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SPOTLIGHT

See the top, latest stories and events coming from UNODA.

22 May 2024

Fifth episode of the Responsible AI for Peace and Security Podcast on “Preventing misuse of civilian AI: what can the international community do?”

21 May 2024

Government officials from nearly 30 countries join workshop about reporting on conventional arms transfers

21 May 2024

UNLIREC Releases New Publication: ‘Background paper: The Global Framework for Through-life Conventional Ammunition Management and its Application in Latin America and the Caribbean’

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UPDATES

UNODA convenes workshop on strengthening the Biological Weapons Convention implementation in Guinea

From 14 to 15 May 2024, the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) and the National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons (Commission Nationale pour les armes légères et de petits calibres – COMNAT-ALPC) of the Republic of Guinea gathered thirty national stakeholders and decision makers from twenty-four national institutions to raise awareness about […]

From 14 to 15 May 2024, the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) and the National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons (Commission Nationale pour les armes légères...

Government officials from nearly 30 countries join workshop about reporting on conventional arms transfers

On 9 May 2024, the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) partnered with the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) to organize virtual training workshops for Permanent...

2nd Safe and Secure Approaches to Field Environments (SSAFE) for experts on UNSGM roster concluded

From 5-11 May, the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA), the United Nations Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) and the UNDP organized a training course in Thailand...

Youth Leader Fund for a World without Nuclear Weapons Completes First Online Phase 

The Youth Leader Fund for a World without Nuclear Weapons, an innovative learning programme launched in 2023 by the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) with the generous...

“The disarmament community has a proud history of anticipating weapons, means and methods of warfare.” – High Representative opens UNODA-ICRC side event on legal reviews of weapons at the Vienna Conference on Autonomous Weapons Systems

The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) partnered up with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to organize a side event in the margins of the...

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OUR WORK

The main units of the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs.

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Weapons of Mass Destruction
Support to multilateral disarmament and non-proliferation efforts with respect to weapons of mass destruction (WMD).

Conventional Arms
Focusing disarmament and arms control efforts on all weapons not considered WMD, including small arms and light weapons (SALW).

Regional Disarmament
The enhancement of global disarmament and international peace and security through the support and promotion of regional disarmament efforts.

Transparency and Confidence-building
Confidence building measures are meant to prevent or reduce the occurrence of ambiguities and suspicions to improve international cooperation in disarmament and arms control.

Other Disarmament Issues
Other disarmament issues include UNODA’s work in education, youth, gender, multilateralism, information security and outer space, among other areas.

EVENTS

See whats happening in UNODA.

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