The United Nations Regional Center for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC) developed standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the safe and secure management and stockpiling of small arms, light weapons and ammunition for use by the security …
The 26th of September 2017 marked the fourth consecutive year the United Nations commemorated the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. Established in 2013 through the adoption of UN General Assembly resolution 68/32, the day …
On 6 and 7 September 2017, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) organized a sub-regional conference to assist countries of the Sahel region in developing a plan …
The Dag Hammarskjöld Library (UN Library), based at the UN Headquarters in New York is an integral component of the Organization, responsible for research and the management of the intellectual output by the United Nations (UN). One of the Library’s …
Welcoming Afghanistan to the CCW and photographed here are: Left to right: Mr. Sameer Bedrud, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Afghanistan to the UN (Geneva); Mr. Nazifullah Salarzai, Deputy Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to the UN (New York); H. …
Representatives of relevant ministries and agencies of the Governments of Belarus, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan responsible for implementing UN Security Council resolution 1540 (2004) on preventing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction to …
16-17 August 2017, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia From 16 to 17 August 2017, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (UNRCPD) and the Government of Mongolia jointly organized a training workshop on the implementation of …
On 23 June 2017, over 20 Hiroshima and Nagasaki Peace Messengers (also known as Youth Communicators for a World without Nuclear Weapons) visited the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) in Geneva. The students from Japan were joined by …
On 8 August 2017, the NGO Committee on Peace in Vienna and the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs organized a commemorative event for the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. The event was held at the Vienna International Centre and was dedicated …
On 27 and 28 July 2017 Fiji hosted a regional workshop on universalization of the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention (BWC). With five States in the Pacific region not yet party to the BWC (Kiribati, Micronesia, Niue, Samoa and Tuvalu), the main objective …
