disarmament

Annan calls on conventional weapons meeting to consider cluster munitions

25 November 2005
With dozens of countries having cluster munitions in their arsenals, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan called on a Geneva meeting considering excessively injurious conventional weapons to put the issues of cluster munitions on their agenda for next year.

Nine more Iraqi WMD sites have been cleaned, says UN inspectors

6 September 2005
The United Nations commission that was in charge of disarming Iraq of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) said that nine more sites subject to its monitoring have been cleaned to varying degrees since May of this year, bringing the total of such sites cleaned to 118.

UN peace centre for Latin America and Caribbean expands mandate

15 August 2005
The United Nations peace centre for Latin America and the Caribbean has expanded its mandate from being a disarmament information centre to managing weapons stockpiling or destruction and providing training courses for law enforcement officials, politicians and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan says.

Reintegrating ex-combatants crucial for peace in Africa: UN-backed conference

24 June 2005
Returning ex-combatants to civilian life is critical for the success of African peace processes, according to participants at a conference on disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) programmes in Freetown, Sierra Leone, organized by the Government of that country and the United Nations.
Turner (L) and Mikhail Gorbachev brief the press

Ted Turner receives global peace award at UN

20 April 2005
Ted Turner, who in 1997 established the United Nations Foundation with his $1 billion contribution to support the world body's goals, was honoured today with a peace award for his outstanding work to end threats posed by nuclear weapons, his advocacy for sustainable development, and his visionary leadership in communications.