• Michigan State University acquires collection of interviews with atomic bomb survivors

  msutoday.msu.edu

• Namibia intensifies battle against illegal guns

  www.namibiansun.com

• Nuclear weapons conference attracts global crowd

  www.newsinenglish.no

• United Nations assists the Dominican Republic in the destruction of illicit, obsolete, and surplus firearms and ammunition
• Atomic bomb survivors (hibakusha) present their personal stories on humanitarian impact of the use of nuclear weapons
• UNODA assists Angola in joining disarmament treaties
• High Representative's speech on "The Strategic Concept of Disarmament"
• UNLIREC assists Antigua and Barbuda with destruction of seized and obsolete weapons and ammunition
• High Representative for Disarmament Affairs meets with delegates from Gensuikyo and Nihon Hidankyo

Representatives of civil society without a valid UN Headquarters ID Card, wishing to attend the opening for signature of the Arms Trade Treaty on 3 June: register here by 24 May.

Questions? Contact Ms. Sabrina Pfiffner (pfiffner@un.org)