NYC high school teachers in training on nuclear disarmament at the United Nations Headquaters Each year, Election Day is also Staff Development Day for teachers at New York City Public Schools. They are given a half day to participate in continuing …
The sixty-seventh session of the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) closed its month-long session on 7 November. Despite the loss of three days of meetings due to hurricane Sandy, the Committee finished its work on time. Assembly’s …
23 October 2012 — Secretary-General BAN Ki-moon today congratulated the 12 young artists who won the United Nations Art for Peace contest, which asked participants to depict their vision of a world free of nuclear weapons. “I spend a great deal of time …
From left: Ms. Kasia Derlicka, Director, International Campaign to Ban Landmines; Mary Wareham, Advocacy Director, Human Rights Watch Arms Division; Ms. Angela Kane, United Nations High Representative for Disarmament Affairs; Mr. Paul Hannon, Executive …
Gensuikyo delegation presents Ms. Kane with a symbolic signature of the “appeal for a total ban on nuclear weapons” Ms. Yayoi Tsuchida presenting photos taken at the World Conference against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs, held in August, 2012 Members of the …
Secretary-General BAN Ki-moon meets with Ambassador Jaako Laajava, facilitator for the 2012 Conference on the Middle East zone free of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction= 11 October 2012 — The facilitator of the Conference on the …
5 October 2012 — The annual United Nations Disarmament Fellowship Programme will commence its third and final segment today at United Nations Headquarters in New York. Young diplomats from the following 25 Member States are participating in the 2012 …
3 October 2012 — The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) along with the Permanent Missions of Egypt and Indonesia organized a Special Briefing on the work of the First Committee of the General Assembly: the main committee …
25 September 2012 — On 25 September, the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) launched its publication “Forces of Change: Profiles of Latin American and Caribbean Women in Combating Illicit Trafficking in Small Arms” at the side-event …
24 September 2012 — A compendium of assistance proposals was issued to coincide with the Second Review Conference of the UN Programme of Action on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons . These proposals were submitted by Member States through …
