Press Releases (2017)

November

28th

Hiroshima to Host Twenty‑seventh United Nations‑Japan Conference on Disarmament Issues, 29‑30 November

14th

Jeju Island to Host Sixteenth United Nations-Republic of Korea Joint Conference on Disarmament and Non-proliferation Issues, 16-17 November

September

26th

Samoa joins the Biological Weapons Convention

UN to host Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004) implementation challenges workshop for South-East Asian States, in Bangkok, 27-28 September

14th

Afghanistan joins the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons

August

21st

United Nations Disarmament Fellowship Programme Opens 2017 Session in Geneva

15th

Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004) Points of Contact Training for States of Asia-Pacific Region

June

14th

United Nations Conference to Negotiate Legally Binding Treaty Prohibiting Nuclear Weapons Will Hold Second Substantive Session, 15 June – 7 July

March

23rd

UN Conference on Legally Binding Instrument Leading towards Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons set for UNHQ, 27-31 March

8th

Central African Convention for Control of Small Arms, Light Weapons, Related Ammunition, Components, Other Parts Enters into Force Today

January

4th

Office of Disarmament Affairs, World Customs Organization Sign Memorandum of Understanding on Combating Trafficking in Small Arms, Light Weapons