Acting on the recommendation of its First Committee (Disarmament and International Security), the General Assembly adopted 58 texts related to disarmament, requiring 39 separate recorded votes in all. Rodney Charles (left), Permanent Representative of Trinidad and Tobago to the UN and Vice-President of the Assembly, chairs the meeting. At right is Ion Botnaru, Director of the General Assembly and Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Affairs Division.