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Committee on Teaching About the United Nations holds 2020 “WarNoMore” Conference at UNHQ
On 28 February 2020, scholars, disarmament experts, educators, young students and human rights activists gathered at the United Nations in New York to discuss one central question: “What can we do to make wars come to an end?” This year’s Committee on Teaching About the United Nations (CTAUN) Conference, co-sponsored by the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations, was entitled “WarNoMore”, honouring the 75th anniversary of the United Nations and its purpose as outlined in the Charter: “We the Peoples of the United Nations determined to save…
Building Bridges Between Russia and the United States through Education and Training
Education is a crucial element of the global disarmament process, and that is why it is important for the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) to support the next generation of leaders in this field through the UN’s internship programme. This is in line with the 2002 UN Study on Disarmament and Non-proliferation Education (A/57/124) which identified the objective to impart knowledge and skills to individuals to empower them to make their contribution, as national and world citizens, to the achievement of concrete disarmament and non-proliferation measures and the…
UN Regional Centre wraps up project to support Timor-Leste’s implementation of arms control frameworks
From 11 to 13 February 2020, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (UNRCPD) conducted a final briefing meeting with Timor-Leste officials, successfully concluding a Technical and Legal Assistance project aimed at strengthening national capacity to prevent the illicit trade and diversion of small arms and light weapons (SALW) and conventional ammunition. Mr. Alfredo Lubang discusses the report’s findings with Mr. Vicente Gusmao of Timor-Leste’s National Police Department. Developed at the request of, and in cooperation with, the…
Thematic seminar on pillar I (disarmament) of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)
On 29-30 January, the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs hosted a thematic seminar on pillar I (disarmament) of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) at the United Nations Office at Geneva. Representatives of all NPT States Parties were invited to take part in discussions on some of the most important issues related to nuclear disarmament. Topics included achieving and maintaining a world free of nuclear weapons, nuclear risk reduction, strengthening nuclear security assurances, the P5 process, gender, youth and disarmament, as well as…
UNRCPD’s sponsored “PATHWAYS” wins the short film competition "A Better Tomorrow" at the 2020 Buff Children's and Youth Film Festival in Sweden
“PATHWAYS”, a film sponsored by United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (UNRCPD), won the ‘A Better Tomorrow’ best short film at Buff Children and Youth Film Festival in Sweden. The Buff film festival is dedicated to the promotion of media created by youth for a young audience, offering a varied program of international films that give children and youth a broader range of thematic content in films. “PATHWAYS” will be shown during their festival on March 24th. How the Film Came About In the late summer of 2019, UNRCPD…
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…
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…