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Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Education Partnership Gains New Strategic Thinkers
The First Steering Team Meeting in session (Photo Library: UNODA Vienna) The Steering Team, an expert group of 18 eminent members comprising of ambassadors and diplomats from permanent missions, regional organizations and NGOs, met for the first time on 2 September 2015 in Vienna, putting wind in the sails of United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs’(UNODA) Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (DNP) Education Partnership. The DNP Education Partnership, as regards its strategic vision, weaves together 4 of the newly adopted Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the Post …
Women Scholarship for Peace (WSP) Meets Women in Nuclear (WIN)
Women Scholarship for Peace (WSP) meets Women in Nuclear (WiN) side event Women Scholarship for Peace (WSP), a series of initiatives coordinated by the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) and funded by Austria and Germany, made its first presentation and organized a booth at the exhibition hall of the 23rd Annual Women in Nuclear (WiN) Global Conference held in Vienna from 24 to 29 August 2015 in collaboration with the IAEA. WiN is a world-wide association of almost 25,000 women from 107 countries working in various fields of nuclear energy. Ms. Juliette…
Opening of the Exhibit to Mark the Second International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
Secretary-General to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva Michael Møller, Deputy for Legal and International Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran Abbas Araghchi , President of the General UN Assembly Mogens Lykketoft , Acting High Representative for Disarmament Affairs KIM Won-soo, and Chair-designate of the First Committee Karel van Oosterom. On 30 September 2015 the Acting High Representative for Disarmament Affairs KIM Won-soo officially opened an exhibit on the efforts of the United Nations to eliminate nuclear weapons. This exhibit was staged to raise awareness…
Commemoration of International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons in Geneva
Mr. Alyn Ware, Director of UNFOLD ZERO; Ambassador Maria Espinosa, Permanent Representative of Ecuador to the United Nations in Geneva and member of the World Future Council; and Mr. Marco Kalbusch, Secretary of the Conference on Disarmament and Officer-in-Charge of UNODA’s Geneva Branch On 22 September 2015, the Permanent Mission of Ecuador and the NGO UNFOLD Zero, in cooperation with UNODA and the NGO-Committee for Disarmament in Geneva organized a screening of the film, “The Man who saved the World,” in commemoration of International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons.…
UNLIREC Provided Technical Assistance to Caribbean States to Combat Illicit Firearms
UNLIREC and the Forensics Laboratory of the Royal Bahamian Police Force (RBPF) From 31 August to 4 September 2015, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC), in collaboration with the government of The Bahamas, conducted a three-day training course, a technical assessment of national capabilities and infrastructures, and a seminar for prosecutors, magistrates, and other institutional representatives from investigative units or crime scene units, in Nassau. A three-day training course on operational forensic…
UNLIREC assists Trinidad and Tobago with the strengthening of Maritime and Port Security
Ms. Natalie Willis, Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of National Security giving the Opening Address. She is accompanied by Mr. Nicolas Letter, 1540 Programme Coordinator, UNLIREC and Ms. Tracy Peverett, Deputy Director, Maritime Security, IMO. On 19-20 August 2015, United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) conducted a risk management table-top exercise on maritime security in Trinidad and Tobago, in partnership with the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and in collaboration with the Ministry of…
The 70th Anniversary Hiroshima and Nagasaki Atomic Bombings Remembered in Vienna
Origami Corner (Photo Library: UNIS) On 6 August, the Atomic Bomb Awareness Day Event, or Genbaku No Hi, was organized by the Verein Genbaku No Hi and the NGO Committee on Peace with the support of the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) Office based in Vienna. A number of ambassadors of permanent missions and embassies, heads of international organizations, members of the disarmament and non-proliferation community, UN Staff members, NGOs and members of civil society attended the event. In her opening speech, Ms. Yuko Gulda, Founder of the representative of…
Synergies and complementarities between the Arms Trade Treaty, the ECOWAS Convention on Small Arms and Light Weapons, the UN Programme of Action on Small Arms
The United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC), in collaboration with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), organised a workshop on synergies and complementarities between the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), the ECOWAS Convention on Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW), the United Nations Programme of Action on Small Arms (UNPoA) and related instruments for ECOWAS member States. The workshop was held from 22 to 23 July 2015 in Nigeria. This topic is of particular importance to these States, since nine of the current 12 African States Parties…
UNLIREC contributes to International Expert Consultations on protection of children from armed violence
The United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC), participated to the International Expert Consultations on Children’s Right to Protection from Armed Violence in the Community in Honduras on 6-7 July 2015. The meeting organized by the Office of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Violence against Children, in cooperation with UNICEF and the Government of Honduras, gathered representatives from Central American governments and the Philippines, UN agencies, regional organizations, research…
Togo and Senegal Host Visits by Security Council's 1540 Committee, 15-16 And 18-19 June 2015
New York, 30 June 2015 (Office for Disarmament Affairs) – A delegation supporting the work of the United Nations Security Council’s 1540 Committee has concluded visits to Senegal and Togo, carried out at the invitation of the respective Governments. Group picture of participants in Senegal The delegation consisted of two members of the 1540 Committee’s Expert Group as well as representatives from the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa ( UNREC ). The main goal of the visits was to provide assistance to Senegal and Togo in the drafting process of…