The newly refurbished main armoury of Argentina’s Federal Police was unveiled jointly by the Ministry of Security of Argentina and the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs – through its Regional Disarmament Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in …
On 10 May 2013, the Dominican Republic, assisted by the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, through its Regional Centre in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) , completed the destruction of over 30,000 firearms and 30 tonnes of …
8 May 2013 — Two hibakusha (atomic bomb survivors) from Hiroshima, Mr. Lee Jong-keun and Ms. Reiko Yamada , met with UN tour guides and interns in New York to share their testimonies of the horrors they experienced in Japan in August 1945. The meeting …
Staff from the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) visited Luanda in April to assist Angola join the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) and Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). Angola is one of the very few countries that are not members of either of …
Below is the text of a speech by Angela Kane, UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs , entitled “The Strategic Concept of Disarmament”. It was delivered at a panel on “The future of multilateral non-proliferation regimes and initiatives: the …
From 22 to 26 April 2013, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) , in close collaboration with the Police and Defence Force of Antigua and Barbuda, supported the destruction …
24 April 2013 — High Representative Angela Kane and Ambassador Feruta of Romania, Chair of the Second Session of the Preparatory Committee of the 2015 NPT Review Conference, met with a delegation of 17 members from the Japan Council against Atomic and …
Below is the text of remarks by Angela Kane, UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, at a panel entitled “Next Steps in Nuclear Disarmament: Where do we go from here?” at the 10th International Security Forum, hosted by the Geneva Center for …
Opening Remarks by Angela Kane I am grateful for this honour to address the Preparatory Committee for the 2015 NPT Review Conference as it commences its second session. I wish at the outset to congratulate Ambassador Cornel Feruta of Romania as he …
