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08 Jul 2025

Enhancing the disarmament regime: A conversation with the UN Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs

07 Jul 2025

High Representative Izumi Nakamitsu’s video message to the 11th Substantive Session of the Open-ended Working Group on Security of and in the Use of Information and Communication Technologies 2021-2025

27 Jun 2025

UNODA’s Office of the High Representative delivers closing remarks at the Preparatory Meeting of States on the Global Framework for Through-life Conventional Ammunition Management

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UPDATES

Mauritius and Seychelles build capacities to strengthen national implementation of the Biological Weapons Convention

On 10 and 11 and 26 and 27 June, the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA), in collaboration with the governments of Mauritius and Seychelles, respectively, held national workshops focussing on strengthening implementation of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) and promoting broad national and regional cooperation to that end. The first workshop, held in […]

On 10 and 11 and 26 and 27 June, the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA), in collaboration with the governments of Mauritius and Seychelles, respectively, held national...

UNSGM experts join basic training course in South Africa

From 9 to 20 June 2025, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD), a division of the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) of South Africa, in cooperation with the...

UNODA & IICI organize training course on ‘Investigative Interview Skills’ for UNSGM experts

The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA), in cooperation with the Institute for International Criminal Investigations (IICI), organized a training course on ‘Investigative Interview Skills’ for the United...

Government officials from over 30 countries join workshops about reporting on conventional arms transfers

On 8 and 9 May 2025, the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) partnered with the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) to organize virtual training workshops...

L’UNODA renforce la mise en œuvre de la Convention sur les armes biologiques au Cameroun

Les 22 et 23 avril 2025 à Yaoundé, au Cameroun, le Bureau des Nations unies pour les affaires de désarmement (UNODA) et le ministère des Relations Extérieures du Cameroun...

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OUR WORK

The main units of the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs.

Weapons of Mass Destruction
Support to multilateral disarmament and non-proliferation efforts with respect to weapons of mass destruction (WMD).

Conventional Arms
Focusing disarmament and arms control efforts on all weapons not considered WMD, including small arms and light weapons (SALW).

Regional Disarmament
The enhancement of global disarmament and international peace and security through the support and promotion of regional disarmament efforts.

Transparency and Confidence-building
Confidence building measures are meant to prevent or reduce the occurrence of ambiguities and suspicions to improve international cooperation in disarmament and arms control.

Other Disarmament Issues
Other disarmament issues include UNODA’s work in education, youth, gender, multilateralism, information security and outer space, among other areas.

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