In its 81st Session, the committee is focused on disarmament. Specifically:
Reduction of military budgets
African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty
Prohibition of the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction and new systems of such weapons: report of the Conference on Disarmament
Maintenance of international security – good-neighbourliness, stability and development in South-Eastern Europe
Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international security
Establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East
Conclusion of effective international arrangements to assure non-nuclear-weapon States against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons
Prevention of an arms race in outer space
The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East