United Nations Conference to Negotiate a Legally Binding Instrument to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons, Leading Towards their Total Elimination
16 February, 27 - 31 March, 15 June - 7 July 2017Photos
Photos from 1st Session (March 2017)
Photos from 2nd Session (15th June 2017)
Photos from 2nd Session - Petition handover (16th June 2017)
Photos from 2nd Session (6th July 2017)
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Press Briefing by Amb. Elayne Whyte Gómez, Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva, on the negotiation of a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons
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Elayne Whyte Gómez, Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the UN Office at Geneva (UNOG) and President of the United Nations conference to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination, briefs journalists on the conference.
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Elayne Whyte Gómez (right), Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the UN Office at Geneva (UNOG) and President of the United Nations conference to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination, chairs a meeting of the conference. Currently taking place at UN headquarters from 27 to 31 March, the conference is scheduled to resume from 15 June to 7 July.
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Elayne Whyte Gómez (left), Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the UN Office at Geneva (UNOG) and President of the United Nations conference to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination, chairs a meeting of the conference. Currently taking place at UN headquarters from 27 to 31 March, the conference is scheduled to resume from 15 June to 7 July.
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Elayne Whyte Gómez (centre left), Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the UN Office at Geneva (UNOG) and President of the United Nations conference to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination, chairs a meeting of the conference.
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Elayne Whyte Gómez (shown on screens), Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the UN Office at Geneva (UNOG) and President of the United Nations conference to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination, addresses the opening meeting the conference.
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Elayne Whyte Gómez (centre), Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the UN Office at Geneva (UNOG) and President of the United Nations conference to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination, chairs the opening meeting of the conference.
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Organizational session of a 2017 "United Nations conference to negotiate a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination".
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Organizational session of a 2017 "United Nations conference to negotiate a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination".
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Organizational session of a 2017 "United Nations conference to negotiate a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination".
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Organizational session of a 2017 "United Nations conference to negotiate a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination".
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The representative of Iran arrives for the opening of the United Nations conference to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination.
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The representative of the the Holy See addresses the opening the UN conference to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination.
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The representative of Costa Rica addresses the United Nations conference to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination.
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The representative of Austria addresses the United Nations conference to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination.
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The representative of Chile addresses the United Nations conference to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination.
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The representative of the Republic of the Philippines addresses the United Nations conference to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination.
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Elayne Whyte Gómez, Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the UN Office at Geneva (UNOG) and President of the United Nations Conference to Negotiate a Legally Binding Instrument to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons, Leading Towards their Total Elimination, chairs a meeting of the conference.
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Rubén Ignacio Zamora Rivas, Permanent Representative of El Salvador, addresses the United Nations conference to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination. Text here
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José Luis Fialho Rocha, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Cabo Verde, addresses the United Nations conference to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination.
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Walton Alfonso Webson, Permanent Representative of Antigua and Barbuda, addresses the United Nations conference to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination.
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The representative of Japan addresses the United Nations conference to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination.
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Sabri Boukadoum, Permanent Representative of Algeria, addresses the United Nations conference to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination.
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Fujimori Toshiki, Assistant Secretary General of Nihon Hidankyo, addresses the United Nations conference to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination.
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Masud Bin Momen, Permanent Representative of the People's Republic of Bangladesh to the UN and Acting President of the General Assembly, addresses the opening the UN conference to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination.
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Peter Maurer (on screens), President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), addresses via video teleconference the UN conference to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination.
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Khalifa Ali Issa Al Harthy, new Permanent Representative of the Sultanate of Oman, addresses the United Nations conference to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination.
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Ambassador Miguel Ruiz Cabañas, Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights of the Foreign Ministry of Mexico, addresses the United Nations conference to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination.
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The representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran addresses the United Nations conference to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination.
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Ray Acheson, Director of Reaching Critical Will, addresses the United Nations conference to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination.
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Participants during the United Nations Conference to Negotiate a Legally Binding Instrument to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons, Leading Towards their Total Elimination.
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Wide view of United Nations Conference to Negotiate a Legally Binding Instrument to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons, Leading Towards their Total Elimination.
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A view of the United Nations conference to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination, taking place at UN headquarters from 27 to 31 March. The conference is scheduled to resume from 15 June to 7 July.
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Particpants at the United Nations conference to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination. Currently taking place at UN headquarters from 27 to 31 March, the conference is scheduled to resume from 15 June to 7 July.
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Particpants at the United Nations conference to negotiate a legally-binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination. Currently taking place at UN headquarters from 27 to 31 March, the conference is scheduled to resume from 15 June to 7 July.