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UNSGM experts join training course on biological crime scene management
From 27 February – 3 March, the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA), in cooperation with INTERPOL’s Bioterrorism Prevention Unit and the Public Health Agency of Canada’s National Microbiology Laboratory , organized a training course on biological crime scene management for the United Nations Secretary-General’s Mechanism for Investigations of Alleged Use of Chemical and Biological Weapons (UNSGM) in New York.The objective of the course was to provide qualified experts nominated by Member States to the UNSGM roster with a better understanding of sampling techniques and…
UNODA launches a new course on “Gender-Mainstreaming Small Arms Control”
Between 2019 and 2022, the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs implemented a global project in support of gender mainstreamed policies, programmes and actions in the fight against small arms trafficking and misuse, in line with the Women, Peace and Security agenda. One of the main deliverables under the project was the development of an online self-paced course on “Gender-mainstreaming Small Arms Control”. The course is now available on the UNODA Disarmament Education Dashboard and is open to the public. The main objectives of the course are to enhance…
Women experts discuss meaningful participation in ammunition management
On 14 February 2023, women experts in ammunition management, representatives from Member States, international, regional, and non-governmental organizations attended a virtual event on ‘Women’s Meaningful Participation in Ammunition Management: insights from women ammunition management experts’, organized by the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) and Small Arms Survey. The event was co-sponsored by the Permanent Missions of Costa Rica and Austria to the United Nations in New York as well as the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR…
States exchange best practices on preparing annual CCW reports
On the margins of the 2022 Meeting of High Contracting Parties to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects (CCW), the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) in Geneva organized a workshop on national reporting. Over 40 delegates representing 23 High Contracting Parties participated in discussions on national reporting practices for the CCW. The aim of the workshop was to facilitate an…
High school and university educators strategize on ways to strengthen disarmament education in Nepal
On 19 and 20 January 2023, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (UNRCPD) convened a workshop for high school and university educators in Nepal on “Strengthening Education in Nepal for Disarmament”, in cooperation with the Youth Thinker’s Society , a civil society organization in Nepal, with financial support from the Republic of Korea. The purpose of this event was to assess the level of disarmament education currently being delivered to students in secondary and tertiary education in Nepal; to raise awareness on…
Experts reflect on the origin, relevance, and future of CCW Protocol IV on Blinding Laser Weapons
On 17 November 2022, UNODA Geneva hosted a webinar on the genesis, history and relevance of Protocol IV on Blinding Laser Weapons of the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW). The webinar was organized on the margins of the Meeting of High Contracting Parties to the CCW, as part of the EU Council decision (CFSP) 2021/1694 in support of the universalization, implementation and strengthening of the CCW. Growing humanitarian concern over the development of blinding laser weapons reached the international arena in the late 1980s.…
What’s next for disarmament education? UNODA Vienna Office launches new strategy as it celebrates 10-year anniversary
In a “soft launch” event held in Vienna on 5 December 2022, the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) announced the publication of its first ever Disarmament Education Strategy. The audience included members of the local diplomatic community and the United Nations family, representatives of regional and civil society organizations, as well as past and present staff of the UNODA Vienna Office. The strategy aims to adopt a more strategic approach and develop a common framework for UNODA’s disarmament education work. Disarmament education has long been a key…
It’s a wrap! A year of responsible innovation in AI for disarmament, arms control and non-proliferation
Thanks to a generous contribution from the Republic of Korea, in 2022 the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) and the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) carried out their first global project on the responsible innovation of AI for disarmament, arms control and non-proliferation. Responsible AI is a young and evolving field of research and practice. While it is widely being discussed as a fitting approach to AI governance, more work needs to be done to understand how it can be put into practice across critical sectors, how to coordinate the many…
French-speaking African parliamentarians convene to discuss regional security and civil-military relations during Disarmament Week
During this year’s Disarmament Week, the United Nations Regional Center for Peace, and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC) organized a workshop with parliamentarians from French-speaking African countries on their contributions to establishing effective defense and security policies in Africa. Co-funded by the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), the event linked the parliamentarians with expert panelists from the Institute for Security Studies (ISS Africa) and the Parliamentarian Forum on Small Arms and Light Weapons (PFSALW), with a view to discussing ways to …
Estudio Regional Presenta Medidas Para el Fortalecimento de la No Proliferación de Armas Biológicas en América Latina y el Caribe
En el marco de la Novena Conferencia de Revisión de la Convención sobre las Armas Biológicas (CABT), el Centro Regional de las Naciones Unidas para la Paz, el Desarme y el Desarrollo en América Latina y el Caribe (UNLIREC) presentó el Estudio regional “La no proliferación de armas biológicas: desafíos y oportunidades para la América Latina y el Caribe”. El nuevo estudio brinda un panorama general sobre los avances que los Estados de dicha región hicieron en la adopción de marcos legales nacionales y medidas prácticas para implementar sus compromisos internacionales contra la…