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This United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) Vienna Conversation Series event examines key dynamics emanating from the Summit of the Future process and newly-agreed Pact for the Future, their possible implications for disarmament and arms control processes and the role of different stakeholders in advancing disarmament-related actions. As the UN Secretary-General put it, “We’ve now unlocked the door, it is our common responsibility to walk through it – this requires not just agreement but action.”
MoreThis course addresses the humanitarian impacts of various categories of weapons, with a special focus on nuclear weapons. It discusses the immediate and longer-term devastating effects of the use and testing of nuclear weapons on people, the environment and sustainable development. The course also highlights the importance of humanitarian approaches in advancing multilateral negotiation processes in international security, including the adoption and entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
MoreThis new short course provides an introduction to the CCW and its Protocols, discussing its objectives and purpose and the conventional weapons it regulates and how. The course also introduces the intergovernmental machinery that governs the CCW’s implementation, compliance and development in line with emerging weapons technologies.
MoreYoung campaigners have worked at the forefront of successful international campaigns to ban landmines, cluster munitions and nuclear weapons. This course outlines the approach of the United Nations to youth engagement, and provides an insight into UNODA’s efforts to empower young people, with an overview on key organizations. It also examines the role of youth in disarmament and non-proliferation processes.
MoreThe virtual launch event addressed the role of disarmament education in advancing disarmament efforts and in contributing to other UN global agendas, as well as the centrality of partnerships in achieving such goals. It featured opening remarks by the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs and a panel discussion with distinguished experts and representatives of key stakeholder groups, including government, the media, academia and former participants of UNODA’s flagship educational and youth initiatives.
MoreThe events hosted by the UNODA Vienna Office contribute to one of the key goals enshrined in the UN Secretary-General`s Agenda for Disarmament, launched in 2018, to revive serious multilateral dialogue and bring disarmament and non-proliferation back to the centre of the work of the United Nations.
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The Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (DNP) Education Partnership catalyses the efforts of 30 partner institutions, promoting education and training on disarmament key areas.
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