DESPITE RECENT SUCCESSES, MUCH WORK REMAINS TO ADVANCE DISARMAMENT – UN ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT

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DISARMAMENT – UN ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT
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DESPITE RECENT SUCCESSES, MUCH WORK REMAINS TO ADVANCE DISARMAMENT –
UN ASSEMBLY PRESIDENTNew York, Oct 17 2013 6:00PMWhile there have
been several noteworthy successes in the field of disarmament, there
are still important areas where greater progress is needed, the
President of the General Assembly
<"http://www.un.org/en/ga/president/68/pdf/statements/10172013PGA_First_Committee_Remarks_Oct%2017_final.pdf">told
the United Nations committee tackling disarmament and international
security issues today.

John Ashe cited recent achievements such as the adoption in April of
the Arms Trade Treaty, the convening last month of the first ever
high-level meeting of the General Assembly on nuclear disarmament and
the awarding last week of the Nobel Peace Prize to the Organisation
for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).

"These many successes are laudable and noteworthy, and we justly
celebrate over them," he said in his remarks to a high-level meeting
of the Assembly's First Committee. "However, we must acknowledge that
we continue to struggle in many areas."

The revitalization process of the disarmament machinery is making only
"limited progress," and the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty has
still not entered into force, he noted.

He went on to say that, in many regions of the world – including his
own, the Caribbean – the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons
is both "a clear and present danger" and considered a significant
threat to national and global peace and security.

"Not only do small arms facilitate a vast spectrum of human rights
violations but they also exacerbate poverty, place heavy burdens on
social and health care services which are already under severe stress,
steal the innocence of our youth, inhibit access to social services
and divert already limited resources away from efforts to improve
human development and in so far as they are heavily connected to the
trade in illegal drugs, they also represent a serious threat to
national security and well being.

"Given the gravity of this issue and mindful of its impact on both
human and economic development, I urge you to continue looking at how
to make progress in this area," he told the Committee.

"With this in mind, let me recall a truism: resources for economic and
social development, not weapons. Access to social goods and services
is predicated on the existence of peace and security."

He added that peace and security form the overarching context for the
pursuit of sustainable development goals.

"Without such an umbrella, our other pursuits are in vain. The pursuit
of the instruments of war and violence do not create peace and most
certainly do not engender development."Oct 17 2013 6:00PM
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