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UNRCPD provides Responsible Innovation Workshop for machine learning and robotics engineers and developers during the Yantra 8.0 Science, Tech and Entrepreneurship Festival
Kathmandu, 4 February (UNRCPD): In collaboration with the Robotics Association of Nepal the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (UNRCPD) carried out a Responsible Innovation workshop for young developers and engineers during the Yantra 8.0 Science, Tech and Entrepreneurship Festival. Featured as part of the “Yantra Learning” activities, supporting machine learning and regional robotics competitors, Responsible Innovation is a key element of “Securing Our Common Future”, the Secretary-General’s 2018 Agenda for Disarmament, and a key part of UNODA…
74 Years of Nuclear Disarmament and the Contribution of Youth beyond 2020” – After wide-ranging dialogue, ODA launches call for applications from aspiring “Youth Champions”
The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (ODA) engaged approximately seventy young people in a wide-ranging discussion on youth action for disarmament to mark the 74th anniversary of the first UN General Assembly resolution, which established the goal of eliminating nuclear weapons and all other weapons of mass destruction. The event was organized with the support from the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations. The event at UN Headquarters included the kick-off of “United Nations Youth Champions for Disarmament”, a training programme funded by the…
Expert meeting to facilitate dialogue on possible negotiations of a Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty (FMCT) concludes in Bangkok
The United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (UNRCPD), in cooperation with the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC) and the Geneva Branch of the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) organized a regional meeting for scientific experts from Africa and Asia to discuss possible ways to advance negotiations of a treaty banning the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices, and to facilitate the contribution of regional expertise and experience into these…