14 December 2012 — The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs today released the electronic publication, Occasional Paper No. 22 – Options for the Further Strengthening of the NPT’s Review Process by 2015 , written by Thomas Markram. The …
Mr. Kassim-Jomart Tokayev, Director-General of the UN Office at Geneva, who delivered the message on behalf of the Secretary-General 3 December 2012 — The following message was delivered in Geneva on behalf of the Secretary-General by Mr. Kassim-Jomart …
The United States, as a Depositary of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction (BWC), has confirmed that the Marshall Islands deposited its …
19 November 2012 — The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs today released the electronic publication, Civil Society and Disarmament 2012 – Applying a Disarmament Lens to Gender, Human Rights, Development, Security, Education and Communication: …
NYC high school teachers in training on nuclear disarmament at the United Nations Headquaters Each year, Election Day is also Staff Development Day for teachers at New York City Public Schools. They are given a half day to participate in continuing …
The sixty-seventh session of the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) closed its month-long session on 7 November. Despite the loss of three days of meetings due to hurricane Sandy, the Committee finished its work on time. Assembly’s …
23 October 2012 — Secretary-General BAN Ki-moon today congratulated the 12 young artists who won the United Nations Art for Peace contest, which asked participants to depict their vision of a world free of nuclear weapons. “I spend a great deal of time …
From left: Ms. Kasia Derlicka, Director, International Campaign to Ban Landmines; Mary Wareham, Advocacy Director, Human Rights Watch Arms Division; Ms. Angela Kane, United Nations High Representative for Disarmament Affairs; Mr. Paul Hannon, Executive …
Gensuikyo delegation presents Ms. Kane with a symbolic signature of the “appeal for a total ban on nuclear weapons” Ms. Yayoi Tsuchida presenting photos taken at the World Conference against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs, held in August, 2012 Members of the …
Secretary-General BAN Ki-moon meets with Ambassador Jaako Laajava, facilitator for the 2012 Conference on the Middle East zone free of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction= 11 October 2012 — The facilitator of the Conference on the …
