On 26 October 2023, Izumi Nakamitsu, United Nations High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, held ODA’s annual informal consultations with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) at United Nations Headquarters in New York. The consultations focused on …
On 25 and 26 October 2023, National Contact Points (NCPs) and representatives from 19 from Latin America and the Caribbean States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) attended a two-day training course in Santo Domingo, to discuss ways to …
Disarmament Week seeks to promote awareness and better understanding of disarmament issues and their cross-cutting importance. To celebrate this remembrance week, central to the work of the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA), the Vienna …
From 11 to 13 October 2023, the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA), in partnership with the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC) and the government of Togo, held a regional workshop on the …
On 27 October 2023, the Permanent Mission of Kazakhstan to the United Nations and the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs co-organized the 2023 Nuclear Discussion Forum titled “Prospects for the current review cycle of the Treaty on the …
On 19 October, the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, together with the Permanent Missions of Egypt and France, held a side event of the General Assembly’s First Committee to discuss a series of regional and subregional consultations convened …
In the past year, the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) Geneva Branch together with the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) Implementation Support Unit (ISU) increased efforts to engage youth in the framework of the BWC, ushering in a …
From 13 to 29 August selected participants from the 2021 and 2022 cohorts travelled to the United Nations Headquarters for the 2023 Fellowship, having returned to be in-person after being held virtually during the Covid-19 pandemic. A component of the …
With the support of the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA), The Federal Republic of Nigeria convened a national consultative meeting on strengthening the implementation of UN Security Council resolution 1540 (2004). The meeting was held …
Panelists Ashis Ray, Rebecca Jovin, Martin Nesirky, Simran Bedi, Moritz Ehrmann, and Rahul Bariyar holding Human Rights Declaration articles signs before the movie screening In observance of the International Day of Non-Violence and the 75th Anniversary …
