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UN Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004) discussed at International Arab Banking Summit
<!-- 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>27 – 28 June 2013 </b>— The International Arab Banking Summit, which was held in Vienna, devoted a special session to issues on UN Security Council resolution 1540 (2004); a key international instrument in preventing the proliferation of weapons of…
High Representative Kane addresses International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Conference on Nuclear Security: Enhancing Global Efforts
<!-- 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><em>Below is a statement by Ms. Angela Kane, UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Conference on Nuclear Security on 2 July 2013 at the Vienna International Centre in Vienna, Austria.</em></p> <p…
High Representative’s remarks to the Conference 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><em>Below is a statement by Ms. Angela Kane, UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, to the Plenary Meeting of the Conference on Disarmament on 25 June 2013 at the Palais de Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.</em></p> <p>H.E. Mr. Zebari,…
UNODA in Geneva promotes disarmament education
<!-- 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>At any of the locations where the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) has offices, New York, Geneva, Vienna, Lomé. Lima or Kathmandu, UNODA staff regularly brief groups of students on disarmament matters. Briefings are usually to college or graduate school…
UNLIREC assists Barbados in the destruction of 1,500 small arms and nearly two tonnes of ammunition
<!-- 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>From 27 to 31 May 2013, the <a href="http://www.unlirec.org" target="_blank">United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC)</a> assisted the government of Barbados in the…
UNLIREC assists St Kitts and Nevis with destruction of obsolete and confiscated small arms and ammunition
<!-- 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>From 27 to 31 May 2013, the <a href="http://www.unlirec.org" target="_blank">United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC)</a> provided technical assistance to St Kitts…
High Representative’s statement to the Human Rights Council on the topic of lethal autonomous robotics
<!-- 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 style="font-style: italic;">Below is the statement of the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs to the 23rd session of the Human Rights Council, on the topic of lethal autonomous robotics. It was delivered on behalf of the High Representative by Mr. Jarmo…
UN Regional Centre supports Argentina in enhancing small arms stockpile management
<!-- 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 newly refurbished main armoury of Argentina’s Federal Police was unveiled jointly by the Ministry of Security of Argentina and the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs – through its <a href="http://unlirec.org" target="_blank">Regional…
United Nations assists the Dominican Republic in the destruction of illicit, obsolete, and surplus firearms and ammunition
<!-- 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>On 10 May 2013, the Dominican Republic, assisted by the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, through its <strong><a href="http://www.unlirec.org" target="_blank">Regional Centre in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC)</a…
Atomic bomb survivors (hibakusha) present their personal stories on humanitarian impact of the use of nuclear weapons
<!-- 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>8 May 2013</b> — Two hibakusha (atomic bomb survivors) from Hiroshima, Mr. <a href="http://hibakushastories.org/lee-jong-keun.html" target="_blank">Lee Jong-keun</a> and Ms. <a href="http://hibakushastories.org/reiko…