Disarmament in Review
22 December 2011
Critical Issues in Disarmament 2011: Delegitimizing Nuclear Weapons
20 December 2011
3rd Edition of Disarmament: A Basic Guide is Available Online — New Foreword by UN Messenger of Peace Michael Douglas
22 November 2011
22 November 2011
CTBTO to hold an Advanced Course on the verification technologies of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT). View the lectures through a live streaming video. 28 November to 9 December 2011
18 November 2011
Geneva Disarmament Exhibit: Toward a World Free of Nuclear Weapons
31 October 2011
Poetry for Peace Contest Winners Announced at Hibakusha Ceremony
31 October 2011
28 October 2011
“Before the Blast” now in Disarmament Education Video Library
27 October 2011
21 October 2011
2011 Fellows on Disarmament recognized at certificate award ceremony (PDF)
21 October 2011
High-Representative Duarte speaks at the launch of the Nuclear Abolition Forum (PDF)
21 October 2011
UNODA Senior Political Affairs Officer Randy Rydell’s article on The UN and a Humanitarian Approach to Nuclear Disarmament (PDF) published in Nuclear Abolition Forum (PDF)
10 October 2011
UNODA’s Biological Weapons Convention Implementation Support Unit helps support the 2011 International Genetically Engineered Machines Competition (iGEM).
13 September 2011
Secretary-General’s message (PDF) to the
Second Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions in Beirut
30 August 2011
15 August 2011
Video message by Tibor Tóth, Executive Secretary of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), on the International Day Against Nuclear Tests
8 August 2011
The Challenge of Sustaining Progress on Global Nuclear Disarmament (PDF) — A speech by High Representative Sergio Duarte to the World Conference Against Atomic & Hydrogen Bombs in Nagasaki, Japan
2 August 2011
CTBTO to hold a weeklong introductory course on legal, political, technical and security related aspects of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT). View the lectures through a live streaming video.
5-9 September 2011
28 July 2011
Follow-up to the high-level meeting held on 24 September 2010 – Revitalizing the work of the Conference on Disarmament and taking forward multilateral disarmament negotiations
New York 27-29 July 2011
27 July 2011
Urgent and United Action Toward a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World
by Hannelore Hoppe
Director and Deputy to the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs delivered at the 23rd United Nations Conference on Disarmament Issues
25 July 2011
UN Disarmament Conference to Discuss Actions towards a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World
Matsumoto, Japan
27-29 July
22 July 2011
Report of the Secretary-General: Work of the Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters — Focus on Revitalizing Disarmament Machinery.
20 July 2011
Grosso Calibre is a new addition to
UNODA’s Disarmament Education Video Library. One of three winners of Oxfam’s 2010 Shooting Poverty competition, the film explores the culture of armed violence in the slums of Rio de Janeiro.
19 July 2011
UNODA presents new podcast interview series, Disarmament Today. Inaugural interview with Dr. Kathleen Sullivan on Disarmament and Non-proliferation Education.
18 July 2011
The Secretary-General congratulates the governments of Brazil and Argentina on the twentieth anniversary of the establishment of the Brazilian–Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials (ABACC).
8 July 2011
Toward a Middle East Zone Free of Weapons of Mass Destruction, remarks by High Representative Duarte at EU Non-Proliferation Consortium Seminar
6 July 2011
59th Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs, European Contributions to Nuclear Disarmament, statement by the Secretary-General with addresses to the conference by the High Representative
6 July 2011
High Representative Sergio Duarte speaks at Geneva Forum sponsored by UNIDIR in a speech entitled “The Conference on Disarmament: The Ghost in the Machine”
29 June 2011
Senior Political Affairs Officer Randy Rydell delivers new concept paper on the processes, conditions, and stages for a humanitarian approach “to achieve and maintain a world free of nuclear weapons.”
21 June 2011
The Secretary-General’s message to the IAEA Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Safety (PDF) — Delivered by Sergio Duarte, UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs.
17 June 2011
Chad signs action plan with UN ending use of child soldiers — The Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict travelled to Chad this week to witness the signing of an agreement between the Chadian Government and the United Nations.
16 June 2011
Achievements and Challenges of the UN Disarmament Machinery (PDF), a speech by Hannelore Hoppe, Director and Deputy to the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, delivered at Annual NATO Conference on WMD in Bergen, Norway
10 June 2011
Statement by Sergio Duarte, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, on the Global Week of Action Against Gun Violence 13-19 June 2011 (PDF)
31 May 2011
Mozambique joins the Biological Weapons Convention, bringing the membership of the treaty to 164.
31 May 2011
A Global View of the WMD Environment (PDF), a speech by
Hannelore Hoppe,
Director and Deputy to the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs
17 May 2011
Conference on Disarmament Opens Second Part of its 2011 Session — Discusses the enlargement of the membership of the conference.
11 May 2011
The Secretary-General’s 10th Annual Report on Children and Armed Conflict calls for better protection from attacks on schools and hospitals. — Read the full report here (PDF)
6 May 2011
Another finalist from the Shooting Poverty competition,
is the story of a young widow who became an activist against the human suffering caused by armed violence. This film is a recent addition to UNODA’s Disarmament Education Video Library.
6 May 2011
A finalist from Oxfam’s Shooting Poverty competition,
Bang for Your Buck examines grenade violence in post-conflict Burundi. This film is a recent addition to UNODA’s Disarmament Education Video Library.
2 May 2011
The 2009 Disarmament Yearbook is now available as an eBook for the Amazon Kindle and Barnes and Noble Nook. Also readable on a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone, Android or Blackberry. Versions for Kobo, Sony Reader and iBooks to follow.
29 April 2011
Secretary-General salutes Ukraine’s role in nuclear disarmament — Ban Ki-moon also spoke on emergency preparedness and offered concrete steps on enhancing nuclear safety.
26 April 2011
Spanish language editorial in El Peruano based on interview with High Representative. — Auto-translated English version.
25 April 2011
Secretary-General’s message on the Remembrance Day for All Victims of Chemical Warfare (PDF). The Remembrance Day was observed on 29 April.
12 April 2011
Five-Point Nuclear Disarmament Proposal:
Current Status and Future Prospect (PDF) — Learn more about the Five Point Plan
11 April 2011
High Representative’s statement on the
29 March 2011
— The Secretary-General and UN Messenger for Peace Michael Douglas were in attendance. View Video Commissioned for the Event.
29 March 2011
Central African Ministers Adopt a Common Position for the Arms Trade Treaty Negotiations
— Read the Sao Tomé Declaration (PDF, 1.5 MB)
29 March 2011
Recent speeches by High Representative Sergio Duarte:
Disarmament and Non-Proliferation:
A Historical Review (PDF) and
Disarmament, Arms Control, and Non-Proliferation:
A Look Ahead (PDF)
22 March 2011
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev of Kazakhstan Appointed as Director-General, UN Office at Geneva — In this capacity, he will serve as the Secretary-General’s representative to the Conference on Disarmament.
15 March 2011
2010 Disarmament Yearbook, Volume 1 – GA Resolutions and Decisions (PDF)
15 March 2011
High Representative Sergio Duarte speaks at United Nations University forum on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (Video)
