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USG Nobuyasu Abe

Assembly committee must work to break stalemate on nuclear arms – UN official

3 October 2005
The senior United Nations disarmament official today called on the General Assembly’s security committee to break the diplomatic stalemate on nuclear arms that led to a failure to achieve progress on the issue at recent international meetings.

Annan says breakdown in disarmament poses a threat to multilateral system

21 September 2005
The failure of the non-proliferation treaty review and the lack of results and progress on disarmament are weakening the system of legal norms and pose a threat to world peace and multilateralism, according to a new report by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the General Assembly.
Kofi Annan

2005 is year for action on new global collective security – Annan

23 February 2005
From keeping weapons of mass destruction out of the hands of terrorists to combating the proliferation of small arms, the world must seize the opportunity this year to adapt the global collective security system to the transformed global security environment, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today.

Annan calls on UN disarmament conference to end 6-year deadlock and start work

25 January 2005
After six years of deadlock on reaching an agenda, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today appealed to the United Nations Conference on Disarmament, the world's sole multilateral forum for such talks, to move forward and start work on substantive issues that are vital for peace and social and economic development.