Spotlights (2025)

15 May 2025

UNODA Director Adedeji Ebo delivers concluding remarks to the informal consultations on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS)

12 May 2025

HR Izumi Nakamitsu delivers opening remarks at the third 2025 Conference on the Establishment of a Middle East Zone Free of Nuclear Weapons and Other WMDs

5 May 2025

Side Event on “Advancing the Middle East WMD-Free Zone: Challenges and Opportunities on the Road to Consensus”

28 April 2025

HR Izumi Nakamitsu remarks at the Third session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2026 Review Conference of the NPT

8 April 2025

New Publication: The Impacts of the Availability of Firearms in Central America

8 April 2025

UNODA High Representative Izumi Nakamitsu delivers a video message to the High-Level Dialogue on Mine Action

7 April 2025

High Representative delivers opening remarks to the UN Disarmament Commission 2025 substantive session

28 March 2025

Marshall Islands signs the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty (Rarotonga Treaty)

27 March 2025

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27 March 2025

Vienna Conversation Series event on “Youth as Agents of Change: Empowering young people to achieve disarmament goals”

20 March 2025

Joint UN meeting tackles small arms control to foster sustainable development

20 March 2025

High Representative Izumi Nakamitsu video message to the ASEAN Regional Forum Intersessional Meeting on Non-Proliferation and Disarmament

19 March 2025

Center for Responsible AI: on the need to train future generation AI practitioners in Responsible AI – Responsible AI Podcast Ep. 10

18 March 2025

UNODA & UNDSS organize another SSAFE training course for UNSGM experts

17 March 2025

UNODA Director and Deputy to the High Representative delivers closing remarks at Joint General Assembly – Economic and Social Council meeting

13 March 2025

High Representative Izumi Nakamitsu video message marking International Women’s Day 2025

13 March 2025

Marshall Islands accedes to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction

12 March 2025

High Representative delivers informal opening remarks for the Side Event at the Commission on the Status of Women 2025

12 March 2025

UNODA collaborated with India in holding a capacity building workshop to strengthen implementation of UNSCR 1540

10 March 2025

Call for application to Training in Health Data Analytics

10 March 2025

High Representative delivers video message on the International Day for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Awareness

7 March 2025

High Representative Izumi Nakamitsu’s Open Briefing to the Security Council on the Implementation of Resolution 2118 (2013)

5 March 2025

High Representative Izumi Nakamitsu’s statement at the side-event on “The History, Success, and Challenges of Nuclear Disarmament Education”

4 March 2025

Director and Deputy to the High Representative Adedeji Ebo speaks at Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day even

3 March 2025

High Representative Izumi Nakamitsu addressed the third Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

3 March 2025

Building the global norm against biological weapons: the 1925 Geneva Protocol and the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention

3 March 2025

High Representative video message to the 2025 Certain Conventional Weapons Group of Governmental Experts

28 February 2025

Programmes Financed from Voluntary Contributions (2023-2024) is now available.

27 February 2025

Upcoming commemorative event!

19 February 2025

Sustaining the fight against the illicit proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons in The Gambia

17 February 2025

High Representative, Izumi Nakamitsu, addresses the Open-ended Working Group on ICT Security

17 February 2025

Comoros accedes to the Biological Weapons Convention

14 February 2025

High Representative Opening Remarks at Adoption Session to Prevent Illicit Proliferation of Firearms

11 February 2025

United Arab Emirates accedes to the Antarctic Treaty

10 February 2025

Ecuador ratifies the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism

10 February 2025

High Representative video message to the High-Level Seminar For Parliamentarians of BWC Non-States Parties

29 January 2025

The 9th issue of UNODA’s newsletter for nominated experts and analytical laboratories on the roster for the Secretary-General’s Mechanism for Investigation of Alleged Use of Chemical or Biological Weapons (UNSGM) now available

24 January 2025

Call for Papers: The impact of the global increase in military expenditure on the achievement of the sustainable development goals

23 January 2025

Mauritania strengthens national implementation of the Biological Weapons Convention

16 January 2025

Red Teaming in AI: Chris Meserole on Mitigating Misuse Risks – Responsible AI Podcast Ep. 9

3 January 2025

African Amnesty Month: Djibouti launches activities to ‘Silence the Guns’

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