UNODA Office in Vienna


UNODA has established an office at the Vienna International Centre with administrative and logistical support provided by the United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV). This office was established to facilitate closer cooperation and effective interaction in all areas of disarmament, non-proliferation and arms control with UNOV, and with Vienna-based organizations and related specialized agencies, such as the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), as well as with other relevant regional intergovernmental organizations, such as the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).

 

Secretary-General Opens New UNODA Office in Vienna.

"Excellencies,
We have another celebration taking place today.
It is not a fifteenth anniversary - it is a first birthday.
It is my great pleasure to officially open the new Vienna Office of the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs.

The establishment of this Office is a response to the growing need for cooperation in all areas of disarmament, non-proliferation and arms control. It will especially improve collaboration among the Vienna-based organizations and specialized agencies. The Office will also bring in regional intergovernmental organizations like the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.

I have high hopes for this Office. I thank Member States for the voluntary contributions that have helped bring it into being. The Government of Austria has been especially generous, another sign of its commitment to the United Nations.

 Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen,
The work you do here in these offices is part of a global movement to rid the world of its most deadly threat.
Now: let us press even harder toward realizing our vision of a nuclear-weapon-free world."
— Read full SG's Statement

  • 11 Nov 2011
    United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs Establishes Vienna Office

    United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs Establishes new office in Vienna

    The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) in Vienna is located at the Vienna International Centre. The establishment of the Office in Vienna, as part of UNODA, responds to the growing need to cooperate and facilitate closer cooperation and effective interaction in all areas of disarmament, non-proliferation and arms control with Vienna-based organizations and related specialized agencies, such as the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) as well as with other relevant regional intergovernmental organizations, such as the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).