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Mission to ‘Remove and Destroy’ Chemical Weapons in Syria Unprecedented, but Reports of Chlorine Gas Use Troubling, First Committee Hears
Mission to ‘Remove and Destroy’ Chemical Weapons in Syria Unprecedented, but Reports of Chlorine Gas Use Troubling, First Committee Hears. View News Item Source> [source: UNODA]
Discourse on Nuclear Weapons Eclipsed in First Committee as Focus Shifts to ‘Pervasive and Long-lasting’ Effects of Conventional Arms
Discourse on Nuclear Weapons Eclipsed in First Committee as Focus Shifts to ‘Pervasive and Long-lasting’ Effects of Conventional Arms. View News Item Source> [source: UN]
Disarmament Fellows, in 35th anniversary of programme, receive their certificates and praise in ceremony during the GA’s First Committee
23 Oct 2014 - Opening Remarks by H.E. Ms. Angela Kane, United Nations High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, at the awarding ceremony for the Fellows of the Programme of fellowship on disarmament. View News Item Source> [source: UNODA]
UNODA publishes latest UN Register statistics and MILEX statistics
UNODA publishes latest UN Register statistics and MILEX statistics. View News Item Source> [source: UNODA]
High Representative Kane’s remarks at MIT “The United Nations and Disarmament: Old Problems, New Opportunities, and Challenges Ahead”
High Representative Kane's remarks at MIT "The United Nations and Disarmament: Old Problems, New Opportunities, and Challenges Ahead". View News Item Source> [source: UNODA]
Destabilizing Stocks of Conventional Weapons Preoccupy First Committee as Speaker Describes Amount Spent on ‘Breeding, Exacerbating and Maintaining’ Conflict
Destabilizing Stocks of Conventional Weapons Preoccupy First Committee as Speaker Describes Amount Spent on ‘Breeding, Exacerbating and Maintaining’ Conflict. View News Item Source> [source: UNODA]
A drone is not a cop – UN rights expert concerned about technologies that depersonalise the use of force
NEW YORK (22 October 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Christof Heyns, today raised concern about the increasing use of technologies that depersonalise the use of force –including armed drones– not only on… [source: UN]
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Unimplemented, Becomes ‘Place-Holder’ for States to ‘Insert Disarmament Measures Here’, First Committee Told
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Unimplemented, Becomes ‘Place-Holder’ for States to ‘Insert Disarmament Measures Here’, First Committee Told. View News Item Source> [source: UNODA]
Rejecting Calls for ‘Wholesale’ Approaches to Disarmament, United States Speaker Tells First Committee Achievable Results Will Not Be Realized Overnight
Rejecting Calls for ‘Wholesale’ Approaches to Disarmament, United States Speaker Tells First Committee Achievable Results Will Not Be Realized Overnight. View News Item Source> [source: UNODA]
Regional Workshop on Implementation of Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004) Hosted by Government of Cambodia
NEW YORK, 17 October (Office for Disarmament Affairs) — The Government of Cambodia, in cooperation with the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, hosted a regional workshop on the implementation of United Nations Security Council resolution 1540 (2004) for member States of… [source: UNODA]