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South Africa hosts workshop on reporting under Security Council Resolution 1540
Attendees of the Security Council Resolution 1540 workshop in South Africa The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, as well as their means of delivery, constitutes a threat to international peace and security. Acting under Chapter VII of the UN Charter, the Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1540 in April 2004, obliging all States to refrain from providing any form of support to non-State actors that attempt to develop, acquire, manufacture, possess, transport, transfer or use weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery. Under the resolution, all…
Law Imperative: A World Free of Nuclear Weapons
Ms. Virginia Gamba delivers remarks at the Education Forum of the Lawyers Committee for Nuclear Policy On Wednesday 2 April 2014, The City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law and the Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy (LCNP) organized an educational forum “Law’s Imperative: A World Free of Nuclear Weapons” which gave the New York City audience multilateral perspectives for a world without nuclear weapons. The forum brought together guests from the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA), academic institutions, and civil society as well as distinguished experts in…
Ceremony at UN Raises Total Number of Ratifications to the Arms Trade Treaty to 31
First Anniversary of the adoption of the Arms Trade Treaty The 2nd of April 2014 marked the first year anniversary of the adoption of the historic Arms Trade Treaty by the UN General Assembly. For the occasion, a ceremony was held at the UN Headquarters in New York, where 18 countries also jointly deposited their instruments of ratification to the Treaty. Moderated by the Office of Disarmament affairs, The Deputy Secretary- General, Jan Eliasson, made a short statement at the ceremony in which he lauded how the ATT is proof that change can come, and how the…
Kazakhstan hosted an international workshop on the tenth anniversary of UN Security Council resolution 1540 (2004)
Kazakhstan Flag On the occasion of the 10th year anniversary of the adoption of UN Security Council resolution 1540 (2004), the Government of Kazakhstan hosted, in cooperation with UNODA, an international workshop entitled “The Contribution of UN Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004) to Regional and Global Disarmament and Non-Proliferation” on 11-12 March in Astana. The Security Council, acting under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, unanimously adopted resolution 1540 (2004) on 28 April 2004 obliging all States to refrain from providing any form of support to non-…
West African workshop on the implementation of the International Tracing Instrument (ITI)
The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA), through its Regional Centre for Peace and the Disarmament in Africa (UNREC), and with financial support of the European Union, organized a sub-regional workshop on the International Tracing Instrument (known as the ITI) from 18 to 19 March 2014 in Lomé, Togo focusing on the marking, recordkeeping and tracing of illicit small arms and light weapons (SALW). The workshop brought together government representatives and members of SALW national commissions from Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea…
UN Office for Disarmament Affairs Meets Youth Representatives of Soka Gakkai Japan and of SGI-USA Engaged in Disarmament Issues
Staff of UNODA with youth representatives of Soka Gakkai Japan and of SGI-USA (New York) On Tuesday 18 March 2014, staff of the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) met with youth representatives of Soka Gakkai Japan and of SGI-USA working in the field of nuclear disarmament. Ten youth representatives from Japan and seven from the United States visited the UNODA for the first time to engage in a dialogue about nuclear disarmament. Soka Gakkai International (SGI), a lay Buddhist organization with 12 million members in 192 countries and territories, has been in…
UNLIREC Assists Belize in Combating Illicit Firearms related Crimes through Training
Instructor demonstrating crime scene management techniques The United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) organized in cooperation with the Government of Belize a specialized national course for legal practitioners on techniques for combating impunity in firearms related offenses in Belmopan on 03-06 March 2014. With the goal of strengthening the operational capabilities of judges, magistrates, prosecutors, criminal investigators and representatives from the National Forensic Science Service, The specialized…
Secretary-General's Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters concludes its 61st session
High Representative Kane Meets with Civil Society Groups Engaged in Disarmament Issues (New York) The 61st session of the Secretary General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters (ABDM) took place from 5 to 7 March 2014 at the UN Headquarters in New York. The 15 member Board sits in closed sessions twice a year with the role of advising the Secretary-General on current and emerging disarmament issues. The two principal issues on the agenda for the current session were: 1) disarmament and security implications of emerging technologies, and 2) verification, with a…
High Representative Kane Meets with Civil Society Groups Engaged in Disarmament Issues
(New York) On Thursday 20 February 2014, the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Ms. Angela Kane met with NGOs working in the field of disarmament and nonproliferation. This was the third such meeting to take place at the UN since Ms. Kane was appointed High Representative. The aim of this meeting is to improve coordination and collaboration between NGOs and the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA). It is also an occasion to assess the advances that have been made and that are still to be made in the field of disarmament. Thirteen NGOs were represented that day and…
Academic Impact's Classroom Conversations - "A conversation with Jody Williams"
Nobel Peace Prize winner and grassroots activist Jody Williams came up to all the participants right before the event and started to shake everyone’s hand introducing herself as Jody. Her actions set the tone for a clear demonstration of what kind of activism Jody Williams pursues, grassroots campaigning that addresses people on a personal level. The event, held at United Nations Headquarters on 11 February 2014, was chaired by Ramu Damodaran, the Deputy Director for Partnerships and Public Engagement in the United Nations Department of Public Information’s Outreach Division. He…