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Security Council Extends Mandate of Mechanism to Identify Perpetrators Using Chemical Weapons in Syria
The Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations-Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Joint Investigative Mechanism, the body mandated to determine responsibility for the use of chemical weapons in Syria, for an additional year. View… [source: United Nations]
Secretary-General’s Message to the 8th Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention
The United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, delivered a message to the 8th Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention. Listen to the message here. [source: United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs]
High Representative’s Remarks to the 8th Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention
The UNODA High Representative, Mr. Kim Won-soo, gave remarks to the 8th Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention. Read the remarks here. [source: United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs]
High Representative’s Keynote Address at the European Union Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Conference
The UNODA High Representative, Mr. Kim Won-soo, gave the keynote address at the European Union Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Conference. Read the address here. [source: United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs]
Letter from SG to Security Council: 37th monthly Report by Director General/OPCW on the Syrian Chemical Weapons Programme
The United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, issued a letter to Security Council-37th monthly report by Director General/OPCW on the Syrian chemical weapons programme. Read the letter here. [source: United Nations General Assembly ]
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… [source: United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs]
25th Anniversary of the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms (UNROCA)
On 20 October, on the margins of the seventy-first session of the General Assembly the UN Office of Disarmament Affairs held a side event commemorating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms (UNROCA). Read more about… [source: United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs]
2016 Disarmament Film Series Side Event
A documentary film series on nuclear disarmament was hosted in October by the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA). The three films screened as part of the series provided thought-provoking reflections and complemented the ongoing General Assembly First Committee… [source: United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs]
Towards a Globalized ATT: Focus on the Asia-Pacific Region
On 25 October 2016, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (UNRCPD) and RAND Europe held a side event in the United Nations Headquarters in New York to discuss current issues related to… [source: United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs]
“Bringing Democracy to Disarmament: A Historical Perspective” UNODA Occasional Paper #29 is now available
“Bringing Democracy to Disarmament: A Historical Perspective” UNODA Occasional Paper #29 is now available. View the paper here. [source: United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs]