On 23 November 2022, the National Commissions on Small Arms and Light Weapons from the fifteen Member States of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), led by the Small Arms Division of the ECOWAS Commission, visited the UN Regional Centre …
On 8 November 2022, a group of public high school teachers located across New York City participated in a workshop about disarmament education and nuclear disarmament . 25 educators attended the event, which was organized by Hibakusha Stories , an …
The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) supported the Royal Government of the Kingdom of Cambodia in organizing a national workshop to raise awareness amongst policymakers and senior Government officials on resolution 1540 (2004) which …
18 November 2022 marked a milestone moment for Sri Lanka’s biosecurity efforts, when experts from the Dutch Biosecurity Office handed over critical software to high-level officials from the Sri Lankan Ministry of Health to enable the formal …
As part of the fifth edition of the Scholarship for Peace and Security , a joint initiative by the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) Vienna Office and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), 44 young female …
As part of the activities conducted under EU Council Decision 2021/2072 , and in preparation for the Ninth Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC), the UNODA Geneva Branch, in cooperation with the Ministry of External Affairs of …
In its latest edition of the Vienna Conversation Series , the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) Vienna Office, in partnership with the Republic of Ireland and the United Nations Information Service (UNIS) Vienna, hosted a hybrid event …
A Regional Workshop on the universalization and effective implementation of the Biological Weapons for East Africa was held in Mombasa, Kenya, on 18-19 October 2022. The event was organized by UNODA’s Implementation Support Unit for the Biological Weapons …
On 24 October 2022, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu met for an informal consultation with civil society organizations at the United Nations Headquarters. The discussion focused on nuclear disarmament, particularly with …
At the margins of the First Committee of the General Assembly, the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) and the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) co-hosted a side-event titled Introduction to Responsible AI for …
