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Arms Control 2.0: Operationalizing Sustainable Development Goals Target 16.4
On 23 October 2017, the Small Arms Survey discussed its new report aimed at strengthening global implementation of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Target 16.4, which calls on governments to “significantly reduce illicit financial and arms flows” by 2030. The Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs sponsored the organization’s briefing paper, titled “Arms Control 2.0: Operationalizing SDG Target 16.4”, and assisted with a presentation of the document on the margins of the 72nd Session General Assembly. Glenn McDonald, Managing Editor and Senior Researcher at the Small Arms…
Strengthening Nuclear Disarmament Verification Mechanisms
As the First Committee of the 72nd Session General Assembly met for its final week, the Verification Research, Training and Information Centre (VERTIC) joined the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) to hold a side event on strengthening nuclear disarmament verification mechanisms. Mr. Ioan Tudor, the Chief of UNODA’s Weapons of Mass Destruction Branch and moderator of the 30 October discussion, underscored in opening remarks the important role that these mechanisms have played in disarmament and non-proliferation treaties. He also stressed that if the…
Curbing Arms Flows from a Field Perspective: The Case of Africa
On 18 October 2017, the Permanent Mission to the United Nations of Germany hosted a Meeting of the Group of Interested States in Practical Disarmament Measures titled “Curbing Arms Flows from a Field Perspective: The Case of Africa”. Seven expert panellists discussed current best practices and research outcomes in the field of conventional weapons control. The panelists were from the Permanent Mission of Germany, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC), the Small…
Promoting Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Education
On 23 October 2017, the Buddhist organization Rissho Kosei-kai partnered with the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) to host a panel discussion entitled “Promoting Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Education” as part of the First Committee side event series for the 72nd Session General Assembly. Ms. Mary Soliman, Chief of the Regional Disarmament Branch of the Office for Disarmament Affairs, introduced the panelists and moderated the discussion. Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu, Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament…
Reinvigorating the Narrative: The Broader Benefits of the Arms Trade Treaty and the Implementation Guide to the ATT and PoA
On 20 October 2017, the Centre for Armed Violence Reduction (CAVR) hosted a First Committee side event entitled “Reinvigorating the Narrative: The Broader Benefits of the Arms Trade Treaty and the Implementation Guide to the ATT and PoA”. The panel discussion was moderated by Hugh Watson, First Secretary of the Australian Mission to the United Nations in Geneva, and it included remarks by four participants: Caitlin Wilson, Deputy Head of the Australian Mission in Geneva; Deepayan Basu Ray, Director of Arms Control for CAVR; Laurent Masmejean, Counsellor at the Swiss Permanent Mission…
Paper Lanterns: A Film By Barry Frechette
On 18 October 2017, the Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations partnered with the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs to host a documentary film screening entitled Paper Lanterns as part of the First Committee side event series for the 72nd Session General Assembly.This film shares the story of 12 American prisoners of war killed in the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and the inspiring tale of a Japanese citizen, Mr. Mori, who refused to let them be forgotten. The movie delves into the human impact of the Hiroshima…
Pathways to Banning Fully Autonomous Weapons
On 16 October 2017, the Permanent Mission to the United Nations of Mexico partnered with the International Committee for Robot Arms Control, Human Rights Watch, Seguridad Humana en Latinoamérica y el Caribe and the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots to host a panel discussion entitled “Pathways to Banning Fully Autonomous Weapons” as part of the First Committee side event series for the 72nd Session General Assembly. Ambassador Juan Sandoval Mendiolea, Deputy Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations, introduced the discussion by noting that Mexico has joined other states in…
South-East Asian Workshop on Global Challenges to Successful Implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004), and Regional Efforts to Address Them
27-28 September 2017 Bangkok, Thailand More than 45 participants from Southeast Asian States and Timor-Leste met in Bangkok on 27 and 28 September 2017 to discuss progress in, and challenges to, the implementation of United Nations Security Council resolution 1540 (2004), on the non-proliferation of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons and their means of delivery to non-State actors. The workshop was jointly organized by the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (UNRCPD)…
Nuclear Disarmament Verification
On 13 October 2017, the Permanent Missions of Chile, Norway, Switzerland and the United Kingdom held a side event on nuclear disarmament verification as the General Assembly’s First Committee entered its thematic discussion on nuclear weapons. Mr. Knut Langeland, Norway’s Special Representative for Disarmament Affairs and moderator of the panel, stressed in opening remarks that verification is not an end in itself, but rather a means for building trust and advancing disarmament objectives. Although the field of nuclear…
Verified Declarations of Fissile Material Stocks
On 9 October 2017, the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) hosted a 72nd First Committee Side Event entitled, “Verified Declarations of Fissile Material Stocks.” The panel discussion was moderated by Jarmo Sareva, Director of UNIDIR, and panelists included Pavel Podvig, Senior Research Fellow at UNIDIR; Alexander Glaser, Assistant Professor at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International affairs and the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University; and Joseph Rodgers, Visiting Researcher at UNIDIR from the Center for…