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The Mayors for Peace
UN High Representative Angela Kane meets with Mr. Yasuyoshi Komizo, Secretary-General of the Mayors for Peace. On 7 February 2014, the High Representative met with Mr. Yasuyoshi Komizo, Secretary-General of the Mayors for Peace. The Mayors for Peace network is rapidly approaching 6000 cities in 158 countries. Its goal includes the promotion of the abolition of nuclear weapons by 2020, including a Nuclear Weapons Convention. To this effect, Mayors for Peace is looking forward to a number of events to draw attention to its cause. This includes enhanced interaction with the United…
UNLIREC strengthens the capacity of women in El Salvador to combat illicit arms trafficking
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UNLIREC and Trinidad and Tobago train Caribbean armourers on stockpile management of small arms and light weapons
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Prominent Lawyers Debate Whether Existing International Law Prohibits Nuclear Weapons
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First Committee Side Event Calls for Humanitarian Initiative to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons
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UNLIREC assists Suriname to strengthen capacity in combatting illicit firearms trafficking
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Deflating the icon – Illustrious panel talks dreadnoughts, chariots, strengthening nuclear nonproliferation
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Cyber Threats: Information as a Weapon?
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“Hope for a future world without nuclear weapons” – Twenty years ago, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine renounced their nuclear arsenals
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High Representative Kane receives delegation from the Japan Council against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs (Gensuikyo)
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