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This publication was prepared to facilitate the discussions of the Group of Governmental Experts on the Operation and Further Development of the United Nations Standardized Instrument for Reporting Military Expenditures, which released its report in 2011. The paper argues for a reconsideration of the matrix, linking the Instrument to other activities on the nexus of security and development (such as security sector reform) and to other reporting obligations in order to increase its relevance. …

Summarizes developments and trends in 2009 on key issues of multilateral consideration at the international and regional levels. Reviews the activity of the General Assembly, the Conference on Disarmament and the Disarmament Commission. Contains a timeline that highlights events in multilateral disarmament in 2009. Has a foreword written by the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs. …

The publication seeks to raise the awareness of emerging risks and threats related to cyberwarfare by addressing cybersecurity and the lack thereof by many agencies. The paper contains a presentation on this topic delivered by James Andrew Lewis to the United Nations Secretary–General's Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters. …

Compiles the resolutions and decisions of the sixty-fourth session of the General Assembly, the voting patterns in the General Assembly and the First Committee report and dates of their adoption. Contains a snapshot of votes by thematic cluster of resolution numbers, titles and votes in the sixty-fourth session of the General Assembly and in the First Committee. …

The 2010 Review Conference of the Parties fo the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) was held at the United Nations in New York from 3 to 28 May 2010. The President of the Conference was Ambassador Libran N. Cabactulan (Philippines). This press kit includes a press release, a biographical note for the President-elect of the Review Conference, background information, a chronology of events relating to the treaty, information about the International Atomic Energy Agency and the treaty …

This publication features the following presentations, on the subject of verification, made to the members of the Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters at its fifty-first session in New York: Verifying zero: long-term aims, short-term steps "Nuclear arms control in the 2010s" verification challenges …