UNODA, through the work of relevant Secretariats or Implementation Support Units supports multilateral treaties, including the Anti-Personnel Landmine Convention (APLC), the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM), and the Convention on Certain …
Disarmament and non-proliferation remain indispensable tools to help create a security environment favourable to ensuring human development, as enshrined in the letter and the spirit of the Charter of the United Nations. UNOG is a center venue for …
This topic was first included on the disarmament agenda in 1995. Colombia, acting on behalf Movement of Non-Aligned Countries (NAM), introduced a draft resolution entitled “Observance of environmental norms in the drafting and implementation of agreements …
The Biological Weapons Convention (BWC), the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM), the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) and the Anti-Personnel Landmines Convention (APLC), (also referred to as Ottawa Convention, OTW), receive no funding …
ODA Mission We work with United Nations Member States, United Nations system entities and other partners towards the elimination of weapons of mass destruction and the strict control of conventional weapons . To this end, we promote norm-setting and …
Armed violence continues to hamper peace and sustainable development worldwide. Every day, 100 civilians are killed in armed conflicts despite protections under international law. Illicit trafficking of small arms and light weapons facilitates access to …
A technician uses a converted Gepard antiaircraft cannon tank (L) to move another Gepard antiaircraft cannon tank (R) that once belonged to the Bundeswehr at the Battle Tank Dismantling GmbH Koch on April 23, 2014 in Edeleben, Germany. Since the early …
A close-up view of a load of small arms ammunition about to be destroyed by UNMAS in Sake, Democratic Republic of the Congo Inadequate through-life conventional ammunition management fuels insecurity. Diversion of ammunition to illicit markets has been a …
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada, Lloyd Axworthy, center, and Foreign Minister of Norway Bjorn Tore Godal, right, hold the document produced at the Oslo Conference calling for a total ban on anti-personnel land mines at the United Nations Friday, …
The Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) prohibits under any circumstances the use, development, production, acquisition, stockpiling and transfer of cluster munitions, as well as the assistance or encouragement of anyone to engage in prohibited …
