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Civil Society Forum in support of Security Council resolution 1540 (2004) offers opportunities for engagement
<!-- wp:columns --><div class="wp-block-columns"><!-- wp:column {"width":"66.66%","lock":{"move":true,"remove":true}} --><div class="wp-block-column" style="flex-basis:66.66%"><div id="content"> <p>The first-ever Civil Society Forum in support of Security Council resolution 1540 (2004), opening in Vienna today and running until 10 January, is intended to provide opportunities for furthering civil society contributions to national and…
UNODA publishes paper on “Options for the Further Strengthening of the NPT’s Review Process by 2015”
<!-- wp:columns --><div class="wp-block-columns"><!-- wp:column {"width":"66.66%","lock":{"move":true,"remove":true}} --><div class="wp-block-column" style="flex-basis:66.66%"><div id="content"> <p><b>14 December 2012</b> — The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs today released the electronic publication, <i>Occasional Paper No. 22 – Options for the Further Strengthening of the NPT’s Review Process by 2015</i>, written by Thomas…
The Secretary-General’s message to the Twelfth Meeting of the State Parties of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention
<!-- wp:columns --><div class="wp-block-columns"><!-- wp:column {"width":"66.66%","lock":{"move":true,"remove":true}} --><div class="wp-block-column" style="flex-basis:66.66%"><div id="content"> <figure style="width: 200px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" src="https://front.un-arm.org/wp-content/uploads/assets/update/20121203/1.jp…; alt="Mr. Kassim-Jomart Tokayev" width="…
Marshall Islands becomes 166th State Party to the Biological Weapons Convention
<!-- wp:columns --><div class="wp-block-columns"><!-- wp:column {"width":"66.66%","lock":{"move":true,"remove":true}} --><div class="wp-block-column" style="flex-basis:66.66%"><div id="content"> <p>The United States, as a Depositary of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction (BWC), has confirmed that the Marshall Islands deposited its instrument of…
UNODA publishes civil society essays on disarmament
<!-- wp:columns --><div class="wp-block-columns"><!-- wp:column {"width":"66.66%","lock":{"move":true,"remove":true}} --><div class="wp-block-column" style="flex-basis:66.66%"><div id="content"> <p><b>19 November 2012</b> — The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs today released the electronic publication, <i>Civil Society and Disarmament 2012 – Applying a Disarmament Lens to Gender, Human Rights, Development, Security, Education and…
New York City high school teachers visit the United Nations and learn about nuclear disarmament
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First Committee ends 67th Session following delay caused by Hurricane Sandy
<!-- wp:columns --><div class="wp-block-columns"><!-- wp:column {"width":"66.66%","lock":{"move":true,"remove":true}} --><div class="wp-block-column" style="flex-basis:66.66%"><div id="content"> <p>The sixty-seventh session of the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) closed its month-long session on 7 November. Despite the loss of three days of meetings due to hurricane Sandy, the Committee finished its work on time.</p> <div class="…
At New York ceremony, Ban congratulates young winners of UN Art for Peace contest
<!-- wp:columns --><div class="wp-block-columns"><!-- wp:column {"width":"66.66%","lock":{"move":true,"remove":true}} --><div class="wp-block-column" style="flex-basis:66.66%"><div id="content"> <p><b>23 October 2012</b> — Secretary-General BAN Ki-moon today congratulated the 12 young artists who won the United Nations Art for Peace contest, which asked participants to depict their vision of a world free of nuclear weapons.</p> <p>“I spend a…
Humanitarian Disarmament Campaigns Summit delegates present Communiqué to High Representative
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The Japan Council against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs (Gensuikyo) visits High Representative for Disarmament Affairs
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