adopted on 24 May 2012 in Havana
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CD/1936 30 July 2012
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Letter dated 20 July 2012 from the Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the Conference on Disarmament addressed to the Secretary-General of the Conference transmitting a copy of the joint statement issued at the third meeting of the five permanent members of the Security Council of the United Nations on implementing the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, held in Washington D.C. on 27 June 2012
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CD/1937 24 August 2012
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Letter dated 22 August 2012 from the Permanent Representative of Turkey addressed to the Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament transmitting the text of the Istanbul statement adopted at the Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative (NPDI) Ministerial Meeting held in Istanbul on 16 June 2012
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CD/1938 28 August 2012
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Syrian Arab Republic on behalf of member States of G-21. Working paper. Nuclear Disarmament
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CD/1942 7 September 2012
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Note verbale dated 5 September 2012 from the Permanent Mission of Kazakhstan addressed to the Secretariat of the Conference on Disarmament transmitting the text of the declaration and of the joint statement of the Heads of the member States of the Collective Security Treaty Organization adopted at the Summit in Moscow on 15 May 2012
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CD/1950 21 March 2013
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Note verbale of 20 March 2013 addressed to the Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament by the Permanent Mission of Cuba, transmitting the text of the Declaration adopted at the Workshop of Cuban Civil Society Organizations on Nuclear Disarmament held in Havana on 12 March 2013
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CD/1953* 28 June 2013
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Note verbale dated 25 June 2013 from the Delegation of the United States of America to the Conference on Disarmament addressed to the Secretary-General of the Conference transmitting the text of the White House fact sheet on nuclear weapons employment strategy of the United States of America dated 19 June 2013
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CD/1959 9 September 2013
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Bangladesh, on behalf of member States of G-21. Working paper. Nuclear disarmament
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CD/1962 11 September 2013
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Letter dated 9 September 2013 from the Permanent Representative of Pakistan addressed to the President of the Conference on Disarmament transmitting the press release issued by Pakistan’s National Command Authority on 5 September 2013
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CD/1962/CORR.1 13 September 2013
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Letter dated 9 September 2013 from the Permanent Representative of Pakistan addressed to the President of the Conference on Disarmament transmitting the press release issued by Pakistan’s National Command Authority on 5 September 2013
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CD/1995 25 August 2014
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Letter dated 12 August 2014 from the President of the Conference on Disarmament addressed to the Acting Secretary-General of the Conference transmitting the reports of the Coordinators on the various substantive agenda items in accordance with decision CD/1978 adopted by the Conference on 26 March 2014 establishing a schedule of activities of the 2014 session
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CD/2009 23 January 2015
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Note verbale dated 20 January 2015 from the Permanent Mission of Austria addressed to the Acting Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament transmitting the Chair’s summary of the Vienna Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons, which took place on 8 and 9 December 2014 in Vienna
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CD/2010 23 January 2015
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Note verbale dated 20 January 2015 from the Permanent Mission of Austria addressed to the Acting Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament transmitting the Austrian Pledge that was presented by Austria in her national capacity at the Vienna Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons, which took place on 8 and 9 December 2014 in Vienna
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CD/2026 1 July 2015
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Letter dated 30 June 2015 from the Permanent Representative of New Zealand to the Conference on Disarmament addressed to the Acting Secretary-General of the Conference transmitting the text of the paper entitled “Article VI of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons” submitted by New Zealand on behalf of the New Agenda Coalition to the 2015 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
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CD/2032 13 August 2015
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Indonesia on behalf of Member States of G-21. Working paper. Follow-up to the 2013 High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on Nuclear Disarmament
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CD/2047 12 October 2015
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Note verbale, dated 12 October 2015, to the Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament from the Permanent Mission of Cuba, transmitting a declaration of the People’s National Assembly of the Republic of Cuba regarding the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
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CD/2056 3 March 2016
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Note verbale dated 26 February 2016 addressed to the Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament by the Permanent Mission of Argentina in its capacity as coordinator of the work of the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean transmitting the communiqué issued on 14 February 2016 concerning the forty-ninth anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Tlatelolco
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CD/2063 3 June 2016
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Malaysia on behalf of Member States of G-21. Working paper Nuclear disarmament
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CD/2067 3 August 2016
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Mongolia on behalf of Member States of G-21. Working paper Follow-up to the 2013 High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on Nuclear Disarmament
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CD/2069 3 August 2016
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Mongolia on behalf of Member States of G-21. Working paper. Work of the Conference on Disarmament
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CD/2075 14 September 2016
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Note Verbale dated 13 September 2016 from the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the Secretariat of the Conference on Disarmament transmitting the text of the Declaration “The Astana Vision: From a Radioactive Haze to a Nuclear-Weapon-Free-World”
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CD/2081 14 November 2016
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Note Verbale dated 26 September 2016 from the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Cuba to the Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament transmitting the document entitled “Cuba commemorates the 26 September: International Day for total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons”
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CD/2082 16 November 2016
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Note verbale dated 3 November 2016 from the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Belarus to the secretariat of the Conference on Disarmament transmitting the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus on the twentieth anniversary of the withdrawal of nuclear weapons by Belarus
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CD/2091 23 February 2017
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Note verbale dated 20 February 2017 from the Permanent Mission of Mexico addressed to the Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament transmitting the Declaration of the Member States of OPANAL on the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Conclusion of the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean
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CD/2096 23 June 2017
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Letter dated 19 June 2017 from the Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, addressed to the Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament
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CD/2099 12 September 2017
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Sri Lanka on behalf of Member States of G-21. Working paper. Nuclear disarmament
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CD/2101 12 September 2017
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Letter dated 11 September 2017 from the President of the Conference on Disarmament, Mr. Julio Herráiz to all Permanent Representatives of the Member and Non-Member States to the Conference on Disarmament
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CD/2106 15 September 2017
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Letter dated 14 September 2017 from the Permanent Representative of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar to the Secretary General of the Conference on Disarmament transmitting the Report on the informal meetings on Agenda items 1 and 2 with general focus on nuclear disarmament
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