United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
MAIN ISSUES
- Weapons of Mass Destruction
Nuclear, Biological, Chemical, Missiles, Security Council resolution 1540 (2004), Counter-Terrorism Strategy
- Conventional Arms
Small Arms, Arms Trade Treaty, Transparency Registers, Ammunition, Landmines, Certain Conventional Weapons & Cluster Munitions
- Regional Disarmament
Regional Approach to Disarmament, Cooperation with Regional Partners, UN Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa
- UN Regional Centres for Peace and Disarmament:
Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean
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EVENTS AND MEETINGS
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27 November
Biological Weapons Convention members to meet in Geneva from 1 to 5 December
* Disarmament calendar
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NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
* Signing of Cluster Munitions Convention marks major step forward in global efforts to control noxious spread of deadly, inhumane weapons, says Secretary-General(posted 4 December)
* Toward the Control of International Arms Transfers, Conferenc on the COntrol of International Arms Transfers, Buenos Aires, 1 December 2008
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Secretary-General highlights significant advances in implementing Chemical Weapons Convention, as states parties meet in Vienna
(posted 2 December)
* ODA Employment scam
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