Dear Colleagues, We are very pleased to share with you the fifth issue of our newsletter. This issue focuses on the Capstone exercise, which was held in Berlin in September 2022, after several years of COVID-related delays. We are very grateful to our colleagues at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for their perseverance in organizing this exercise through the challenging circumstances of the past few years. They hosted an excellent exercise, and also graciously provided a short interview on their experience as organizers for this newsletter. We are also very pleased to include an interview with Una Jakob and Filippa Lentzos, who both participated in the exercise as observers.
As we look ahead to plans for 2023, we are excited to see growing support for inperson training activities for nominated experts over the course of the year, in addition to the ongoing exercises for nominated laboratories. As always, plans for upcoming activities are outlined in the final section of this newsletter.
We hope you enjoy this newsletter and please let us know if you have any feedback.
Dear Colleagues,
We are very pleased to share the eleventh issue of the UNSGM newsletter, which covers the activities organized in support of the UNSGM for the second half of 2025. The UNSGM team at UNODA worked diligently to maintain the pace of activities in 2025. We are pleased to provide more details on these activities below, as well as an update on staffing for the UNSGM team to ensure the continued high standard of support going forward.
Dear Colleagues,
We are very pleased to share the tenth issue of the UNSGM newsletter. 2025 has proven to be another busy year for the UNSGM team. The first half of the year has already seen several training courses, a regional outreach workshop, and many other activities to strengthen the UNSGM – more details on which can be found in this issue.
This briefing paper provides an overview of the Global Framework for Through-life Conventional Ammunition Management (GFA) and explores its relevance and implications for the Asia-Pacific region. Building upon discussions held during the Informal Regional Meeting in support of the GFA—organized by UNRCPD on 4–5 December 2024 in Kathmandu, Nepal—and based on desk research and a series of consultations, the paper identifies regional opportunities and challenges for GFA implementation. The paper begins with a brief history of the process leading to the elaboration and adoption of the GFA.
