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United Nations (UN)
Conference on Disarmament 3th partStart date: 3 Aug 2009 End date: 18 Aug 2009 Place: Council Chamber, Geneva, Switzerland Description: The Conference on Disarmament (CD), established in 1979 as the single multilateral disarmament negotiating forum of the international community, was a result of the first Special Session on Disarmament of the United Nations General Assembly held in 1978. It succeeded other Geneva-based negotiating fora, which include the Ten-Nation Committee on Disarmament (1960), the Eighteen-Nation Committee on Disarmament (1962-68), and the Conference of the Committee on Disarmament (1969-78).The terms of reference of the CD include practically all multilateral arms control and disarmament problems. More information here |