The staff of the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (UNRCPD), in cooperation with UNDP SEESAC , successfully concluded a coaching programme on gender-mainstreaming small arms control on 23 April 2020. …
The United Nations Charter reflects an explicit understanding of the link between disarmament and development. Article 26 recognizes the need to ensure “the maintenance of international peace and security with the least diversion for armaments of the …
On 2-3 March 2020, before the promulgation of guidelines restricting in-person meetings at UN Headquarters due to COVID-19, the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs hosted a thematic seminar on pillar II (non-proliferation) of the Treaty on the …
21st-century challenges need 21st-century solutions, especially when it comes to creating a safer and more secure online world. The global ICT environment is facing a dramatic increase in the malicious use of ICTs by State and non-State actors and may …
This week, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) in Vienna are jointly launching the third edition of their Scholarship for Peace and Security . The Scholarship offers a …
The United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (UNRCPD) conducted a regional seminar on “ Gun Violence and Illicit Small-Arms Trafficking from a Gender Perspective ” in Kathmandu from 4-6 March 2020. The seminar …
On 28 February 2020, scholars, disarmament experts, educators, young students and human rights activists gathered at the United Nations in New York to discuss one central question: “What can we do to make wars come to an end?” This year’s Committee on …
Education is a crucial element of the global disarmament process, and that is why it is important for the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) to support the next generation of leaders in this field through the UN’s internship programme. …
From 11 to 13 February 2020, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (UNRCPD) conducted a final briefing meeting with Timor-Leste officials, successfully concluding a Technical and Legal Assistance project …
On 29-30 January, the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs hosted a thematic seminar on pillar I (disarmament) of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) at the United Nations Office at Geneva. Representatives of all NPT …
