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.
On 27 and 28 July 2017 Fiji hosted a regional workshop on universalization of the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention (BWC). With five States in the Pacific region not yet party to the BWC (Kiribati, Micronesia, Niue, Samoa and Tuvalu)
The Preparatory Committee for the 2020 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) is scheduled to hold its first session from 2 to 12 May 2017 at the Vienna International Centre.
The Treaty on the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone, also known as the SEANWFZ Treaty or Bangkok Treaty, was signed on 15 December 1995 by ten Southeast Asian States.
On 7 February 2017, UNRCPD resumed its operations from Kathmandu, Nepal. After strong earthquakes damaged the UNRCPD office premises in Nepal, and in order to ensure the continuity of its planned programmes and services to the countries in Asia and the Pacific, the Regional Centre was temporarily relocated to Bangkok in May 2015. Since the temporary relocation, the UNODA has been working closely with the Government of Nepal to make the necessary arrangements for the Regional Centre to resume its operations from Kathmandu at the earliest possible date. UNODA is very grateful to the Government of Nepal for its cooperation and support, including financial commitments to make the relocation possible. It also greatly appreciates the support by Member States from the region.
The United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific has launched a project to assist the Philippines in strengthening its national capacity to control transfers of small arms and light weapons, with a view to preventing their illicit trade and diversion.
