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Turkmenistan offers to host UN-backed meetings on disarmament, energy, refugees
Calling for an expanded United Nations role in the world, Turkmenistan today proposed hosting five international meetings next year – on disarmament, energy security, cooperative transport and transit corridors for landlocked countries, desertification, and refugees. “It is precisely the United Nations that is… [source: UN News Centre]
22 new signatures at Arms Trade Treaty High-Level Event at UN Headquarters
The Arms Trade Treaty resolution Co-authors organized a high-level event to support progress towards the ATT's entry into force and implementation on 25 September at UN Headquarters. The event was held to coincide with the annual General Assembly high-level debate. 22 member… [source: UNRCPD]
NEW edition of UNRCPD Newsletter (vol. 1 no. 3)
The third edition of UNRCPD's flagship newsletter has been digitally released. The Newsletter highlights recent UNRCPD initiatives, including Peace and Disarmament Education and the new video ‘Learning Peace’, upcoming events including the Second Regional Meeting on the Arms Trade Treaty,…
UNRCPD Video: Learning Peace
With UNRCPD's support, Nepal is implementing a new model of delivering Peace and Disarmament education to meet post-conflict challenges – a model UNRCPD aims to bring to other countries in Asia and the Pacific in the future. To mark the…
Call for Proposals on ATT
With the opening of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) for signature on 3 June 2013, the responsibility of the international community has now shifted to expediting the Treaty's entry into force at the earliest possible date. The United Nations Trust Facility Supporting Cooperation…
Australia takes over Presidency of UN Security Council
Australia's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York, His Excellency Mr. Gary Quinlan, has assumed the Presidency of the United Nations Security Council for the month of September. The President is responsible for convening and chairing Security…
Regional Workshop on National Implementation of the Biological Weapons Convention
UNRCPD is honored to be a part of the Regional Workshop on National Implementation of the Biological Weapons Convention in South and South-East Asia, organized by the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA), through the European Union funded Action in Support of the… [source: UNRCPD]
International Day Against Nuclear Tests
Since nuclear weapons testing began in the mid-twentieth century, with the first test on 16 July 1945, nearly 2,000 have taken place. There has been little consideration of the devastating effects of testing on human life, let alone the understanding… [source: United Nations]