Conference on Disarmament: CD discusses humanitarian impact on nuclear weapons, model convention on nuclear weapons and the fissile materials cut-off treaty
The Conference on Disarmament today held two plenary meetings, one in the morning and another in the afternoon, in which it conducted interactive debates on the issues of humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons, the Model Convention on Nuclear Weapons submitted by Costa Rica and Malaysia and the Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty. The Conference also discussed other items of the agenda, including the non-placement of nuclear weapons in the outer space introduced by the Delegation of the Russian Federation. The President of the Conference, Ambassador Jorge Lomonaco of Mexico, said that the objective of this plenary meeting was to give an opportunity to Member and Observer States to discuss specific issues which had bearing on the agenda and the beginning of the negotiations. (UNOG)
[source: UNOG]