On 20 October, on the margins of the seventy-first session of the General Assembly the UN Office of Disarmament Affairs held a side event commemorating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms (UNROCA).
A documentary film series on nuclear disarmament was hosted in October by the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA). The three films screened as part of the series provided thought-provoking reflections and complemented the ongoing General Assembly First Committee
A documentary film series on nuclear disarmament was hosted in October by the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA). The three films screened as part of the series provided thought-provoking reflections and complemented the ongoing General Assembly First Committee
On 25 October 2016, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (UNRCPD) and RAND Europe held a side event in the United Nations Headquarters in New York to discuss current issues related to the universalization of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). The presentations highlighted efforts in the Asia-Pacific region to increase ATT membership together with perceived barriers and obstacles to Treaty accession and implementation.
This publication’s authors, who include some of the world’s leading scholars, diplomats and activists on the topic, examine historic, strategic, humanitarian and economic aspects of general and complete disarmament to elaborate and elevate the case for prohibiting conventional weapons systems as well as nuclear weapons. The featured articles were originally presented at the seminar held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on 21 October 2015 entitled “Comprehensive Approaches for Disarmament in the Twenty-first Century: Rethinking General and Complete Disarmament”. It was organized by the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy at at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Costa Rica.
The United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, issued a letter to Security Council with the Fourth report of the OPCW-UN Joint Investigative Mechanism. Read more about the letter here.
The Netherlands and the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) will co-host a panel discussion titled "25 years of UNROCA: How transparent is the global arms trade?"
H.E. Mr Peter Thomson, President of the 71st session of the General Assembly, delivered a statement at Formal session of the First Committee. Read the statement here.
The UNODA High Representative, Mr. Kim Won-soo, gave remarks on preventing and responding to attacks using CBRN materials at the First Committee High Level Exchange. Read the remarks here.
On 6 October, H.E. Mr. Sabri Boukadoum, Chair of the First Committee, 71st session of the UN General Assembly received 564,240 signatures in support of the “Appeal of the Hibakusha (atomic bomb survivors)” handed over by Mr. Toshiki Fujimori
The United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon, gave remarks at planting ceremony of the second-generation Hibakusha tree. Read the remarks here.
The UNODA High Representative, Mr. Kim Won-soo, delivered a statement to the plenary session of the First Committee of the United Nations General Assembly. Read the statement here
Information about the First Committee of the 71st General Assembly on Disarmament and International Security, including press releases, draft resolutions, statements, Secretary-General’s reports, and side events, is available here.
The UNODA High Representative, Mr. Kim Won-soo, delivered a statement to the High-Level Meeting to commemorate the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. Read the statement here.
