Disarmament in the SECURITY COUNCIL
"...the establishment of international peace and security with the least diversion for armaments of the world's human and economic resources..." - Article 26 of the UN Charter
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The 1540 Committee,In 2004, the Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 1540 under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, obliging States to refrain from supporting non-State actors from developing, acquiring, manufacturing, possessing, transporting, transferring or using nuclear, chemical or biological weapons and their delivery systems
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Small Arms: Report of the Secretary-General [A] [C] [E] [F] [R] [S]
The present report discusses various aspects of the issue of small arms, with an emphasis on the negative impact that illicit small arms have on security, human rights and social and economic development, in particular in areas of crisis and in post-conflict situations.
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Thematic Debate on strengthening collective security through general regulation and reduction of armaments, On 19 November 2008, the Security Council held an open thematic debate on strengthening collective security through general regulation and reduction of armaments.
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Summit-level meeting chaired by United States President,On 24 September 2009 the Security Council affirmed its commitment to the goal of a world free of nuclear weapons and established a broad framework for reducing global nuclear dangers, in an historic summit-level meeting chaired by United States President Barack Obama.
