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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…
UN Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa supports gender perspectives in preventing the acquisition of arms by terrorist groups in Lake Chad Basin
The United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa organized a capacity building workshop aimed at supporting gender perspectives in disarmament, non-proliferation and arms control processes in the Lake Chad basin from 18 to 20 of December in Lomé, Togo. The workshop is part of the project entitled, “Mainstreaming Gender Perspectives in Preventing the Acquisition of Arms and Ammunitions by Terrorists Groups in the Lake Chad Basin”, and is funded by the Kingdom of Sweden. The project was established to support the implementation of the UN Security…
RCPD and UNITAR screen documentary “Paper Lanterns” at 27th UN Conference on Disarmament Issues in Hiroshima
The United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (UNRCPD) and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Hiroshima Office held a screening of the documentary Paper Lanterns at the 27th United Nations Conference on Disarmament Issues in Hiroshima 29 November 2017, Hiroshima, Japan – The United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Hiroshima Office and the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (UNRCPD) co-organized a screening of Director Barry Frechette’s and…
UN Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa supports the prevention of diversion of weapons by extremist groups in the Lake Chad Basin
The United Nations Regional Center for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC) organized a sub-regional workshop to support the process of marking arms in the Lake Chad Basin Countries from 6 to 7 November 2017 in N’Djamena, Chad, and a national workshop to prevent diversion of arms to terrorist groups from 9 to 10 November 2017 in Abuja, Nigeria. During the two workshops, governmental experts and civil society representatives from Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria received training to use the International Small Arms…
From Hiroshima and Nagasaki to Nuclear Weapons Today: A Professional Development Workshop for High School Educators
On 7 November 2017, Hibakusha Stories, an initiative of Youth Arts New York, collaborated with the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) to hold a professional development workshop for high school educators entitled “From Hiroshima and Nagasaki to Nuclear Weapons Today”. This was the sixth consecutive year that a nuclear disarmament education workshop took place at United Nations Headquarters on the day of the United States election, when teachers at New York City public schools receive time off to participate in continuing education activities. …
Arms Control 2.0: Operationalizing Sustainable Development Goals Target 16.4
On 23 October 2017, the Small Arms Survey discussed its new report aimed at strengthening global implementation of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Target 16.4, which calls on governments to “significantly reduce illicit financial and arms flows” by 2030. The Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs sponsored the organization’s briefing paper, titled “Arms Control 2.0: Operationalizing SDG Target 16.4”, and assisted with a presentation of the document on the margins of the 72nd Session General Assembly. Glenn McDonald, Managing Editor and Senior Researcher at the Small Arms…
Strengthening Nuclear Disarmament Verification Mechanisms
As the First Committee of the 72nd Session General Assembly met for its final week, the Verification Research, Training and Information Centre (VERTIC) joined the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) to hold a side event on strengthening nuclear disarmament verification mechanisms. Mr. Ioan Tudor, the Chief of UNODA’s Weapons of Mass Destruction Branch and moderator of the 30 October discussion, underscored in opening remarks the important role that these mechanisms have played in disarmament and non-proliferation treaties. He also stressed that if the…
Curbing Arms Flows from a Field Perspective: The Case of Africa
On 18 October 2017, the Permanent Mission to the United Nations of Germany hosted a Meeting of the Group of Interested States in Practical Disarmament Measures titled “Curbing Arms Flows from a Field Perspective: The Case of Africa”. Seven expert panellists discussed current best practices and research outcomes in the field of conventional weapons control. The panelists were from the Permanent Mission of Germany, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC), the Small…
Promoting Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Education
On 23 October 2017, the Buddhist organization Rissho Kosei-kai partnered with the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) to host a panel discussion entitled “Promoting Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Education” as part of the First Committee side event series for the 72nd Session General Assembly. Ms. Mary Soliman, Chief of the Regional Disarmament Branch of the Office for Disarmament Affairs, introduced the panelists and moderated the discussion. Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu, Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament…