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United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs Launches the Disarmament Digital Documents Library
<!-- 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%"><p> </p> <p class="indented"> The <a href="https://disarmament.unoda.org/publications/library/"><strong>Disarmament Digital Documents Library</strong></a> is a specialised archive that provides quick and easy access to an…
Senior national authorities of Mali validate small arms and light weapons physical security and stockpile management standard operating procedures
<!-- 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%"><p style="text-align: center;"> <img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-176667 alignnone" src="/sites/default/files/2017-09/Mali-1-300x198.jpg" alt width="401" height="265"…
International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons – September 26
<!-- 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%"><p>The 26th of September 2017 marked the fourth consecutive year the United Nations commemorated the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. Established in 2013 through the adoption of UN General Assembly resolution 68/32, the day calls for the world community to reaffirm its commitment…
UNREC and UNDP Assist Sahel Countries in Addressing the Illicit Proliferation of Small Arms and Light 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%"><p>On 6 and 7 September 2017, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) organized a sub-regional conference to assist countries of the Sahel region in developing a plan of action to prevent, combat and eradicate the illicit…
Dag Hammarskjöld Library: Research Guide and Book Exhibit to commemorate International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons (26 Sep)
<!-- 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%"><p>The Dag Hammarskjöld Library (UN Library), based at the UN Headquarters in New York is an integral component of the Organization, responsible for research and the management of the intellectual output by the United Nations (UN).</p> <p>One of the Library’s mandates is to support UN departmental…
Afghanistan’s determination to address the IED problem and its accession to the CCW
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Belarus, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan share experiences and discuss progress in implementing UN Security Council resolution 1540 (2004)
<!-- 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%"><p>Representatives of relevant ministries and agencies of the Governments of Belarus, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan responsible for implementing UN Security Council resolution 1540 (2004) on preventing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction to non-State actors, held a peer review meeting in…
Training Workshop to Build Capacity of Central Asian States to Strengthen the Implementation of the Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light 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%"><p>16-17 August 2017, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia</p> <p>From 16 to 17 August 2017, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (UNRCPD) and the Government of Mongolia jointly organized a training workshop on the implementation of the Programme of Action (PoA) to…
Hiroshima and Nagasaki Peace Messengers visits United Nations Office at Geneva
<!-- 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%"><p>On 23 June 2017, over 20 Hiroshima and Nagasaki Peace Messengers (also known as Youth Communicators for a World without Nuclear Weapons) visited the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) in Geneva. The students from Japan were joined by first, second and third generation “Hibakusha”—survivors…
72nd Anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Remembering and Looking Towards the Future
<!-- 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%"><p>On 8 August 2017, the NGO Committee on Peace in Vienna and the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs organized a commemorative event for the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. The event was held at the Vienna International Centre and was dedicated to the victims and survivors of these bombings which…