Updates (2021)

Quarter 4

Quarter 3

Jul

29th

UNRCPD hosts webinar series on gender in small arms control for Cambodian officials

Jul

07th

UNODA concludes training series on gender and small arms control

Jul

01st

UNODA and Sri Lanka launch National Preparedness Programme in the framework of EU Council Decision 2019/97 in support of the Biological Weapons Convention

Jun

28th

National Experts in Cameroon Propose Practical Ways to Integrate Gender Perspectives into Policies to Combat Small Arms Proliferation

Jun

21st

UNODA holds virtual onboarding sessions for experts and laboratories nominated to the roster for the Secretary-General’s Mechanism for Investigation of Alleged Use of Chemical or Biological Weapons (UNSGM)

Jun

04th

UNRCPD trains government officials in Asia and Pacific on national reporting on Small Arms and Light Weapons

Jun

03rd

Mongolia makes progress towards national implementation action plan for resolution 1540 (2004)

Quarter 2

Jun

28th

National Experts in Cameroon Propose Practical Ways to Integrate Gender Perspectives into Policies to Combat Small Arms Proliferation

Jun

21st

UNODA holds virtual onboarding sessions for experts and laboratories nominated to the roster for the Secretary-General’s Mechanism for Investigation of Alleged Use of Chemical or Biological Weapons (UNSGM)

Jun

04th

UNRCPD trains government officials in Asia and Pacific on national reporting on Small Arms and Light Weapons

Jun

03rd

Mongolia makes progress towards national implementation action plan for resolution 1540 (2004)

May

28th

Young disarmament and arms control experts make their voices heard

May

27th

New tool to track gender-responsive small arms control in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Apr

27th

King’s College London to host webinar in collaboration with ODA to mark the 30th anniversary of UNSCOM

Apr

23rd

One year after UN’s call for global ceasefire, young leaders take stock

Apr

21st

Nuclear-arms-control experts push to bring gender equality to their work

Apr

16th

Students pitch tech-based ideas for tackling peace and security challenges

Apr

07th

UNODA, Kenya discuss confidence-building measures under Biological Weapons Convention

Apr

07th

UN SaferGuard Quick Response Mechanism provides ammunition technical support to Equatorial Guinea after explosions

Quarter 1

Mar

30th

UNODA launches “Disarmament4Educators” online training course

Mar

26th

Young Scientists from the Global South Join the Second Edition of the Youth for Biosecurity Workshop

Mar

19th

UNODA convenes a regional workshop on achieving universalization of the Biological Weapons Convention in Africa

Mar

18th

On International Women’s Day, parliamentarians and civil society take stock of progress to curb gun violence and illicit small arms trafficking

Mar

11th

Students discuss how to innovate responsibly with artificial intelligence

Feb

26th

Young people weigh what makes women crucial to disarmament

Feb

12th

ODA launches nuclear-weapon-free zones web-portal

Jan

29th

UNODA honoured for ‘vital’ contribution to international peace

Jan

29th

High Representative and ROK Deputy Foreign Minister discuss key disarmament milestones in 2021 and ways forward for empowering youth

Jan

26th

“They looked as if they were ghosts”: An atomic bomb survivor shares her memories

Jan

07th

UNREC kick-starts cooperation on gender and small arms control with the Democratic Republic of Congo