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Proceedings of the launching of the new publication  Gender Perspectives on Disarmament

14 March, 2001,   United Nations, New York

 

Opening Statement:

Ms. Angela E.V. King Assistant Secretary-General and Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women

Keynote Address

Jayantha Dhanapala Under Secretary-General, Department of Disarmament Affairs

Panel Presentations 

Martin Barber, Chief, UN Mine Action Service, DPKO 

Maria Angélica Arce de Jeannet, Minister, Mission of Mexico 

Petra Schneebauer, Counsellor, Mission of Austria 

Wendy Cukier, Ryerson University, Canada 

Felicity Hill, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (Presented by Merav Datan, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War)

Closing Statement

Ms. Angela E.V. King Assistant Secretary-General and Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women


Briefing Notes

  • Gender Perspectives on WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
  • Women's Advocacy for PEACE and DISARMAMENT
  • Gender Perspectives on SMALL ARMS
  • Gender Perspectives on DISARMAMENT, DEMOBILIZATION AND REINTEGRATION (DDR)
  • Gender Perspectives on LAND MINES
  • Gender Perspectives on DISARMAMENT AND DEVELOPMENT

 

Published by 
the Department of Disarmament Affairs  in collaboration with the
Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues 
and the Advancement of Women 
of the Department for Economic and Social Affairs

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Let Us Beat Swords Into Plowshares
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The bronze sculpture "Let Us Beat Our Swords into Ploughshares," was created by Soviet artist Evgeny Vuchetich, and presented to the United Nations on 4 December 1959 by the Government of the USSR. It is located in the North Garden of the United Nations Headquarters.
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