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Workshop held to strengthen Peace and Disarmament Education in Nepal’s schools
Twenty five newly selected text book writers were invited by the Curriculum Development Center (CDC) to a 3-day Peace and Disarmament Education workshop supported by UNRCPD and UNESCO Nepal. The outcome of the workshop are 15 new lessons which will… [source: UNRCPD]
High Representative’s statement to the 63rd session of the Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters as delivered by Thomas Markram
Read her statement here. [source: UNODA]
Conference on Disarmament: CD discusses humanitarian impact on nuclear weapons, model convention on nuclear weapons and the fissile materials cut-off treaty
The Conference on Disarmament today held two plenary meetings, one in the morning and another in the afternoon, in which it conducted interactive debates on the issues of humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons, the Model Convention on Nuclear Weapons submitted… [source: UNOG]
Can Japan jumpstart action on nuclear disarmament?
Nuclear weapons continue to pose global dangers. Their elimination is a global enterprise that requires renewed leadership, dialogue, and action on the part of all the world's nations. Unfortunately, 70 years after the attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, progress on… [source: Kyodo News]
Volunteering for disarmement process in Africa: From our sister Centre in Togo
Based in Togo, I have been an International United Nations at the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC) for the past 2 and a half years. Through my position, I have been able to conduct an… [source: UNV]
Conference on Disarmament opens 2015 session, hears message from United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon
The Conference on Disarmament today opened its 2015 session, hearing a message from United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon in which he warned the Conference that its role as the single standing negotiating forum for multilateral disarmament risked being overtaken by… [source: UNOG]
The “Disarmament and Related Treaties” publication is now available as an eBook (ePub and Kindle formats)
Download available. View News Item Source [source: UNODA]
Nuclear disarmament: Ban Ki-Moon asks India to a play key role
Recognising its growing stature, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon today asked India to play a major role in ensuring nuclear disarmament in South Asia, bringing back peace and stability in Afghanistan and combatting key global challenges like terrorism, climate change… [source: NITIPTIBOT]
High Representative talks to the Chilean newspaper “El Mercurio” about the challenges for nuclear disarmament
Transcript of High Representative Angela Kane's interview on nuclear disarmament. View News Item Source [source: El Mercurio]
High Representative’s remarks at Conference on Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation in Santiago, Chile “Roads to Nuclear Disarmament: a Case of Convergence in Diversity?
Opening remarks by Angela Kane, high representative for disarmament affairs. [source: UNODA]