The Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) of the States Parties to the 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 meet from 19 to 22 June 2007 at the Palais des…

The Preparatory Committee for the first Conference of the High Contracting Parties to Protocol V on Explosive Remnants of War, annexed to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW), will be held on 18 June 2007 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, pursuant to the decision of the Third…

No Consensus Yet on Draft Presidential Decision to Start Substantive Work The Conference on Disarmament this morning held the first plenary of the second part of its 2007 session, during which it discussed a proposed draft presidential decision and its corollary eventual special session in order…

The Conference on Disarmament, the world's sole multilateral forum for disarmament negotiations, will hold the first plenary of its 2007 session on Monday, 22 January, at the Palais des Nations. The session will open under the presidency of Ambassador Glaudine Mtshali of South Africa. The…

The Sixth Review Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction has concluded its three-week session, adopting a final declaration on the various…

The Third Review Conference of States Parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, presided by Ambassador François Rivasseau of France, concluded successfully on Friday, 17 November 2006 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Ambassador Rivasseau was assisted by Friends of the President…

United Nations Secretary-General to Address Opening of Conference on 20 November States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) will meet in Geneva from 20 November to 8 December for the Sixth Review Conference of the Convention. BWC review conferences are held every five years to…

A special high level plenary meeting was convened on Monday, 13 November 2006, during the second and final week of the Third Review Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW), to mark the much anticipated entry into force of the Protocol on Explosive…

The Eighth Annual Conference of the States Parties to the Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices (Amended Protocol II), annexed to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be…

Conference to celebrate entry into force of Protocol on explosive remnants of war The Third Review Conference of States Parties to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate…