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UNREC deploys an assessment mission to Ghana for the SALIENT Fund Technical Review Meeting
Group photo of the SALIENT Fund Technical Review Meeting with UNREC Director and UNDP Ghana Deputy Resident Representative Accra, 14 August 2025: The United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC) concluded a strategic assessment mission to Ghana. The mission aimed to evaluate the status of the “Saving Lives Entity” (SALIENT) project, a flagship initiative dedicated to addressing armed violence and the illicit proliferation of small arms and light weapons (SALW). The SALIENT Fund, a joint effort between the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs…
Burundi Validates its National Action Plan to Combat the Illicit Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons
Bujumbura, 25 November 2025: In response to the security challenges posed by the illicit proliferation of small arms and light weapons (SALW) in the Great Lakes region, Burundi continues to strengthen its national arms control framework. In this context, a National Validation Workshop of the National Action Plan (NAP) to Combat the Illicit Proliferation of SALW was held on 25 November 2025 in Bujumbura, at the Hotel Club du Lac Tanganyika. The workshop brought together 25 participants, including representatives from the National Commission on SALW, relevant line ministries, defense and…
Charting pathways to strengthen armed violence prevention in West Africa
Version française ci-dessous On 26-27 November, the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) and the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC) and the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) convened a workshop in Lomé, Togo, to consider and chart the implementation of a study on integrating the prevention of violent extremism and illicit weapons proliferation. The event brought together over 50 West African experts from States, the UN, regional and continental organizations, civil society and academia. In recent years,…
The BWC at 50: African Conference Highlights Progress, Challenges and the Road Ahead
From 26 to 28 November 2025, the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA), in partnership with the Government of Kenya, held the first African Conference on the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) in Nairobi, Kenya. The landmark event, held in the year of the 50th anniversary of the BWC, was the largest ever gathering of African States parties to the BWC and showcased the region’s growing leadership on issues related to disarmament and biosecurity. The conference was attended by 140 delegates, including officials from 47 African States Parties, three African States not…
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
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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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Sergio Duarte, UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs talks about current state of The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
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