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UNITED NATIONS AND KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA WORK TO STRENGTHEN BARRIERS AGAINST BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS
15 October 2009
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Workshop in Riyadh to Focus on Effective National Implementation of Biological Weapons Convention in Member States of Gulf Cooperation Council
The Biological Weapons Convention Implementation Support Unit (ISU) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will jointly host a…
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CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT CLOSES 2009 SUBSTANTIVE SESSION
17 September 2009
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The Conference on Disarmament this morning adopted its annual report to the General Assembly by consensus and closed the work of its 2009 substantive session, which officially ends this Friday, 18 September.
The major achievement of the Conference this year was the adoption of decision CD/1864 on a programme of work by consensus…
15 years 9 months ago
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‘WMD-WE MUST DISARM’ LAUNCHES SHORT FILM COMPETITION
03 August 2009
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To mark the start of the second half of the Secretary-General’s 100-day “WMD-We Must Disarm” countdown campaign to the International Day of Peace on 21 September, the United Nations has launched a competition to find the best short film on the issue of nuclear disarmament and/or non-proliferation.
Winning films will be shown at United Nations…
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SECRETARY-GENERAL'S STATEMENT ON THE URGENCY OF THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY
16 June 2009
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The conclusion of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) more than a decade ago was an important milestone in norm-setting and marked a significant achievement in the field of disarmament and non-proliferation. But for too long, it has not been brought into force. The…
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ADOPTION OF THE PROGRAMME OF WORK OF THE CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT
29 May 2009
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At its plenary meeting today, under the Presidency of Ambassador Jazaïry (Algeria), the Conference on Disarmament adopted, by consensus, its Programme of Work for 2009. This action has ended over ten years of efforts to resume the substantive work of the Conference, which came to a hold in 1999 when it was not able to re-establish…
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MEETING OF EXPERTS OF CCW PROTOCOL V TO MEET AND DISCUSS ITS IMPLEMENTATION
20 April 2009
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The Meeting of Experts of the States Parties to Protocol V on Explosive Remnants of War to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) will take place from 22 to 24 April 2009 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
The Meeting of Experts constitutes the key integral part of the implementation mechanism of Protocol…
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CCW GROUP OF EXPERTS OF AMENDED PROTOCOL II TO MEET AND DISCUSS IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES
17 April 2009
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A Group of Experts established by the States Parties to Protocol II on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby-traps and Other Devices as amended on 3 May 1996 to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) will convene on 20 and 21 April 2009 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva…
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GROUP OF EXPERTS TO CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS CONVENTION TO CONTINUE NEGOTIATIONS ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS
09 April 2009
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The Second 2009 Session of the Group of Governmental Experts of the High Contracting Parties to the 1980 Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects (CCW) will convene from 14…
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CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT TO HOLD FIRST PUBLIC PLENARY OF 2009 SESSION ON 20 JANUARY
15 January 2009
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The Conference on Disarmament, the world's sole multilateral forum for disarmament negotiations, will hold the first public plenary of its 2009 session on Tuesday, 20 January at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
The session will open under the presidency of Ambassador Le Hoai Trung of Viet Nam. The presidency…
