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UNODA-OSCE Scholarship for Peace and Security awarded with “Gender Champion Award”
Vienna – On 14 March 2019, the Scholarship for Peace and Security, a joint initiative of United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) and the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), has received the “Gender Champion Award”, for its contribution to empowering women in promoting international peace and security. Scholarship for Peace and Security receiving the “Gender Champion Award The Scholarship was hailed by the OSCE as an outstanding initiative for its support for young women in the security sector. The OSCE especially acknowledged the contribution of…
Ms. Mariela Fogante of Argentina elected as first woman to chair group of experts on conventional arms since 1999
The first session of the 2019 Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) on the UN Register of Conventional Arms (UNROCA) is being held in Geneva (from 11-15 March 2019). Ms. Mariela Fogante of Argentina was unanimously elected as Chairperson of the Group. She is the first woman to chair a GGE in the area of conventional arms since 1999. Another heartening piece of news is the unprecedented number of women representatives in the Group: 8 of the 15 experts in the first session are women. The Register was established by the General Assembly in 1991, to enable Member States to…
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,…