Disarmament

The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, in conjunction with the World Future Council, is pleased to announce that the 2013 Future Policy Award will be presented at New York Headquarters just before the start of United Nations Disarmament Week (24-30 October).

NEW YORK, 29 January (Office for Disarmament Affairs) — The twenty-fourth United Nations Conference on Disarmament Issues will take place in Shizuoka City, Japan, from 30 January to 1 February 2013. This annual event is organized by the Office for Disarmament Affairs, through its Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific, in cooperation with the Government of Japan, and this year’s host city of Shizuoka.

NEW YORK, 8 January (Office for Disarmament Affairs) — The first-ever Civil Society Forum in support of Security Council resolution 1540 (2004), opening in Vienna today and running until 10 January, is intended to provide opportunities for furthering civil society contributions to national and international efforts to implement the resolution’s key requirements.

NEW YORK, 19 December (Office for Disarmament Affairs) — The Secretary-General of the United Nations recently appointed nine new members to his Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters to replace nine current ones whose terms will end on 31 December.

The Art for Peace Calendar for 2013 comprises 12 winning entries in the Art for Peace Contest 2012, sponsored by the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs and the Harmony for Peace Foundation with the goal of encouraging children and teens across the globe to use their creative talents to “imagine a world free of nuclear weapons”.

Opening its 2013 organizational session, the Disarmament Commission today elected its new Chair and decided to hold its 2013 substantive session from 1 to 19 April, which would kick off its next three-year cycle.

New York, 30 November 2012 (Office for Disarmament Affairs) — The eleventh United Nations-Republic of Korea Joint Conference on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Issues will take place in Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, from 3 to 4 December 2012.

The annual United Nations Disarmament Fellowship Programme will commence its third and final segment today at United Nations Headquarters in New York.

On 25 September, the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs launched its publication “Forces of Change: Profiles of Latin American and Caribbean Women in Combating Illicit Trafficking in Small Arms” at the side-event entitled “Women, Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Arms Control”, hosted by Winston Dookeran, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Trinidad and Tobago.

Concluding its two-week session today, the second United Nations conference to review the 2001 Programme of Action on trafficking in small arms and light weapons adopted a consensus outcome document that highlighted the international community’s renewed commitment to preventing, combating and eradicating the illicit trade.