DC/3887 GABORONE, 24 September (Office for Disarmament Affairs) – On 24 and 25 September, States from East and Southern Africa will meet in Gaborone, Botswana, alongside United Nations entities,...
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African Union held a high level seminar on: Art, culture, and heritage as levers to silencing the guns in Africa
Accra- Ghana 16 December 2021: The Department of Political Affairs, Peace and Security of the African Union under the Silencing the guns Unit, concluded a high level seminar on “Art, Culture, and...
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Poursuivre les efforts pour faire taire les armes en Afrique
CD/3830 NEW YORK, 22 septembre 2020 (Bureau des Nations Unies pour les affaires de désarmement) -- Les armes légères sont des vecteurs de violence armée et constituent une grave menace pour la paix,...
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United Nations, African Union, issue joint call to silence guns amid Small Arms Amnesty Month
DC/3830 NEW YORK, 22 September (Office for Disarmament Affairs) — In a joint statement, the senior United Nations disarmament official and a top African Union official have declared small arms...
Conference to Negotiate Legally Binding Instrument Banning Nuclear Weapons Adopts Treaty by 122 Votes in Favour, 1 against, 1 Abstention
DC/3723 7 July 2017 General Assembly Conference on Nuclear Weapons, 28th & 29th Meetings (AM & PM) Nuclear Weapons, Always Immoral, Now Also Illegal, Declares Hiroshima Survivor as Disarmament Chief...
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Central African Convention for Control of Small Arms, Light Weapons, Related Ammunition, Components, Other Parts Enters into Force Today
DC/3687-AFR/3538 NEW YORK, 8 March (Office for Disarmament Affairs/Department of Political Affairs) — The Central African Convention for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons, their Ammunition...
Joint Investigative Mechanism Presents Its Third Report to Security Council
DC/3651 NEW YORK, 30 August 2016 (Joint Investigative Mechanism) — The Security Council considered the third report (document S/2016/738) of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons...
Joint Investigative Mechanism for Syria Visits Damascus
DC/3631 NEW YORK, 9 May (Joint Investigative Mechanism) — The investigators of the Joint Investigative Mechanism, mandated to identify those responsible for the use of chemical weapons in Syria,...
Joint Investigative Mechanism Panel Visits Syria
DC/3597 NEW YORK, 21 December 2015 (Joint Investigative Mechanism) — The three-member leadership panel of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons-United Nations Joint Investigative...
States Recommit to Stemming Illicit Flow of Small Arms by Tackling New Tracing Challenges, as Biennial Meeting Adjourns
DC/3509 Fifth Biennial Meeting of States on Illicit Trade in Small Arms 8th Meeting (PM) Despite Consensus Adoption, Concern Expressed over Absence of Ammunition from Outcome Text Concluding its...
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Improving Stockpile Management, Surplus Disposal Central to Combating Illicit Trade in Small Arms, Light Weapons, Meeting Told
DC/3507 New Fifth Biennial Meeting of States on Illicit Trade in Small Arms 5th & 6th Meetings (AM & PM) International cooperation and assistance in capacity-building and technology transfer were key...
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Strong Collective Efforts Needed to Keep Small Arms, Light Weapons from Proliferating, Meeting of States Hears
DC/3505 Fifth Biennial Meeting of States on Illicit Trade in Small Arms 1st & 2nd Meetings (AM & PM) Against a backdrop of fragile security, illegal guns, grenades and rocket launchers had ripped...
United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia, Government of Myanmar Hold Workshop on Small Arms Control, 15-16 May
DC/3500 NEW YORK, 15 May (Office for Disarmament Affairs) — The United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific is cooperating with the Government of Myanmar to...
Efforts to Replace Piecemeal System of Global Arms Restraint with Binding Treaty Thwarted When Handful of States Says Text Ignores National Concerns
DC/3423 Final Conference on Arms Trade Treaty 17th Meeting* (PM) Iran, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Syria Block Consensus; Speaker Says ‘This is Success Deferred, Not Failure’ as Text Heads...
Absence of Global Standards for Arms Trade ‘Defies Explanation’, but after Long Journey, Final Destination in Sight, Secretary-General Tells Conference
DC/3420 Final Conference on Arms Trade Treaty 1st & 2nd Meetings (AM & PM) New Round of Negotiations Gets Under Way to Reach Consensus on Binding Treaty to Control Cross-border Trade With a...
Review Conference Adopts Text Renewing Commitment to Prevent, Combat, Eradicate Illicit Trade in Small Arms, Light Weapons
DC/3389 Review Conference on Illicit Small Arms Trade 14th Meeting* (PM) Concern Voiced over Accuracy, Lack of Stronger Language in Some Areas Concluding its two-week session today, the second United...
Speakers Distinguish Legal Civilian Firearms Ownership from Illicit Small Arms Trade as Review Conference Concludes General Exchange of Views
DC/3385 Review Conference on Illicit Small Arms Trade 5th Meeting (AM) The United Nations Review Conference continued today with representatives of firearms associations throwing into sharp relief...
As Review Conference Opens, Secretary-General Urges Redoubling of Efforts to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Small Arms, Light Weapons
DC/3381 Review Conference on Illicit Small Arms Trade 1st & 2nd Meetings (AM & PM) Easy Availability of Firepower Expands Impact, Meeting Told, as Mauritius Delivers Statement for General Assembly...
Arms Trade Treaty Conference Yields Composite ‘Working Document’, Prompting Nearly 60 Speakers to Consider Viability, Probable Impact
DC/3371 United Nations Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty 12th & 13th Meetings (AM & PM) In what was seen as a major breakthrough in negotiations at the ongoing United Nations Conference on the Arms...
Flood of Weapons, Ammunition into Countries under Sanctions Shows Current Control Systems Do Not Work, Conference on Arms Trade Treaty Told
DC/3368 United Nations Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty 9th Meeting* (PM) President of Liberia Cites $2.2 Billion Worth of Guns Flowing into Targeted Countries despite United Nations, Regional...