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This publication speaks to young people by encouraging them to engage in an active and thoughtful way in this important issue for all of humankind. It is full of practical ideas including starting a discussion group, hosting a film screening, or creating an event where students and their friends can become informed, express their opinions and reach out to others on this important subject. It provides a vision to help alleviate violence through awareness raising and taking action. This publication aims to help students become agents for positive social change and a better world for …

These guidelines on how to establish and maintain gun-free zones seek to provide clear and comprehensive guidance to assist national governments, local authorities, and international development and peacebuilding organizations in their efforts to prevent and reduce armed violence anywhere in the world.   …

This publication contains extensive excerpts from transcripts of panel discussion held by the NGO Committee on Disarmament, Peace and Security, in cooperation with the Office for Disarmament Affairs, on December 6, 2010. The Office for Disarmament Affairs is publishing the material as edited by the NGO 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 is being published as a convenient collection of key documentation of the Security Council relevant to the work of the 1540 Committee. It is intended as a reference tool for participants in regional workshops on the implementation of resolution 1540 (2004) organized by UNODA. …

This publication is a convenient collection of key international instruments relating to the issue of small arms and light weapons at the United Nations. It also contains the most recent documentation from the Security Council and the General Assembly relevant to the subject, such as the 2007 report by the United Nations Expert Group on illicit brokering in small arms, and the 2008 Secretary-General's report on small arms to the Security Council. …

This publication includes the edited transcripts of four discussions held at the United Nations Headquarters, in April and October 2007, organized by the NGO Committee on Disarmament, Peace and Security, in cooperation with the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs. Three of the discussions focused on the feasibility of verification of a possible fissile material treaty and of the Biological Weapons Convention. The fourth presentation focused on the value of a code of conduct for outer space. …

This publication tells the story of a unique partnership between civil society and the United Nations, dedicated to sustaining the removal and destruction of small arms and light weapons in four countries, and to changing the mindsets of young people so they may learn to seek alternative and non- violent means of resolving disputes. …

The 2005 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) was held at the United Nations in New York from 2 to 27 May 2005. The President of the Conference was Mr. Sérgio de Queiroz Duarte, Ambassador-at-large of Brazil. This press kit includes information about the Review Conference, activities of the IAEA in relation to the NPT, a chronology of events relating to nuclear non-proliferation, the decisions and resolution adopted at the 1995 NPT Review and Extension Conference, the Final Document of the 2000 NPT Review Conference, the list of States that have ratified or acceded to the NPT as of 1 March 2005 and the text of the …

This brochure describes the intertwined notions of children's rights and the proliferation of arms from the perspectives of military expenditures, weapons of mass destruction, small arms and landmines. The brochure also contains information on avenues of disarmament action at the UN and useful addresses and websites on related topics. …