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India-Wiesbaden Conference calls for enhanced cooperation with industry in combating proliferation of WMD
Hosted by the Government of India, the India-Wiesbaden Conference on “Securing Global Supply Chains through Government-Industry Partnerships towards Effective Implementation of United Nations Security Council resolution 1540 (2004)” was held in New Delhi on 16-17 April 2018. Opening session Chaired by Joint Secretary Dr. Pankaj Sharma The conference was organized by the Government of India in coordination with the Security Council Committee established pursuant to Resolution 1540 (2004) and supported by the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) and the…
Promoting the ratification of the Biological Weapons Convention in Haiti
On 23 March 2018, the Implementation Support Unit (ISU) of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) concluded a universalization mission to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, which it conducted at the request of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Haiti within the framework of the European Union Council Decision 2016/51 in support of the BWC. Haiti signed the BWC on 10 April 1972 but has not yet joined the Convention.[1] However, the Haitian authorities are making progress towards this goal. A ratification decree was approved by the executive and transmitted to parliament in March 2017. The…
High Representative visits Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Kathmandu; meets host Government officials
From 1 to 3 April 2018, Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu, Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, made an official visit to Nepal, which hosts the Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (UNRCPD). The Centre is the operational arm of the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) covering 43 Member States in the region. USG/HR Nakamitsu meets with Right Honourable Mr. K.P. Sharma Oli, Prime Minister of Nepal. Credit: UNODA The High Representative met with both the Prime Minister and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nepal and…
DPKO and ODA brief UN staff on the Effective Weapons and Ammunition Management handbook
UN staff attended a briefing on 14 February 2018 during which the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) and the Office for Disarmament Affairs (ODA) presented a new handbook for United Nations disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) practitioners entitled Effective Weapons and Ammunition Management in a Changing Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Context. This practical handbook is the first output of a two-phased, joint project by DPKO and ODA intended to support the work of United Nations DDR practitioners related to management of arms and…
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and UNODA partner to empower women for peace and security
Forty-six young professional women from OSCE countries participated in the “OSCE Scholarship for Peace and Security” training, which took place from 12 to 16 February in Vienna. The training is part of an eight-week online course entitled “Conflict Prevention and Resolution through Arms Control, Disarmament, and Non-proliferation.” The aim of the training is to empower women by strengthening their knowledge and expertise in these fields. Over 800 young professional women participants from diverse backgrounds were received. One of the trainees working for a peace research institute…
Malian officials trained on new SOPs for physical security and stockpile management of weapons and ammunition
The United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC), in collaboration with the Government of Mali, through Mali’s National Commission for the Fight against the Proliferation of Small Arms (CNLPAL), organized a training-of-trainers workshop on standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the physical security and stockpile management (PSSM) of weapons and ammunition, in Bamako, from 22 to 26 January 2018. The workshop trained officials directly involved in the management of weapons and ammunition storage sites, as well as officials from security services…
Reorienting towards the future: Integrating state-of-the-art weapons and ammunition management into DDR programmes
The complexity of peace operations is rapidly increasing, thus requiring the United Nations to purposefully reorient its efforts to better address the needs on the ground. The Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) and the Office for Disarmament Affairs (ODA) have launched of a new resource entitled “Weapons and Ammunition Management in a Changing Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Context”. This practical handbook is the first output of a two-phased joint project by DPKO and ODA intended to support the work of United Nations DDR practitioners…