Disarmament

NEW YORK, 17 December (Office for Disarmament Affairs) — Grenada is the latest country to join the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons.

Following is UN Secretary‑General Ban Ki‑moon’s message, as delivered by Angela Kane, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, to the Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons, in Vienna today:

NEW YORK, 3 December (Office for Disarmament Affairs) — The thirteenth United Nations-Republic of Korea Joint Conference on Disarmament and Non-proliferation Issues will take place on Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, from 4 to 5 December.

Following is UN Secretary‑General Ban Ki‑moon’s message, as delivered by Angela Kane, United Nations High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, to the nineteenth session of the Conference of States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention, at The Hague, 1 December:

A regional legal assistance workshop on the Arms Trade Treaty will take place in Siem Reap, Cambodia, 18–19 November 2014.

The Chair of the Security Council’s 1540 Committee, Ambassador Oh Joon, the Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations, led a two-day visit to China that took place on 23 and 24 October at the invitation of the Government.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Jarmo Sareva of Finland as Director of the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) for a period of one year.

The Government of Cambodia, in cooperation with the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, hosted a regional workshop on the implementation of United Nations Security Council resolution 1540 (2004) for member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

In response to requests by States in Latin America and the Caribbean, and to help prepare them for the implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) has developed a practical training course on ATT Implementation (“ATT Implementation Course”).  The training course was piloted at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in San Jose, Costa Rica, from 8-10 October 2014.  National operators dealing with the control of imports and exports of conventional arms attended the training, alongside relevant officials from other Central American States.

The annual United Nations Disarmament Fellowship Programme will commence its final segment today at United Nations Headquarters in New York. Young diplomats and other public officials from 25 Member States are participating in the 2014 Programme.