disarmament

General Assembly President Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser

General Assembly President points to busy UN disarmament agenda in 2012

21 October 2011
The President of the General Assembly, Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, today said that disarmament will be an important issue on the United Nations agenda next year, with a number of crucial conferences on global weapons reduction planned.
Amb. Jarmo Viinanen of Finland

UN official highlights impact of democracy and rule of law on advancing disarmament

3 October 2011
The twin forces of democracy and the rule of law can help advance progress on disarmament and positively impact the work of the United Nations committee that deals with the issue, a top United Nations official said today.
Sergio Duarte, UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs

Military spending levels remain out of control, UN official says

12 April 2011
The money spent by countries to achieve targets such as eliminating poverty, educating all children and providing decent health care is still only a fraction of what they spend on arming themselves, a senior United Nations disarmament official warned today.

UN chief urges disarmament forum to start work on fissile material ban treaty

24 February 2011
The United Nations Conference on Disarmament (CD), the world’s sole multilateral forum on the issue, must move ahead vigorously on a treaty banning the production of fissile material for nuclear devices or risk slipping into irrelevance, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned today.

Credibility of key UN disarmament forum at risk if deadlock persists, Ban warns

26 January 2011
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called on the world’s sole multilateral disarmament negotiating forum to overcome its decade-long deadlock and begin substantive work, warning that the very credibility of the United Nations body is at stake.

UN enlists Asia-Pacific media as ally in cause for disarmament

21 January 2011
The United Nations has enlisted the media in Asia and the Pacific as an ally in the fight to push the case for disarmament with a workshop in Beijing, bringing together nearly 50 participants from 11 Member States as well as experts on disarmament issues.