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Training for Southeast Asian States to Strengthen the Implementation of the Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons
6-7 June 2017 Vientiane, Lao People’s Democratic Republic The United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (UNRCPD) and the Government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) jointly organized a training workshop on building capacity for the implementation of the Programme of Action (PoA) to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) in Southeast Asia from 6 to 7 June 2017. The training workshop, which was made possible with financial support from the United Nations Trust Facility Supporting…
National Round Table on the Implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004)
22 – 24 May 2017, Vienna, Austria The United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (UNRCPD), in cooperation with the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, organized a meeting to review the progress made by Uzbekistan in implementing United Nations Security Council resolution 1540 (2004) and to update the country’s voluntary National Implementation Action Plan. The meeting took place from 22 to 24 May in Vienna, and UNRCPD and the OSCE co-organized this event in the…
Mongolian authorities review measures to prevent proliferation of weapons of mass destruction to non-State actors
8 – 10 May 2017, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia The United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (UNRCPD), in cooperation with the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the Government of Mongolia, organized a national round-table meeting to review the progress of the national implementation of United Nations Security Council resolution 1540 (2004) and discuss the development of a voluntary National Implementation Action Plan (NIAP). The meeting took place from 8 to 10 May 2017 in Ulaanbaatar and was organized in the framework of…
Academy Award-winning actor and film producer Michael Douglas visits High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu
Mr. Michael Douglas, Academy Award-winning actor and film producer made a courtesy visit to Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu, Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs on 6 June 2017 in New York. Mr. Douglas has served as a United Nations Messenger of Peace since 1998 and is the longest serving Messenger of Peace, who has a relentless commitment to disarmament. They exchanged views on various issues related to the disarmament and non-proliferation agenda and the important role played by civil society both in outreach to Member States and in galvanizing public…
UNODA’s regional centre in Lima and OAS provide regional platform for States in Latin America and the Caribbean to engage in open debate on preventing WMD proliferation to non-State actors
The United Nations Common House in Lima, Peru, was the site of a regional event to discuss preventing and combating the spread of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) to non-State actors from a Latin American and Caribbean perspective from 25 to 26 April 2017. Twenty-two States from the region and six partner organizations[1] joined in this open debate organized by the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) and the Organization of American States (OAS) through the Inter-American Committee Against Terrorism (CICTE…
UN Disarmament Commission adopts by consensus “Practical confidence-building measures in the field of conventional weapons”
UN Photo/Loey Felipe For the first time since 1999, the United Nations Disarmament Commission adopted consensus recommendations for transmittal to the General Assembly. The final report of the 2017 Commission contains recommendations on practical confidence-building measures in the field of conventional arms. The 2017 substantive session of the Commission was chaired by Gabriela Martinic (Argentina). The adoption of substantive recommendations marks a significant achievement for the Disarmament Commission, which is deliberative in nature and universal in its membership. Against…
United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs and European Union Delegation in Geneva co-host a Workshop in Support of the Biological Weapons Convention Extended Assistance Programmes
In Geneva on 29 March 2017, the Geneva Branch of the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) and the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations and other international organisations in Geneva co-hosted the “Workshop in Support of the Biological Weapons Convention Extended Assistance Programmes”. Held at the offices of the European Union (EU) Permanent Delegation in Geneva, the workshop brought together just over 40 participants, including experts nominated by EU Member States and representatives of international organisations and non-governmental…
Former President of Costa Rica opens UNODA Women Scholarship for Peace training course
Women Scholarship for Peace recipients for Latin American and the Caribbean On 13 March 2017, Ms. Laura Chinchilla, former President of Costa Rica, opened the fourth training course of the Women Scholarship for Peace (WSP) at the University for Peace in San José (Costa Rica). An initiative of the Office for Disarmament Affairs, through its Vienna Office, the scholarship provides in-person and on-line training modules on disarmament and non-proliferation (DNP) and related topics, including development issues. The training modules are developed by scholarship partners, thus…
Technical and Legal Assistance Project to Support the Philippines in the Implementation of the UN PoA and the ATT
The United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (UNRCPD) successfully concluded a two-month project to strengthen the national capacity of the Philippines to control transfers of small arms and light weapons (SALW), including other conventional arms, and to prevent their illicit trade and diversion. Developed at the request of the Government of the Philippines, the project was implemented between January and March 2017. It provided the Government with technical and legal assistance to facilitate the implementation of the UN Programme of Action on…
United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific resumes its operations from Kathmandu, Nepal
On 7 February 2017, the UN Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (UNRCPD) resumed its operations from Kathmandu, Nepal. High Representative Mr. Kim Won-soo and Foreign Minister of Nepal, Dr. Prakash Sharan Mahat After strong earthquakes damaged the UNRCPD office premises in Nepal, and in order to ensure the continuity of its planned programmes and services to the countries in Asia and the Pacific, the Regional Centre was temporarily relocated to Bangkok in May 2015. Since the temporary relocation, the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA…