Saturday, November 20, 2010

After the opening plenary session, the first order of business for the General Assembly First Committee was to consider which topic to deliberate: Arms Treaty or Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. With approximately 160 countries represented, it took nearly three hours to reach a conclusion. After numerous motions, several speeches, and three caucusing sessions it was determined we would discuss the Arms Treaty. With two minutes remaining in the final caucusing session a working paper was proposed and a motion to suspend the meeting until 8:30am Sunday was made. There is a lot of exciting energy, great discussions and eager participants actively stating their positions. I am looking forward to another day of in-depth dialogue.

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