The first anniversary of the United Nations Secretary-General’s appeal for a global ceasefire during the pandemic, 23 March 2021, provided an opportune moment to take stock of current efforts and opportunities to promote peace, security and …
As countries gear up to hold a major meeting on eliminating and preventing the spread of nuclear weapons, United Nations experts are eyeing a future where women and men have equal representation in such talks. On 6 April, the United Nations Office for …
Students across the Asia-Pacific region recently met with experts from a range of fields to discuss risks to international peace and security from emerging technologies – and to develop their own technology-based approaches to overcoming these …
On 1 April 2021, the Implementation Support Unit (ISU) of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) and Kenya’s National Commission for Science, Technology and Innovation (NACOSTI) co-hosted an online workshop on confidence-building measures under the …
On 7 March 2021, a series of explosions occurred at a military camp located in Bata, the largest city of Equatorial Guinea. More than 100 people died and over 600 people were injured, according to the most recent media reports. Following these tragic …
The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) kicked off an online “Disarmament4Educators” training course on 8 March, bringing together academic professors and educators from Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines and Sri Lanka to …
As the world grapples with COVID-19 for a second year, the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs and the Biological Weapons Convention Implementation Support Unit (ISU) are also pushing to bolster global capacities against the misuse of biological …
The Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) was the first multilateral disarmament treaty banning an entire category of weapons of mass destruction (WMD). It has reached almost universal adherence with only 14 States, mostly in Africa and the Pacific, …
On 8 March, parliamentarians and civil society actors across Asia and the Pacific marked International Women’s Day with a workshop on the results, challenges and opportunities of a multi-year project tackling how illicit small arms and light weapons …
As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more sophisticated and versatile, the pioneers of this technology hold considerable power to shape its social impacts. That is why the University of Tokyo joined the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs …
