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Secretary-General's Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters concludes its 61st session
High Representative Kane Meets with Civil Society Groups Engaged in Disarmament Issues (New York) The 61st session of the Secretary General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters (ABDM) took place from 5 to 7 March 2014 at the UN Headquarters in New York. The 15 member Board sits in closed sessions twice a year with the role of advising the Secretary-General on current and emerging disarmament issues. The two principal issues on the agenda for the current session were: 1) disarmament and security implications of emerging technologies, and 2) verification, with a…
High Representative Kane Meets with Civil Society Groups Engaged in Disarmament Issues
(New York) On Thursday 20 February 2014, the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Ms. Angela Kane met with NGOs working in the field of disarmament and nonproliferation. This was the third such meeting to take place at the UN since Ms. Kane was appointed High Representative. The aim of this meeting is to improve coordination and collaboration between NGOs and the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA). It is also an occasion to assess the advances that have been made and that are still to be made in the field of disarmament. Thirteen NGOs were represented that day and…
Academic Impact's Classroom Conversations - "A conversation with Jody Williams"
Nobel Peace Prize winner and grassroots activist Jody Williams came up to all the participants right before the event and started to shake everyone’s hand introducing herself as Jody. Her actions set the tone for a clear demonstration of what kind of activism Jody Williams pursues, grassroots campaigning that addresses people on a personal level. The event, held at United Nations Headquarters on 11 February 2014, was chaired by Ramu Damodaran, the Deputy Director for Partnerships and Public Engagement in the United Nations Department of Public Information’s Outreach Division. He…
UNLIREC Collaborates with Guyana In the Destruction of Weapons
Minister of Home Affairs Clemet Rohee signs the document signifying the official handover of the equipment by UNLIREC Senior Programme Officer Juliet Solomon. Photo credit: Albert Razick, US Embassy, Guyana On 23 January 2014, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) officially handed over a set of hydraulic shears to the Government of the Republic of Guyana for the destruction of small arms and a Small Arms Ammunition Burning Tank (SAABT) for the destruction of small arms ammunition and explosives. Both of…
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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