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 …
The Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, their Parts and Components and Ammunition (Firearms Protocol) is the only legally binding instrument to counter the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, their …
There are 1.9 billion young people today, and as the declaration on the commemoration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the United Nations ( A/RES/75/1 ) states, “Youth is the missing piece for peace and development.” Young people around the world have …
…the General Assembly may consider the general principles of cooperation in the maintenance of international peace and security, including the principles governing disarmament and regulation of armaments… – Article 11 of the UN Charter First Committee …
…the establishment of international peace and security with the least diversion for armaments of the world’s human and economic resources… – Article 26 of the UN Charter The 1540 Committee In 2004, the Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 1540 …
United Nations Secretary-General Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the Conference on Disarmament’s High-Level Segment 2019, Palais des Nations, 25 February 2019. UN Photo by Antoine Tardy. History The Conference on Disarmament (CD), was …
