On 11 June 2018, Turkmenistan submitted its National Implementation Action Plan (NIAP) of Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004) to the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004). The NIAP, that will cover the 2018-2022 period, includes priority measures of the Government of Turkmenistan to implement key provisions of the resolution. The plan was developed in the framework of the UNODA – OSCE project on Support of the Regional Implementation of Resolution 1540 (2004) in Central Asia and Mongolia jointly implemented by UNRCPD and the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre with the assistance of the 1540 Committee Group of Experts. In June 2017 and January 2018, UNRCPD and the OSCE organized two national roundtable meetings in Turkmenistan aimed to facilitate the development of the NIAP. Turkmenistan became the 31st Member State in the world and fourth in the Asia-Pacific region, together with Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, that prepared on a voluntary basis its NIAP as encouraged by Security Council Resolution 2325 (2016). UNRCPD congratulates the Government of Turkmenistan for its contribution to the international efforts on preventing the proliferation of WMD.
The Joint Secretary and Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nepal, Mr. Bharat Raj Paudyal, visited UNRCPD’s office in Kathmandu on 12 June 2018. Mr. Paudyal met with UNRCPD staff to discuss disarmament and arms control in Nepal, and was provided with detailed explanations of ongoing and future projects, with particular focus on the reduction of gun violence from gender perspective, supporting the implementation of UNSCR 1540 (2004), technical and legal assistance to control SALW, and training on the International Ammunition Technical Guidance (IATG). Linked picture, Mr. Bharat Raj Paudyal and Mr. Yuriy Kryvonos, Director of UNRCPD, discuss about best means for implementing these and other projects in Nepal.
GENEVA (24 May 2018) Secretary General António Guterres launched the United Nations’ new disarmament agenda, entitled “Securing Our Common Future”, at the University of Geneva in Switzerland. The new agenda puts focus on three priorities: disarmament to save humanity; Disarmament that saves lives; and Disarmament for future generations.
Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu visited the UNRCPD office in Kathmandu to discuss about disarmament issues in the region, the role of the Centre, and to meet the staff. Check out all photos of the event!
Ms. Izumi Nakamitsu was named on 19 April 2018 as one of the world’s 50 greatest leaders by Fortune Magazine in its list praising her exceptional diplomatic skills and pragmatism.
The Republic of Kazakhstan officially deposited its signature to the United Nations for the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) on 2 March 2018, becoming the 57th Member State to sign TPNW.
On 1st March 2018 the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka officially became the 103rd State Party to the Convention on Cluster Munitions hereby committing to never use, produce, stockpile or transfer cluster munitions.
The Socialist Republic of Viet Nam signs the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) on 22 September 2017, becoming the 15th State in the Asia Pacific region to sign.
On 21 September 2017 Lao People's Democratic Republic signs the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), becoming the 14th Member State in the Asia Pacific region to sign the treaty.
As of 21 September 2017, Samoa official becomes the 179th State Party to the Biological Weapons Convention after depositing it's instrument of accession in Washington, DC.
NRCPD welcomed Field Ready Nepal into the office to receive a series of presentations and demonstrations of current and emerging 3-D technologies. The presentations were delivered by Field Ready staff Ben Britton, Ram Chandra Thapa, Kieran Ram and Marjolein van der Male and focused on 3-D printing related to: Background and technical explanation of 3-D printing, Manufacturing of small arms and light weapons; both plastic and metallic and Potential as a dual-use technology, particularly in the bio-medical industry by Non-State Actors potentially printing biological weapons such as anthrax, small pox, etc.
On 2 December 2009, the 64th session of the United Nations General Assembly declared 29 August the International Day against Nuclear Tests by unanimously adopting resolution 64/35. The resolution calls for increasing awareness and education “about the effects of nuclear weapon test explosions or any other nuclear explosions and the need for their cessation as one of the means of achieving the goal of a nuclear-weapon-free world.”
UNRCPD Director Yuriy Kryvonos visits the Ambassador of Myanmar H.E U Lwin Oo to discuss the participation of the Government of Myanmar in the upcoming UNSCR 1540 Workshop for ASEAN States in Bangkok, Thailand.
