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United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs and European Union Delegation in Geneva co-host a Workshop in Support of the Biological Weapons Convention Extended Assistance Programmes
<!-- wp:columns --><div class="wp-block-columns"><!-- wp:column {"width":"66.66%","lock":{"move":true,"remove":true}} --><div class="wp-block-column" style="flex-basis:66.66%"><p>In Geneva on 29 March 2017, the Geneva Branch of the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) and the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations and other international organisations in Geneva co-hosted the “Workshop in Support of the Biological Weapons Convention Extended Assistance…
Former President of Costa Rica opens UNODA Women Scholarship for Peace training course
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Technical and Legal Assistance Project to Support the Philippines in the Implementation of the UN PoA and the ATT
<!-- wp:columns --><div class="wp-block-columns"><!-- wp:column {"width":"66.66%","lock":{"move":true,"remove":true}} --><div class="wp-block-column" style="flex-basis:66.66%"><p><a href="/sites/default/files/2017-03/Pic-1-Philippines-arms.jpeg" target="_blank"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class=" wp-image-151040 alignright" src="/sites/default/files/2017-03/Pic-11-Philippines-arms-300x200.jpg" alt width=…
United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific resumes its operations from Kathmandu, Nepal
<!-- wp:columns --><div class="wp-block-columns"><!-- wp:column {"width":"66.66%","lock":{"move":true,"remove":true}} --><div class="wp-block-column" style="flex-basis:66.66%"><p>On 7 February 2017, the UN Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (UNRCPD) resumed its operations from Kathmandu, Nepal.</p> <figure id="attachment_147914" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-147914" style="width: 276px" class="wp-caption…
67th Session of the Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters Discusses the Impact of Artificial Intelligence on International Security
<!-- wp:columns --><div class="wp-block-columns"><!-- wp:column {"width":"66.66%","lock":{"move":true,"remove":true}} --><div class="wp-block-column" style="flex-basis:66.66%"><p>In Geneva, from 25 to 27 January 2017, the members of the Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters discussed three topics given to them by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, where one of the key issues before them was Artificial Intelligence (AI) on international security.<br> <a href="/…
Inauguration of the Mayors for Peace Exhibit at the Permanent Disarmament Exhibition: Cities Are Not Targets (CANT) Petition
The inauguration of the Exhibit “Cities are not targets (CANT)” at the Permanent Disarmament Exhibit at the United Nations Headquarters in New York took place on 24 March 2011. Among the participants were Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the President of the 65th session of the United Nations General Assembly Ambassador Joseph Deiss, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Mr. Sergio Duarte, actor and UN Messenger of Peace Mr. Michael Douglas, Ms. Jackie Cabasso and Mr. Aaron Tovish from Mayors for Peace and three Hibakusha (atomic bomb survivors from Japan and Korea). In addition…
Central African Ministers Adopt Common Position for Arms Trade Treaty Negotiations
<!-- wp:columns --><div class="wp-block-columns"><!-- wp:column {"width":"66.66%","lock":{"move":true,"remove":true}} --><div class="wp-block-column" style="flex-basis:66.66%"><p class="text-big"><a href="/sites/default/files/2015-06/unsac2-Small.jpg"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class=" wp-image-103380 alignleft" src="/sites/default/files/2015-06/unsac2-Small-300x169.jpg" alt="unsac2 (Small)"…
United Nations Regional Best and Promising Practices Seminar on Armed Violence and Prevention for South and Southeast Asia in Kathmandu
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Second Preparatory Committee on the Arms Trade Treaty is held in New York
The second Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) session on an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) convened at United Nations Headquarters in New York from 28 February to 4 March 2011. The purpose of the PrepCom is to make recommendations on the elements for an effective and balanced legally-binding instrument on the highest possible common international standards for the transfer of conventional arms. The Meeting was chaired by Roberto Garcia Moritán of Argentina. The main issue before the meeting was discussion of a series of revised Chairman’s papers which included the following major themes that…
Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters meets for its 55th session
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