(Source: United Nations General Assembly) The General Assembly today, closely following the recommendation of its First Committee (Disarmament and International Security), where delegates increased their participation in debates by 40 per cent from last year, adopted 57 draft resolutions and decisions - 23 on nuclear weapons - requiring 29 recorded votes in all, including on separate provisions. Loyal to the Committee's voting pattern, the General Assembly adopted an array of texts on such topics as the risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East, the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons, the Chemical Weapons Convention, the Arms Trade Treaty, and no first placement of weapons...
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