Office for Disarmament Affairs
Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament
in Asia and the Pacific
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AI is here, but the rulebook isn't: UNRCPD presents at the 2026 Leadership Policy Dialogue in South Asia
"Now I have become death. The destroyer of worlds"
This quote, attributed to the renowned nuclear scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer, remains one of the most haunting knells on human destructive power—and its weight endured — to this day. Although the world has already lived through the horrors of the nuclear bomb, a new kind of tool has emerged in recent years that, if misused, carries the potential for equally catastrophic consequences: Artificial Intelligence (AI). …
Beyond Bullets: Less Guns, More Goals
Beyond Bullets
An initiative of the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific, Beyond Bullets, asks a simple but important question: why should disarmament matter to you? Through a monthly blog, it unpacks the crosscutting, intersectional issues in the Asia-Pacific region that are affected by disarmament. These monthly editions break down ‘disarmament’ into something readable, relatable, and real, stripping away the jargon and bringing disarmament back to what it has always been…
Art, Advocacy and Disarmament: Youth Voices at the 11th Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
What does it mean to make the world a safer place?
For many, security is often measured through military capability, deterrence, and armament. Yet for many communities affected by conflict and nuclear testing, security is understood differently: the ability to live without fear, to build futures without the threat of mass destruction, and to exist without the shadow of nuclear weapons.
This question sat at the centre of the “Envisioning a World Free from Nuclear Weapons” Youth Arts Exhibition, presented at United Nations Headquarters during the Eleventh Review…
Online Webinar on National Reporting under the United Nations Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons (PoA) and the International Tracing Instrument (ITI)
Information keeps the wheel of accountability spinning.
Keeping this in mind, on the 28th and the 29th of April, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (UNRCPD) organized an online webinar on national reporting under the United Nations Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons Control (PoA) and the International Tracing Instrument (ITI) ahead of the Ninth Biennial Meeting of States (BMS9).
The UN …
UNRCPD at a glance
UNRCPD assists countries in the region to achieve their peace, security, and disarmament goals
About
UNRCPD assists countries in the region to achieve their peace, security, and disarmament goals, through provision of substantive support; coordination of activities at the sub-regional, regional and international levels; and information sharing on global and regional activities.
Mandate
The Centre is mandated to provide, on request, substantive support for initiatives and other activities, mutually agreed upon by the Member States of the Asia-Pacific region, for the implementation of measures for peace and disarmament, and to coordinate the implementation of regional activities in Asia and the Pacific.
UNRCPD works to
Assist States in strengthening their capacity to fully implement UN Security Council Resolution 1540. Promote Peace and Disarmament Education to generate public awareness and support for global and regional disarmament efforts. Support states in ratification of and accession to the Arms Trade Treaty.
Areas of Focus
The Centre focuses its activities in three main areas: providing capacity building and technical assistance, creating and participating in dialogue fora, and engaging in outreach and advocacy on disarmament issues
