Updates (2020)

Quarter 4

Nov

25th

Seeking to “Silence the Guns in 2020”, seven African States ramp up efforts to collect illegal firearms

Nov

17th

In push for gender equality, Central African Republic eyes vital role of small arms control

Nov

16th

Lawmakers and experts unveil handbook on parliamentary action for disarmament

Nov

06th

Ammunition management, a male-dominated field, seeks to better understand its impacts on women, men, boys and girls

Nov

06th

UNODA presents concrete actions in support of gender mainstreaming policies, programmes and actions in the fight against trafficking and misuse of small arms

Oct

09th

Gender stereotypes seen as a key obstacle in tackling small-arms challenges

Quarter 3

Sep

21st

Winners announced in first-ever Apps 4 Digital Peace Competition

Sep

17th

UNODA hosted virtual webinar at UNSCC’s Virtual Torino Forum 2020 on “Sustaining peace through leveraging WPS, YPS and disarmament approaches”

Sep

03rd

UNODA and Cybersecurity Tech Accord host the ‘App 4 Digital Peace Competition Virtual Awards Ceremony’

Aug

25th

With joint support from the African Union Commission and the United Nations youth contest for Africa Amnesty Month 2020 kicks off

Jul

08th

Young leaders across Northeast Asia tackle challenging security questions in online education series

Jul

07th

Scores of young people train through 2020 ‘Scholarship for Peace and Security’

Jul

02nd

Youth discuss how to innovate responsibly and ‘secure our common future’

Jun

29th

Students weigh security implications of emerging tech in new UN workshop series

Jun

11th

Northeast Asian Youth Share Perspectives on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation at Introductory Webinar

Jun

04th

Disarmament Web Talks: Progress made two years after the launch of the UN Secretary-General’s Agenda for Disarmament

Quarter 2

Jun

29th

Students weigh security implications of emerging tech in new UN workshop series

Jun

11th

Northeast Asian Youth Share Perspectives on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation at Introductory Webinar

Jun

04th

Disarmament Web Talks: Progress made two years after the launch of the UN Secretary-General’s Agenda for Disarmament

May

11th

High-level panel discussion: “The NPT at Fifty: maintaining momentum towards the Review Conference”

May

05th

UNODA and Cybersecurity Tech Accord “Apps 4 Digital Peace!” contest: deadline extended to 30 July 2020

May

01st

UNRCPD completes training on role of gender in small arms control

Apr

30th

UNODA Launches Occasional Papers On Rethinking Unconstrained Military Spending

Apr

13th

Thematic seminar on pillar II (non-proliferation) of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)

Apr

13th

Deadline for UNODA and Cybersecurity Tech Accord “Apps 4 Digital Peace!” contest: 30 April 2020

Apr

08th

Young professionals learn online through 2020 Scholarship for Peace and Security

Quarter 1

Mar

12th

Regional Seminar on gun violence and illicit small arms trafficking from a gender perspective

Mar

09th

Committee on Teaching About the United Nations holds 2020 “WarNoMore” Conference at UNHQ

Mar

04th

Building Bridges Between Russia and the United States through Education and Training

Feb

20th

UN Regional Centre wraps up project to support Timor-Leste’s implementation of arms control frameworks

Feb

18th

Thematic seminar on pillar I (disarmament) of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)

Feb

12th

UNRCPD’s sponsored “PATHWAYS” wins the short film competition – A Better Tomorrow – at the 2020 Buff Children’s and Youth Film Festival in Sweden

Feb

07th

UNRCPD provides Responsible Innovation Workshop for machine learning and robotics engineers and developers during the Yantra 8.0 Science, Tech and Entrepreneurship Festival

Jan

24th

74 Years of Nuclear Disarmament and the Contribution of Youth beyond 2020” – After wide-ranging dialogue, ODA launches call for applications from aspiring “Youth Champions”

Jan

02nd

Expert meeting to facilitate dialogue on possible negotiations of a Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty (FMCT) concludes in Bangkok