At any of the locations where the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) has offices, New York, Geneva, Vienna, Lomé. Lima or Kathmandu, UNODA staff regularly brief groups of students on disarmament matters. Briefings are usually to college …
From 27 to 31 May 2013, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) assisted the government of Barbados in the destruction of 1,500 seized and obsolete weapons and 1.9 tonnes of …
From 27 to 31 May 2013, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) provided technical assistance to St Kitts and Nevis for the destruction of close to 400 seized and obsolete …
Below is the statement of the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs to the 23rd session of the Human Rights Council, on the topic of lethal autonomous robotics. It was delivered on behalf of the High Representative by Mr. Jarmo Sareva, Director of …
The newly refurbished main armoury of Argentina’s Federal Police was unveiled jointly by the Ministry of Security of Argentina and the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs – through its Regional Disarmament Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in …
On 10 May 2013, the Dominican Republic, assisted by the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, through its Regional Centre in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) , completed the destruction of over 30,000 firearms and 30 tonnes of …
8 May 2013 — Two hibakusha (atomic bomb survivors) from Hiroshima, Mr. Lee Jong-keun and Ms. Reiko Yamada , met with UN tour guides and interns in New York to share their testimonies of the horrors they experienced in Japan in August 1945. The meeting …
Staff from the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) visited Luanda in April to assist Angola join the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) and Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). Angola is one of the very few countries that are not members of either of …
Below is the text of a speech by Angela Kane, UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs , entitled “The Strategic Concept of Disarmament”. It was delivered at a panel on “The future of multilateral non-proliferation regimes and initiatives: the …
From 22 to 26 April 2013, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) , in close collaboration with the Police and Defence Force of Antigua and Barbuda, supported the destruction …
