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AMBASSADRESS

05/16/2008

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Technologically speaking, His Excellency got left behind somewhere between the introduction of the ballpoint pen and the invention of the automatic dialling system. Mobile phones he concedes to be of some use when carried by his secretary whilst on her coffee break. Computers are for rocket scientists. When, therefore, a misguided friend sent him an i-Pod for his recent birthday he went off to get his hearing tested because he couldn’t detect any sound even at full volume. Microphones…

Disarmament. Non-proliferation. Negotiations. Treaties

05/16/2008

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Disarmament. Non-proliferation. Negotiations. Treaties. These are words that matter. These are words that affect our lives. These are words that drive the work of the Conference on Disarmament, the world’s sole multilateral forum to negotiate arms control treaties, and it is located right here in Geneva. The Conference on Disarmament, or more informally referred to as the “CD,” was established by a Special Session on Disarmament of the United Nations in 1978, and succeeded other Geneva-based negotiating fora. The…