Updates (2018)

Quarter 4

Dec

14th

Nuclear Weapons Ban Monitor 2018

Dec

04th

ODA concludes a series of regional science and technology workshops on the Biological Weapons Convention

Nov

30th

The Expanding Use of Armed UAVs and the Need for International Standards

Nov

30th

How to Use the Arms Trade Treaty to Address Gender-Based Violence

Nov

16th

Understanding the Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons on the Dark Web

Nov

12th

“Nuclear Weapons Today, from Hiroshima to Nagasaki to the Ban Treaty”: A Professional Development Workshop for High School Educators

Nov

12th

High-Level Event at German Mission on Disarmament That Saves Lives in Support of the Secretary-General’s Disarmament Agenda

Nov

12th

Data-Driven Protection and Arms Control

Nov

12th

Strengthening the Role of the Regional Centres in the Context of the Secretary-General’s Disarmament Agenda

Nov

12th

Examining the Role of Conventional Arms Control in Preventing Conflicts and Building Peace

Nov

06th

A New Ambition to Defeat IEDs

Nov

02nd

Joint Briefing on the NPT Review Cycle

Oct

29th

ATT Voluntary Trust Fund

Oct

29th

Beyond the Buzz: Gender in Arms Control

Oct

29th

“Evidence of Absence” panelists describe new verification methods for supporting nuclear disarmament

Oct

29th

Preventing the Diversion of Arms and Ammunition

Oct

29th

Strengthening the Protection of Civilians from the Use of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas

Oct

25th

Preventing Terrorists from Acquiring Weapons: Examining the Implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2370

Oct

25th

Briefing on the 2018 U.S. Nuclear Posture Review

Oct

25th

The Application of International Law in Cyberspace: State of Play

Oct

22nd

The Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons on the Dark Web: A Study

Oct

19th

Consolidating and Enhancing Cooperation among Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones

Oct

19th

Considering the Moral Dimensions of Nuclear Weapons in a Multi-Faith Dialogue to “Safeguard Future Generations”

Oct

18th

Retaining Meaningful Human Control of Weapons Systems

Oct

16th

The Hague Code of Conduct: Tools and challenges to address ballistic missile proliferation today

Oct

15th

Securing Our Common Future: Promoting Gender-Responsive Disarmament and Security

Oct

12th

Convention of Cluster Munitions (CCM) universalization: Asia-Pacific region

Oct

12th

Negative Security Assurances as a Practical Step towards Global Zero

Oct

11th

“Appeal of the Hibakusha”: Nihon Hidankyo hands over 8,300,403 signatures supporting call for the elimination of nuclear weapons

Oct

02nd

UN Regional Centre Holds Workshop on Women, Peace and Security For NGO Representatives and Parliamentarians in South Asia

Quarter 3

Sep

25th

UN Vienna commemorates International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons

Sep

10th

Discussing the Disarmament Agenda with Japanese experts

Sep

10th

UNODA and World Customs Organization hold workshop in Zambia to strengthen trade control measures to support UNSC 1540

Aug

28th

Regional Centre Commemorates its 10th Anniversary of Operations in Nepal with Peace and Disarmament Education Discussions with Youth

Jul

31st

Regional UN SaferGuard Technical Workshop on Ammunition Management for Latin America and the Caribbean

Jul

24th

Royal Scientific Society of Jordan and ODA hold Regional Workshop on Implications of Developments in Science and Technology for the Biological Weapons Convention in MENA

Jul

10th

Regional Centre holds workshop on Women, Peace and Security for NGO representatives and parliamentarians in Southeast Asia

Jul

10th

USG/HR Nakamitsu Inaugurates New UNREC Premises, Launches Activities of Arms-Marking Project in Togo and Madagascar

Jun

20th

Atomic bomb survivor’s 43-year quest for fate of 12 US POWs

Jun

08th

All Women Team from UNODA discusses securing arms and ammunition to save lives

Quarter 2

Jun

20th

Atomic bomb survivor’s 43-year quest for fate of 12 US POWs

Jun

08th

All Women Team from UNODA discusses securing arms and ammunition to save lives

Apr

23rd

India-Wiesbaden Conference calls for enhanced cooperation with industry in combating proliferation of WMD

Apr

05th

Promoting the ratification of the Biological Weapons Convention in Haiti

Apr

05th

High Representative visits Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Kathmandu; meets host Government officials

Quarter 1

Mar

05th

DPKO and ODA brief UN staff on the Effective Weapons and Ammunition Management handbook

Mar

05th

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and UNODA partner to empower women for peace and security

Feb

05th

Malian officials trained on new SOPs for physical security and stockpile management of weapons and ammunition

Jan

22nd

Reorienting towards the future: Integrating state-of-the-art weapons and ammunition management into DDR programmes