Side Event: Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals- The Role of the Office for Disarmament Affairs Regional Centres for Peace and Disarmament

On 21 October 2016, the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) held a side event in the United Nations Headquarters in New York City to commemorate the 30th anniversary of UNODA’s Regional Centres for Peace and Disarmament. Thirty years ago, the General Assembly established the three Regional Centres in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, and Latin America and the Caribbean. The Centres support Members States in their initiatives on disarmament, arms control and non-proliferation. Read more about the side event here. [source: United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs]