The inauguration of the Exhibit “Cities are not targets (CANT)” at the Permanent Disarmament Exhibit at the United Nations Headquarters in New York took place on 24 March 2011. Among the participants were Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the President of …
The United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa (UNSAC) adopted the “Sao Tomé Declaration on a Central African Common Position on the Arms Trade Treaty”, on 16 March, at its thirty-second ministerial meeting held in …
The United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (UNRCPD) organized a regional seminar in Kathmandu, Nepal, from 15 to 18 March, to discus the best and promising practices and lessons learnt from experiences on armed …
The second Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) session on an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) convened at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 28 February to 4 March 2011. The purpose of the PrepCom is to make recommendations on the elements for an effective …
The 55th session of the Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters met in New York from 23-25 February under the Chairmanship of Olga Pellicer, Professor of the Department of International Studies at the Autonomous Technological Institute …
The United Nations University (UNU) organized a Midday Forum on 1 February entitled “The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty: Where Do We Stand? What’s Next?” with Sergio Duarte, UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs as speaker and Jean-Marc Coicaud …
A workshop on regional bio-security and the role of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention was hosted by the Middle East Scientific Institute for Security (MESIS) in Amman, Jordan from 24 to 27 January 2011. The workshop was organized and funded by …
The “UN Regional Workshop for East and Southeast Asia on Strengthening the Capacity of the Media in Promoting and Advocating Peace and Disarmament” took place in Beijing, China, on 20 and 21 January 2011 and was organised by the United Nations Office for …
