UNODA Update (Quarterly)
The UNODA Update is a quarterly e-publication that highlights recent events and activities of the Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) and other disarmament forums providing links to fuller material and documents available on the Office and related websites.
- 2009
- August
- Launch of the “WMD-WeMustDisarm” 100-day campaign
- Workshop on implementing Security Council resolution 1540 (2004) held in Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Training course for experts to conduct investigations of the alleged use of chemical, biological and toxin weapons
- Security Sector Reform and Justice Reform in Francophone Africa
- Regional Seminar in South and Central Asia to promote Regional Cooperation in Combating Illicit Brokering in Small Arms
- Regional Workshop for Western African States on Transparency in Armaments
- United Nations regional meeting on the Programme of Action on Small Arms takes place in Australia
- For Peace and Development: Disarm Now
- June
- Secretary-General welcomes Conference on Disarmament’s adoption of Work Programme
- Third session of the Preparatory Committee for 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference successfully concludes with adoption of consensus report
- Secretary-General welcomes entry into force of Central Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone
- United Nations Disarmament Commission holds annual session
- Disarmament and non-proliferation are linked inextricably to development, human rights and peace, Secretary-General tells his Advisory Board
- Event at UN HQ to encourage the early entry into force of the Cluster Munitions Convention
- UN Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa meets in Gabon
- Workshops in Qatar and Vanuatu on Implementing Security Council Resolution 1540
- February
- As 2009 session opens Secretary-General presses Conference on Disarmament to act on his five point plan for nuclear disarmament
- Security Council holds thematic debate on strengthening collective security through general regulation and reduction of armaments
- Cluster Munitions Convention Opens for Signature
- Workshop in Brazil on Implementing Security Council Resolution 1540
- Seminars to promote the universality of the Inhumane Weapons Convention
- Iraq joins Chemical Weapons Convention
- Seventh UN-Republic of Korea Joint Conference on Disarmament
- August
- 2008
- November
- In major speech, Secretary-General outlines five-point nuclear disarmament plan
- At Harvard Secretary-General calls for action to secure common goods, including disarmament and non-proliferation
- Secretary-General calls for further ratifications of CTBT
- First Committee concludes 63rd session
- UNODA outlines ‘Biological Incident Database’ at First Committee side event
- First Committee side events advance the disarmament agenda
- Seminar to promote the universality of the Inhumane Weapons Convention
- Peru destroys approximately 100 tonnes of firearms
- Launch of new UN Disarmament website
- August
- Small Arms meeting agrees on way forward
- SG highlights the urgent need to make further progress on multilateral nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation at OPANAL Special Session
- SG welcomes the opening of the new the office of the Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Nepal
- Missile Panel concludes its work with agreement on a report for the GA
- SG expresses determination to work to achieve a peaceful and secure world without nuclear weapons in his message to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony
- Government Experts hold their final session in New York to discuss a possible Arms Trade Treaty
- SG’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters meets for 50th session
- Group of governmental experts on ammunition stockpiles completes third and final session
- May
- Secretary-General welcomes adoption of new Convention on cluster munitions
- Second Preparatory Committee for the 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review completes its business
- UN Disarmament Commission meets in New York but fails to reach agreement on the issues
- Security Council discusses Secretary-General’s Small Arms Report
- Security Council 1540 Committee mandate renewed for an additional three years
- Government Experts hold their second meeting in New York to discuss a possible Arms Trade Treaty
- African seminars to promote the universality of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW)
- African Workshop on Marking and Tracing of Small Arms and Light Weapons
- In a message to the UN Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa, the Secretary-General notes progress towards peace
- March
- Secretary-General addresses the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva
- Russia and China put forward draft treaty banning weapons in outer space
- “Oslo Process” nations meet in New Zealand to consider Cluster Bomb Ban
- Workshop in Botswana on implementing Security Council resolution 1540
- Group of Governmental experts starts exploring a possible Arms Trade Treaty
- UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs speaks at the OAS on nuclear weapons issues
- International Women’s Day and Disarmament
- Barbados, Malaysia and Colombia ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
- Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters meets in New York
- November
- 2007
- November
- First Committee concludes 62nd session
- Annual Session of the States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)
- UN holds High-Level Meeting to mark the 10th anniversary of entry into force of the Chemical Weapons Convention
- Geneva Conference considers new action on Cluster Munitions
- Eighth Meeting of States Parties to Mine Ban Convention takes Place in Jordan
- West African Regional workshop on practical disarmament and peace-building
- 19th UN Conference on Disarmament Issues in Sapporo focuses on Nuclear Issues
- Headway made in Armed Violence Prevention Programme in Costa Rica
- New Website on Disarmament and Non-proliferation Education
- September
- Marking Hiroshima anniversary, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for elimination of nuclear weapons
- Stalemate on ‘life and death matters’ is unacceptable, says Secretary-General in remarks to UN Advisory Board
- New Unit Created to Help World’s Effort against Biological Weapon Threat
- Steady Efforts to Break Longstanding Deadlock at Conference on Disarmament
- Group of Experts on Small Arms Brokering Submits Recommendations
- Webpage Brings Together States’ Views on a Possible Arms Trade Treaty
- Webpages Feature Disarmament Education Resources
- July
- New High Representative for Disarmament Affairs
- Nuclear Terrorism Treaty Enters into Force
- First Session for 2010 NPT Review Conference
- Group of Experts on Illicit Brokering in Small Arms
- Central Africa Opts for an Instrument to Control Small Arms
- Disarmament for Development Promoted at Central America Conference
- Training to Prevent Firearms Trafficking at Brazil’s Borders
- April
Special Issue for the 10th Anniversary of the Entry into Force of the Chemical Weapons Convention 29 April 2007 - March
- November
- 2006
- December
- Role of disarmament, non-proliferation examined in Princeton lecture
- Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) Review
- Resolution on an international Arms Trade Treaty
- Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) Review concludes with Final Declaration
- Ghana and Lima host two 1540 outreach events
- Fifth United Nations-Republic of Korea Joint Conference
- September
- Central Asia Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty Signed
- UN Secretary General looks ahead after the Small Arms Review Conference ended without an agreement 2006 Group of Governmental Experts Review the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms
- First Security Council resolution 1540 Seminar in the Asia/Pacific Region
- United Nations Conference on Nuclear Proliferation and Disarmament Issues Yokohama, Japan, 21-23 August
- May
- 2006 Biological Weapons Convention Preparatory Committee concludes its work
- Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty at Conference on Disarmament
- Disarmament Commission begins three-year cycle of work
- Protocol V Explosive Remnants of War to enter into force
- First annual commemoration of victims of chemical warfare observed
- March
- December
- 2005
- 2003
- December
- September
- January-February
- Twenty-Fifth anniversary of SSOD I
- Disarmament and non-proliferation education study in the US congressional record
- NE Asia regional conference
- The Caribbean regional symposium on CTBT
- Disarmament and conflict prevention
- Small arms destruction in Lima
- Central Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty
- "Training for Peace" Conference in West Africa
- 2002
- September-October
- June-July
- March-April
