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High Representative Izumi Nakamitsu Delivers a Video Message to the Seventh Session of the Working Group on the Strengthening of the Biological Weapons Convention
On 1 December, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu delivered an opening message to the Seventh Session of the Working Group on the Strengthening of the Biological Weapons Convention.
High Representative Izumi Nakamitsu Delivers Remarks at the 24th ROK-UN Joint Conference on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Issues
The UN Office for Disarmament Affairs and the Republic of Korea (ROK) opened the 24th ROK-UN Joint Conference on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Issues, held on 4-5 December 2025 at UN Headquarters in New York, bringing together diplomats, experts, and stakeholders to examine the rapidly evolving security dynamics of outer space.
UNSGM experts join training course on sampling and transport of toxic and infectious substances
From 17-21 November 2025, the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA), in cooperation with the German Federal Foreign Office, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) and the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)’s National Microbiology Laboratory, organized a training course on sampling and transport of toxic and infectious substances for the United Nations Secretary-General’s Mechanism for Investigations of Alleged Use of Chemical and Biological Weapons (UNSGM) in Berlin, Germany.
High Representative Izumi Nakamitsu Delivers Opening Remarks at the Twenty-Second Meeting of States Parties to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention
On 1 December in Geneva, High Representative Izumi Nakamitsu Delivers Opening Remarks at the Twenty-Second Meeting of States Parties to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention.
High Representative Izumi Nakamitsu Delivers a Video Message to the International Conference on "50 Years of Biological Weapons Convention (BWC): Strengthening Biosecurity in the Global South"
On December 1st, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu delivered a video message to the International Conference on "50 Years of Biological Weapons Convention (BWC): Strengthening Biosecurity in the Global South" in New Delhi.
High Representative Izumi Nakamitsu Delivers Opening Remarks at the African Conference on the Biological Weapons Convention
On October 26th, High Representative Izumi Nakamitsu Delivered Opening Remarks at the African Conference on the Biological Weapons Convention
High Representative Izumi Nakamitsu delivered a video message at the ASEAN Regional Forum Workshop on Peace and Security in Outer Space
On 26 November, in Manila, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu delivered a video message at the ASEAN Regional Forum Workshop on Peace and Security in Outer Space.
High Representative Izumi Nakamitsu Joined a Podcast on Humanitarian Disarmament and Mine Action
This week, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu joined the International Campaign to Ban Landmines - Cluster Munition Coalition (ICBL-CMC) podcast ‘Silent Killers’ to discuss the United Nations' efforts to uphold humanitarian disarmament treaties and fulfill the promise of a mine-free world.
3rd training course on ‘Biological Crime Scene Management’ held for UNSGM experts
From 3-7 November 2025, the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA), in cooperation with INTERPOL’s Bioterrorism Prevention Unit and the Public Health Agency of Canada’s National Microbiology Laboratory, organized a training course on biological crime scene management for the United Nations Secretary-General’s Mechanism for Investigations of Alleged Use of Chemical and Biological Weapons (UNSGM) at the United Nations Global Service Centre – Conference and Learning Centre (UNGSC-CLC) in Brindisi, Italy.
High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu and High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk delivered a joint video message at the Second International Conference on EWIPA
At the Second International Conference on Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas (EWIPA) in Costa Rica, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu and High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk delivered a joint statement calling for prompt and concrete actions to protect civilians and implement the Political Declaration.