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High Representative Nakamitsu meets with the Executive Secretary of Regional Centre on Small Arms
(New York) On 27 February 2019, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu met with Lt. Gen. Badreldin Elamin Abdelgadir, Executive Secretary of the Regional Centre on Small Arms in the Great Lakes Region, the Horn of Africa and Bordering States (RECSA). The visit by the Executive Secretary of RECSA was timely as the Security Council was discussing cooperation between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations in maintaining international peace and security on the same day. RECSA is an intergovernmental organizations in Nairobi established in…
The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs marks the conclusion of European Union Council Decision 2016/51 in support of the Biological Weapons Convention
Geneva, 12 February 2019 The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) marked the successful conclusion of European Union Council Decision 2016/51 in support of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) on 9 February 2019. The Council Decision was adopted on 18 January 2016 and its implementation was managed by UNODA and the BWC Implementation Support Unit. The Decision was the fourth such instrument adopted by the European Union since 2006 and provided USD 2.34 million in support of the BWC. Its main objectives included promoting universal adherence to the BWC,…