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New publication – The New Zealand Lectures on Disarmament; six lectures delivered in New Zealand in April 2014 by High Representative Kane
New publication - The New Zealand Lectures on Disarmament; six lectures delivered in New Zealand in April 2014 by High Representative Kane. View News Item Source > [source: UNODA]
Remarks by High Representative Kane at 10th Annual NATO Conference on WMD Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation
Remarks by High Representative Kane at 10th Annual NATO Conference on WMD Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation. View News Item Source> [source: UNODA]
States Recommit to Stemming Illicit Flow of Small Arms by Tackling New Tracing Challenges
States Recommit to Stemming Illicit Flow of Small Arms by Tackling New Tracing Challenges, as Fifth Biennial Meeting Adjourns. View News Item Source> [source: UNODA]
High Representative Kane delivers keynote address at Diplomatic Workshop on Nuclear Verification
UNODA High Representative Kane delivers keynote address at Diplomatic Workshop on Nuclear Verification: Challenges and Opportunities in Baden, Austria. Read her statement here> [source: UNODA]
Restraint Urged over Illicit Weapons Trade in Biennial Review Meeting Amid Calls to Ensure Respect for Legitimate Business, Personal Rights
Fifth Biennial Meeting of States on Illicit Trade in Small Arms 7th Meeting hears Restraint Urged over Illicit Weapons Trade in Biennial Review Meeting Amid Calls to Ensure Respect for Legitimate Business, Personal Rights. View News Item Sources> [source: UNODA]
Improving Stockpile Management, Surplus Disposal Central to Combating Illicit Trade in Small Arms, Light Weapons
Fifth Biennial Meeting of State on Illicit Trade in Small Arms 5th & 6th Meetings hear improving stockpile management, surplus disposal central to combating illicit trade in small arms, light weapons. Read summary of the 5th and 6th meetings here> [source: UNODA]
Difficult-to-Erase ‘Marking’ Technologies Constrain Diversion of Weapons to Illicit Trade
New Fifth Biennial Meeting of States on Illicit Trade in Small Arms 3rd & 4th Meeting hear Difficult-to-Erase ‘Marking’ Technologies Constrain Diversion of Weapons to Illicit Trade. Read summary of the 3rd & 4th Meetings here> [source: UNODA]
High Representative Kane’s Statement at the Forty-Second Session of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization
Angela Kane, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, delivered statement at the Forty-Second Session of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO PrepCom) in Vienna, Austria. Read her statement here> [source: UNODA]
Strong collective efforts needed to keep small arms, light weapons from proliferating
5th Biennial Meeting of States on the Programme of Action (PoA), held in United Nations Headquarters in New York from June 16 to 20, hears that strong collective efforts are needed to keep small arms, light weapons (SALW) from proliferating. Read summary… [source: UNODA]
Second National Workshop on the implementation of the BWC in Nepal
The Second National Workshop on the implementation of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) was held in Kathmandu, Nepal from 9-10 June 2014. The workshop was part of an assistance programme for Nepal and was organised by the United Nations Office for… [source: UNRCPD]