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17 Mar 2025

UNODA Director and Deputy to the High Representative delivers closing remarks at Joint General Assembly – Economic and Social Council meeting

13 Mar 2025

High Representative Izumi Nakamitsu video message marking International Women’s Day 2025

13 Mar 2025

Marshall Islands accedes to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction

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First Iteration of ‘India-UNODA Capacity-building Program on UNSCR 1540 and Export Controls for Asia-Pacific States’

25-27 February 2025 (Palasamudram, India) With a view to strengthening implementation of UNSCR 1540 (2004) – which aims to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction to and by non-State actors, including terrorists – the Government of India collaborated with the United Nations Office for Disarmament (UNODA) to carry out the first ‘India-UNODA Capacity-building […]

25-27 February 2025 (Palasamudram, India) With a view to strengthening implementation of UNSCR 1540 (2004) – which aims to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction to and...

The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs organized a commemorative event on Disarmament Education for the International Day for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Awareness

On 5 March, in recognition of the International Day for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Awareness, the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA), in collaboration with the Permanent Mission of...

Building the global norm against biological weapons: the 1925 Geneva Protocol and the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention

From 24 to 28 February 2025, the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) Geneva Branch and the Implementation Support Unit (ISU) of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) hosted...

Sustaining the fight against the illicit proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons in The Gambia

A delegation of the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC) travelled to Banjul from 27 to 31 January. The main objective of their Mission...

Des parlementaires d’États africains non parties à la Convention sur les armes biologiques se réunissent pour soutenir son universalisation

Les 10 et 11 février 2025, le Bureau des affaires de désarmement des Nations unies (UNODA) et l’Union interparlementaire (UIP) ont accueilli à Genève des délégations parlementaires du Tchad,...

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OUR WORK

The main units of the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs.

Weapons of Mass Destruction
Support to multilateral disarmament and non-proliferation efforts with respect to weapons of mass destruction (WMD).

Conventional Arms
Focusing disarmament and arms control efforts on all weapons not considered WMD, including small arms and light weapons (SALW).

Regional Disarmament
The enhancement of global disarmament and international peace and security through the support and promotion of regional disarmament efforts.

Transparency and Confidence-building
Confidence building measures are meant to prevent or reduce the occurrence of ambiguities and suspicions to improve international cooperation in disarmament and arms control.

Other Disarmament Issues
Other disarmament issues include UNODA’s work in education, youth, gender, multilateralism, information security and outer space, among other areas.

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