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UNODA kicks-off global programme promoting a gendered approach to small arms control
This month, the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) kicks off a multi-year programme in support of gender mainstreamed policies, programmes and actions in the fight against small arms trafficking and misuse. Funded by the European Union, the programme will also support the broader international policy agenda on Women, Peace and Security and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which place emphasis on gender-equality and women’s empowerment. The UN Office for Disarmament Affairs kicks off a multi-year programme funded by the European Union Women, men…
The UNSaferGuard Programme publishes three IATG* support guides to promote safe and secure ammunition management
Inadequately-managed ammunition poses the dual risk of accidental explosions of ammunition sites and diversion to illicit markets, resulting in humanitarian disasters and contributing to armed conflict, terrorism and crime. Against this backdrop, the United Nations has developed the International Ammunition Technical Guidelines (IATG) to provide interested stakeholders with practical, neutral, authoritative guidance on ammunition management. Under the umbrella of UN SaferGuard, our knowledge-management programme on ammunition management, the United Nations system continues to…
UN Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament Holds Seminar on Trade and Trafficking of Illicit Conventional Ammunition
Bangkok, 20-22 March 2019 – As part of its region-wide initiative to support States with the safe and secure management of conventional ammunition, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (UNRCPD) organized the Southeast Asia Regional Outreach Seminar on Trade and Trafficking of Illicit Conventional Ammunition, in Bangkok, Thailand, on 20-22 March 2019. United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (UNRCPD) at Southeast Asia Regional Outreach Seminar on Trade and Trafficking of Illicit Conventional…
UNODA-OSCE Scholarship for Peace and Security awarded with “Gender Champion Award”
Vienna – On 14 March 2019, the Scholarship for Peace and Security, a joint initiative of United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) and the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), has received the “Gender Champion Award”, for its contribution to empowering women in promoting international peace and security. Scholarship for Peace and Security receiving the “Gender Champion Award The Scholarship was hailed by the OSCE as an outstanding initiative for its support for young women in the security sector. The OSCE especially acknowledged the contribution of…
Ms. Mariela Fogante of Argentina elected as first woman to chair group of experts on conventional arms since 1999
The first session of the 2019 Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) on the UN Register of Conventional Arms (UNROCA) is being held in Geneva (from 11-15 March 2019). Ms. Mariela Fogante of Argentina was unanimously elected as Chairperson of the Group. She is the first woman to chair a GGE in the area of conventional arms since 1999. Another heartening piece of news is the unprecedented number of women representatives in the Group: 8 of the 15 experts in the first session are women. The Register was established by the General Assembly in 1991, to enable Member States to…
High Representative Nakamitsu meets with the Executive Secretary of Regional Centre on Small Arms
(New York) On 27 February 2019, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu met with Lt. Gen. Badreldin Elamin Abdelgadir, Executive Secretary of the Regional Centre on Small Arms in the Great Lakes Region, the Horn of Africa and Bordering States (RECSA). The visit by the Executive Secretary of RECSA was timely as the Security Council was discussing cooperation between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations in maintaining international peace and security on the same day. RECSA is an intergovernmental organizations in Nairobi established in…
The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs marks the conclusion of European Union Council Decision 2016/51 in support of the Biological Weapons Convention
Geneva, 12 February 2019 The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) marked the successful conclusion of European Union Council Decision 2016/51 in support of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) on 9 February 2019. The Council Decision was adopted on 18 January 2016 and its implementation was managed by UNODA and the BWC Implementation Support Unit. The Decision was the fourth such instrument adopted by the European Union since 2006 and provided USD 2.34 million in support of the BWC. Its main objectives included promoting universal adherence to the BWC,…