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Improving Stockpile Management, Surplus Disposal Central to Combating Illicit Trade in Small Arms, Light Weapons
Fifth Biennial Meeting of State on Illicit Trade in Small Arms 5th & 6th Meetings hear improving stockpile management, surplus disposal central to combating illicit trade in small arms, light weapons. Read summary of the 5th and 6th meetings here> [source: UNODA]
Difficult-to-Erase ‘Marking’ Technologies Constrain Diversion of Weapons to Illicit Trade
New Fifth Biennial Meeting of States on Illicit Trade in Small Arms 3rd & 4th Meeting hear Difficult-to-Erase ‘Marking’ Technologies Constrain Diversion of Weapons to Illicit Trade. Read summary of the 3rd & 4th Meetings here> [source: UNODA]
High Representative Kane’s Statement at the Forty-Second Session of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization
Angela Kane, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, delivered statement at the Forty-Second Session of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO PrepCom) in Vienna, Austria. Read her statement here> [source: UNODA]
Strong collective efforts needed to keep small arms, light weapons from proliferating
5th Biennial Meeting of States on the Programme of Action (PoA), held in United Nations Headquarters in New York from June 16 to 20, hears that strong collective efforts are needed to keep small arms, light weapons (SALW) from proliferating. Read summary… [source: UNODA]
Grenada Makes Progress in Implementing Security Council Resolution 1540 on the Non-proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction
Grenada Makes Progress in Implementing Security Council Resolution 1540 on the Non-proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction. View News Item Source> [source: UNODA]
Second National Workshop on the implementation of the BWC in Nepal
The Second National Workshop on the implementation of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) was held in Kathmandu, Nepal from 9-10 June 2014. The workshop was part of an assistance programme for Nepal and was organised by the United Nations Office for… [source: UNRCPD]
Nepal: Proposal to ratify Arms Trade Treaty to be tabled
Nepali Congress will be tabling a proposal in Parliament urging Nepal to ratify the Arms Trade Treaty. Nepal has already a voted in favour of ATT in the UN General Assembly held in April 2013, but it’s yet to become… [source: The Himalayan Times ]
Photos from International Workshop on Cyber Security in Beijing
See the full album here. [source: UNRCPD]
On One Year Anniversary of Opening for Signature, 8 countries, Australia, Samoa, ratify UN Arms Trade Treaty
To mark the one year anniversary of the opening for signature of the UN Arms Trade Treaty, eight additional states ratified the ATT, bringing the total number of ratifications to 40. The treaty will enter into force 90 days after… [source: UNODA]
High Representative Kane’s remarks on occasion of first anniversary of the opening for signature of the Arms Trade Treaty
Angela Kane, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, addressed the public to celebrate the first anniversary of its opening for signature. Read her speech here> [source: UNODA]