The Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu, helped introduce Japanese audiences to a landmark plan by the Secretary-General for the United Nations to put disarmament and non-proliferation at the centre …
From August 20 to 22, 2018, the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) and the World Customs Organization (WCO), in cooperation with the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) (1540 Committee), sponsored …
Representative from Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nepal, Mr. Pratik Karki, delivering his speech in the event. On August 17th, 2018 the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (UNRCPD) held an event on peace and …
Ammunition stockpiles that are not adequately managed pose the dual dangers of unintended explosions and diversion to the illicit market. In response to these challenges, the United Nations developed the International Ammunition Technical Guidelines …
Under the patronage of the President of the Royal Scientific Society (RSS) of Jordan, HRH Princess Sumaya Bint El Hassan, the RSS and the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (ODA) held a Regional Workshop on the Implications of Developments in …
In the context of its regional project on women, peace and security (WPS), the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (UNRCPD) organized a “Workshop for Southeast Asia on Gun Violence and Illicit Small-Arms …
USG/HR Izumi Nakamitsu greets Togolese officials during her visit to the country. Photo: ODA. From 4 to 6 July 2018, for her first trip to Africa as Under-Secretary-General and High-Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu traveled to …
From “Paper Lanterns” The documentary film Paper Lanterns tells the moving story of Shigeaki Mori, who survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Mr. Mori transformed his grief into a 43-year quest to investigate the fates of twelve American POWs being …
Katja Flueckiger, Katherine Prizeman and Nora Allgaier The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) recently organized a Brown Bag meeting on ‘Securing Arms and Ammunition-Saving Lives’, highlighting UNODA’s work on physical security and …
Hosted by the Government of India, the India-Wiesbaden Conference on “Securing Global Supply Chains through Government-Industry Partnerships towards Effective Implementation of United Nations Security Council resolution 1540 (2004)” was held in New Delhi …
