disarmament

Miguel Marín Bosch

UN releases major study on vital role of disarmament education in promoting peace

9 October 2002
Aiming to revitalize and update past efforts to promote disarmament education, the United Nations today released a major study urging action on the issue by a wide range of players on the international scene, from global groups to religious leaders.

Annan to call for full implementation of treaty against chemical weapons

4 October 2002
Despite progress made in the destruction of chemical weapons and the conversion of chemical weapons facilities, vigilance and renewed commitment to the full implementation of an international treaty against such arsenals remain essential, United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, says in message to an upcoming meeting of parties to the accord.
Jayantha Dhanapala

Disarmament's benefits cut across major international concerns, UN official says

1 October 2002
Far from being a remote and academic pursuit, disarmament has the power to influence peace and security, economic development, environmental protection and humanitarian affairs, a senior United Nations official said today.

UN reports gains in gathering information on governments’ defence spending levels

25 September 2002
A key United Nations tool for making public national defence spending levels has recorded an “unprecedented increase” in reports received from governments.

Impasse at UN disarmament talks reflects overall stagnation in arms control - UN official

12 September 2002
The current stalemate in the main multilateral forum for disarmament was yet another manifestation of the prolonged stagnation in arms control, a senior UN official said today.
Jayantha Dhanapala

Senior UN official set to discuss treaty on nuclear-weapon-free zone in Central Asia

13 August 2002
A senior United Nations disarmament official is set to visit five Central Asian countries to discuss a draft treaty on a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region that is currently being negotiated.

Countries spent nearly $840 billion in 2001 on military, UN reports

1 August 2002
Countries spent nearly $840 billion last year on weapons and other military expenditures, an average of $137 per person, according to a comprehensive new United Nations publication on disarmament.

Bioterrorism, nuclear safety on agenda for upcoming meeting of UN disarmament body

16 July 2002
Bioterrorism, nuclear safety, the weaponization of outer space and rising military expenditures will be discussed this week when an advisory board to Secretary-General Kofi Annan on disarmament matters begins a three-day closed session in Geneva tomorrow.

Annan names senior UN official Secretary-General of Conference on Disarmament

19 March 2002
The head of the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, Sergei Ordzhonikidze, has been appointed Secretary-General of the UN’s main multilateral forum for disarmament negotiations, a UN spokesperson announced today in New York.

As Conference on Disarmament opens, Annan urges break with recent inactivity

22 January 2002
As the Conference on Disarmament opened its 2002 session today in Geneva, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said that the threat of terrorism called for a "complete break" with the recent prolonged inactivity of the forum -- the single multilateral negotiating venue for disarmament agreements.