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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 …

This Occasional Paper provides an overview of the initiative by the European Union to promote accession to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW). It has two main purposes: to serve as a practical tool for the promotion of the universality and strict implementation of the Convention and its protocols, and to provide comprehensive information on the partnership built in the process of implementing this joint initiative of the European Union and the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs in support of the CCW. The publication includes forewords by Sergio Duarte and by Annalisa …

Summarizes developments and trends in 2008 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 2008. Has a foreword written by the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs. …

Disarmament: A Basic Guide is published by the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs in collaboration with the NGO Committee on Disarmament, Peace and Security pursuant to the purposes of the United Nations Disarmament Information Programme (UNDIP). The book is aimed to inform, educate and generate public understanding of and support for multilateral action in the field of arms limitation and disarmament. It is intended for the general reader, but may also be useful for the disarmament educator or …

Compiles the resolutions and decisions of the sixty-third 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-third session of the General Assembly and in the First Committee. …

This publication offers historical information on the Register of Conventional Arms as a tool of transparency, as well as points to possibilities for its future development. It also presents facts and figures related to the Register in convenient statistical graphs. …