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Regional Non-Proliferation Coordination Workshop takes place in Panama City, Panama
From 4-5 February 2015, a Regional Non-Proliferation Coordination Workshop took place in Panama City, Panama. It was organized by the Regional Advisor of the Office of Export Control Cooperation (EXBS), Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, U. S. Department of State. Representatives of stakeholders that engage in non-proliferation related initiatives and assistance programmes in Latin America and the Caribbean gathered to discuss ways to improve cooperation by exchanging information and sharing experiences. Participants included representatives from relevant…
UNODA at the 16th Committee on Teaching about the United Nations (CTAUN) Conference
On Friday 30 January 2015, two representatives of the United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) participated at the information fair of the 16th Conference of the Committee on Teaching about the United Nations (CTAUN) for the second consecutive year. This year’s Conference focussed on the achievements of the United Nations since the signing of its founding Charter in 1945, throughout its growth from an organisation of 51 member states to an organisation of 193 member states over the past seventy years. The Conference also addressed the future of the United Nations and invited…
UNRCPD promotes Peace and Disarmament Education in Nepal Schools
The United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (UNRCPD) is assisting Nepal’s Ministry of Education to build the capacity of curriculum developers and textbook writers to integrate peace and disarmament education into Nepal’s school curricular materials. Launched in 2013 in post-conflict Nepal, this project reinforces efforts to cement peace at the national level by helping children and teachers understand and adopt non-violent ways of dealing with conflict, and ultimately change their behavior. Raj Kumar Dhungana, Peace and Disarmament…
UNODA publishes paper on “Options for the Further Strengthening of the NPT’s Review Process by 2015”
<!-- 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%"><div id="content"> <p><b>14 December 2012</b> — The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs today released the electronic publication, <i>Occasional Paper No. 22 – Options for the Further Strengthening of the NPT’s Review Process by 2015</i>, written by Thomas…
The Secretary-General’s message to the Twelfth Meeting of the State Parties of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention
<!-- 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%"><div id="content"> <figure style="width: 200px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" src="https://front.un-arm.org/wp-content/uploads/assets/update/20121203/1.jp…; alt="Mr. Kassim-Jomart Tokayev" width="…
Marshall Islands becomes 166th State Party to the Biological Weapons Convention
<!-- 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%"><div id="content"> <p>The United States, as a Depositary of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction (BWC), has confirmed that the Marshall Islands deposited its instrument of…
UNODA publishes civil society essays on disarmament
<!-- 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%"><div id="content"> <p><b>19 November 2012</b> — The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs today released the electronic publication, <i>Civil Society and Disarmament 2012 – Applying a Disarmament Lens to Gender, Human Rights, Development, Security, Education and…
New York City high school teachers visit the United Nations and learn about nuclear disarmament
<!-- 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%"><div id="content"> <figure style="width: 300px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" src="https://front.un-arm.org/wp-content/uploads/assets/update/20121116/1.jp…; alt="NYC high school teachers in training on…
First Committee ends 67th Session following delay caused by Hurricane Sandy
<!-- 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%"><div id="content"> <p>The sixty-seventh session of the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) closed its month-long session on 7 November. Despite the loss of three days of meetings due to hurricane Sandy, the Committee finished its work on time.</p> <div class="…
At New York ceremony, Ban congratulates young winners of UN Art for Peace contest
<!-- 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%"><div id="content"> <p><b>23 October 2012</b> — Secretary-General BAN Ki-moon today congratulated the 12 young artists who won the United Nations Art for Peace contest, which asked participants to depict their vision of a world free of nuclear weapons.</p> <p>“I spend a…