UN Document Symbols & Series Symbols

General Assembly resolution S-10/2 of 30 June 1978, the final document of the first special session on disarmament, established four bodies including:

• Conference on Disarmament
• Disarmament Commission
• Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters
• UN Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)

Conference on Disarmament

• Began as the Committee on Disarmament; renamed pursuant to General Assembly resolution 37/99K of 13 December 1982
• Sole multilateral disarmament negotiating forum, in accordance with General Assembly resolution S-10/2 of 30 June 1978
• Meets in Geneva
• Document series symbol for working documents
  • CD/-
  • example: CD/1946
• Verbatim records
  • CD/PV.[meeting number]
  • example: CD/PV.1248
• Sessional reports 
  • Supplement 27 to the General Assembly Official Records (GAOR)
  • A/session/27
  • example: A/78/27
• Press release series symbol: DCF/-

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