Representatives of 164 States parties, observer States and dozens of international and civil society organizations are gathering in Geneva between 26 and 30 November 2015 for the Seventeenth Meeting of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and…

The Conference on Disarmament this evening concluded its 2018 session, which was held in three parts: from 22 January to 30 March; 14 May to 29 June; and 30 July to 14 September 2018. During the session, the Presidency of the Conference was successively assumed by Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland,…

States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) have concluded the 2018 Meetings of Experts held at the United Nations Office at Geneva from 7 to 16 August 2018. This was the first set of such meetings in the new 2018-2020 intersessional process, that was agreed by the BWC Meeting of…

The 2018 Meetings of Experts to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) begin today at the United Nations Office at Geneva and will conclude on 16 August. This is the first set of such meetings in the new 2018-2020 intersessional process. In December 2017, the BWC Meeting of States Parties agreed…

The high-level fissile material cut-off treaty (FMCT) expert preparatory group adopted today its final report, which makes recommendations on substantial elements of a future treaty banning the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices. “I am delighted…

The Group of Governmental Experts to consider the role of verification in advancing nuclear disarmament began its work today at the United Nations Office at Geneva. “Advancing nuclear disarmament verification is an essential foundation to achieve and maintain a world without nuclear weapons.…

Stresses Importance of Gender Parity in Nuclear Disarmament, on the Occasion of the International Women’s Day The Conference on Disarmament today heard from its President on the appointment of the coordinators of subsidiary bodies as called for in the decision CD/2119 of 16 February, and also…

The Conference on Disarmament, the world's single multilateral forum for disarmament negotiations, will hold the first public plenary of its 2018 session on Tuesday, 23 January at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.The session will open under the presidency of Sri Lanka. The presidency of the…

The State of Palestine, on 29 December 2017, joined Protocol V on Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW), becoming the ninety-fourth High Contracting Party to the Protocol. The State of Palestine is a High Contracting Party to the CCW. It joined the…