Publications

• United Nations Disarmament Yearbook, vol. 46 (Parts I and II): 2021 (Sales Nos. E.22.IX.5 and E.22.IX.7)
• B Flat, B Sharp, Be Inspired: Voices of Youth, Civil Society and Disarmament, 2022 (Sales No. E.22.IX.6)
• Programmes Financed from Voluntary Contributions, 2021–2022
• Disarmament Education Strategy
• The Biological Weapons Convention: An Introduction, second edition (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Spanish and Russian)
• Guide to Implementing the Biological Weapons Convention
• Operationalising Article VII of the Biological Weapons Convention
• Weapons and Ammunition Dynamics in the Lake Chad Basin (English and French)
• The Non-proliferation of Biological Weapons: Challenges and Opportunities for Latin America and the Caribbean (Spanish)
• Reinvigorating Gender-Responsive Small Arms Control in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Asia and the Pacific
• Arms Trade Treaty text and implementation toolkit (Nepali)
• “Women, men and the gendered nature of small arms and light weapons”, Module 06.10, Modular Small-arms-control Implementation Compendium ( MOSAIC) (translation into Nepali)
• “Children, adolescents, youth and small arms and light weapons”, MOSAIC Module 06.20 (Nepali)
• “National coordination mechanisms on small arms and light weapons control”, MOSAIC Module 03.40 (Laotian)
• “Designing and implementing a National Action Plan”, MOSAIC Module 04.10 (Laotian)
• Newsletter for Nominated Experts and Analytical Laboratories for the Secretary-General’s Mechanism for the Alleged Use of Chemical and Biological Weapons, No. 3 (January 2022) and No. 4 (July 2022)
• UNODA Update (online news updates): First Quarter, Second Quarter, Third Quarter and Fourth Quarter

E-learning courses

• “The United Nations Secretary-General’s Mechanism (UNSGM) for Investigation of Alleged Use of Chemical, Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons”
• “The United Nations SaferGuard Programme and the International Ammunition Technical Guidelines”
• “Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems”
• “Gun-Free Zones”
• “Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons”

Podcasts

Videos

• Disarmament Explainer Videos (French, Korean and Spanish), 7 June
• “Call for applications to #Leaders4Tomorrow Workshop Series”, 15 February
• “Event: Global challenges and opportunities for multilateral disarmament”, Vienna Conversation Series, 8 June
• “Where next for youth in disarmament?”, Vienna Conversation Series, July 15 (video)
• “UN Messenger of Peace Michael Douglas on the International Day Against Nuclear Tests”, 29 August
• “UN Messenger of Peace Michael Douglas' commends #StepUp4Disarmament participants in video message”, 30 August
• “Congratulatory Event for Pitching Peace Youth Music Challenge”, October 21
• “#Leaders4Tomorrow present ideas to enact change in UN First Committee Side Event”, October 27
• “Event: Updating our vision for disarmament: inspiring action from the humanitarian approach”, Vienna Conversation Series, November 11
• “Event: 10th Anniversary of the UNODA Vienna Office”, 6 December
• “United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs 2022 lookback video”, 30 December

United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research

Conventional arms and ammunition

Publications

• Enhancing the Protection of Civilians through Conventional Arms Control: Challenges and Opportunities for United Nations Peace Operations
• Second Menu of Indicators to Measure the Reverberating Effects on Civilians from the Use of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas
• Technical Guidelines to Facilitate the Implementation of Security Council Resolution 2370 (2017) and Related International Standards and Good Practices on Preventing Terrorists from Acquiring Weapons
• FAQ on the Use of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas
• Exploring the Technical Feasibility of Marking Small Ammunition
• Exploring the Use of Technology for Remote Ceasefire Monitoring and Verification
• Weapons and Ammunition Management in Africa Insight: 2022 Update (French)
• Initial Impact of Profiling Small Arms Ammunition in Armed Violence Settings: Bedfordshire, UK, Case Study (French and Spanish)
• The Arms Trade Treaty: Assessing its Impact on Countering Diversion
• Addressing the Linkages Between Illicit Arms, Organized Crime and Armed Conflict
• Uncrewed Ground Systems: A Primer
• Uncrewed Maritime Systems: A Primer
• Uncrewed Aerial Systems: A Primer

Journal and Working Group Papers

• “The Case for Strengthening Transparency in Conventional Arms Transfers”, Paul Holtom, Anna Edna Esi Mensah and Ruben Nicolin, Arms Control Today, vol. 52, No. 9 (November 2022): 12–16
• “What role technology can play in ceasefire monitoring and verification”, Sarah Grand-Clément, Futuring Peace
• “The Unintended Impacts of U.S. Weapons Supplied to Afghanistan”, Erica Mumford, The Diplomat

Other Publications

• “Unpacking the EU’s dual approach to tackling proliferation of small arms”
• “In Defence of Cities”
• “How Can Conventional Arms Control Strengthen UN Peace Operations Efforts to Protect Civilians?”
• “Preventing armed conflict: exploring the role of arms-related risks”
• “What role technology can play in ceasefire monitoring and verification”
• “The end of transparency in international arms transfers?”
• “Addressing the proliferation of improvised and craft-produced weapons: Why should we care?”

Gender and Disarmament

Publications

• Gender and Disarmament Resource Pack (2022 edition)
• Factsheet on Arab Women in International Security and Disarmament (Arabic)
• Women Managing Weapons (French)
• Fact sheet: Gender and the Arms Trade Treaty
• Fact sheet: Gender & Diversity in the Convention on Cluster Munitions

Journal and Working Group Papers

• "From pillars to progress: gender mainstreaming in the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons" (working paper submitted by Australia, Canada, Colombia, Ireland, Mexico, Namibia, Panama, the Philippines, Spain, Sweden and UNIDIR)
• "Gender Mainstreaming Ammunition Through-Life Management" (working paper submitted to the Open-Ended Working Group on Conventional Ammunition by Panama, Small Arms Survey and UNIDIR)
• "Operationalizing the gender provisions of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons" (working paper submitted to the first Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons by Chile, Ireland, Mexico and UNIDIR)

Other publications

• “The road ahead for the Chemical Weapons Convention: disarmament, diversity and equality”, UK in the Netherlands
• “Lifting each other up: Feminist foreign policies and gendered approaches to arms control”, European Leadership Network
• “How Weapons and Ammunition Management Can Enhance Women, Peace and Security”, The Global Observatory
• “New Avenues for Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict: Addressing Weapons”, The Global Observatory

Security and Technology

Publications

• Cyber Stability Conference: Protecting Critical Infrastructure and Services Across Sectors
• Confidence-Building Measures for Artificial Intelligence: A Framing Paper
• India’s International Cyber Operations: Tracing National Doctrine and Capabilities
• International Cooperation to Mitigate Cyber Operations Against Critical Infrastructure (Arabic, Chinese and Spanish)
• Supply Chain Security in the Cyber Age: Sector Trends, Current Threats and Multi-Stakeholder Responses (Arabic)
• Uncrewed Ground Systems: A Primer
• Uncrewed Maritime Systems: A Primer
• Uncrewed Aerial Systems: A Primer
• A Taxonomy of Malicious ICT Incidents
• Human-machine interfaces in autonomous weapon systems
• Proposals Related to Emerging Technologies in the Area of Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems: A Resource Paper
• Exploring the Use of Technology for Remote Ceasefire Monitoring and Verification
• 2021 Cyber Stability Conference: Towards a More Secure Cyberspace
• Enhancing Cooperation to Address Criminal and Terrorist Use of ICTs
• Non-Escalatory Attribution of International Cyber Incidents: Facts, International Law and Politics

Weapons of Mass Destruction

Publications

• Options for International Cooperation under Article X of the Biological Weapons Convention
• Exploring Options for Missile Verification
• Potential Outcomes of the Ninth BWC Review Conference
• Perspectives, Drivers, and Objectives for the Middle East WMD-Free Zone: Voices from the Region
• The Cyber-Nuclear Nexus: Nuclear Risk Reduction Workshop Series, Summary Report
• Back to the Future for Verification in the Biological Disarmament Regime?
• Verifying Disarmament in the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
• Adding Novichok Nerve Agents to the CWC Annex on Chemicals: a Technical Fix and Its Implications for the Chemical Weapons Prohibition Regime
• The Disarmament, Arms Control, and Non-Proliferation Implications of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine – and What Next for Reducing Global Nuclear Dangers
• Stakeholder perspectives on the Biological Weapons Convention
• Assessing the SecBio Platform Proposal for the Biological Weapons Convention

Journal and working group papers

• Illustrative Compendium of Past and Present Verification Practices (background paper for the NDV Group of Governmental Experts, UNIDIR, 16 September 2022)
• Incorporating New Technologies: lessons from “special circumstances”, María Garzón Maceda, Eleanor Krabill and Wilfred Wan
• “The evolution of Article VII”, James Revill and María Garzón Maceda in Operationalising Article VII of the Biological Weapons Convention, Jean Pascal Zanders (ed.)

Space Security

Publications

• Norms for Outer Space: A Small Step or a Giant Leap for Policymaking?
• Advancing Space Security Through Norms, Rules and Principles of Responsible Behaviour? Webinar Summary Report

Journal and working group papers

• Threats to the security of space activities and systems (submitted by UNIDIR, United Nations working paper A/AC.294/2022/WP.16)
• Existing Legal and Regulatory Frameworks concerning threats arising from State behaviours with respect to outer space (submitted by UNIDIR, United Nations working paper A/AC.294/2022/WP.1)
• “The road to a moratorium on kinetic ASAT testing is paved with good intentions, but is it feasible?”, Almudena Azcárate Ortega and Laetitia Zarkan, Fondation pour la recherche stratégique
• “Space and Future Warfare: Are We Heading Towards ‘Star Wars’?”, Almudena Azcárate Ortega in Future Warfare and Technology: Issues and Strategies, Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan (ed.), Global Policy GP-ORF Series, 133, 136.
• “One Step Closer to Space Security: The Role of Multilateral Discussions”, Laetitia Cesari Zarkan in Digital Debates 90, Trisha Ray, Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan, Pulkit Mohan (eds.), Global Policy GP-ORF Series

Middle East zone free of weapons of mass destruction

Publications

• Perspectives, Drivers, and Objectives for the Middle East WMD-Free Zone: Voices from the Region
• Means of Delivery: A Complex and Evolving Issue in the Middle East WMD-Free Zone Initiative
• Infographic: Narratives on the Middle East Weapons of Mass Destruction-Free Zone: Historical accounts, drivers, and themes

Journal and Working Group Papers

Other publications

Managing Exits from Armed Conflict

Publications

• A Media Intervention Featuring Indirect Contact Promotes Peace in Rural Contexts Marked by Longstanding Internal Conflicts in Colombia
• Current Dynamics of Child Recruitment in Colombia
• Community Leaders’ Receptivity to Returning Former Boko Haram Associates: Implications for Peacebuilding
• Managing Exits from Conflict in Iraq: A Case Study of Basra and Tal Afar
• Public Perceptions of the Transitional Justice Components of the 2016 Colombian Peace Agreement: Implications for Peace (Spanish)
• Perceptions of FARC Dissident Groups in Colombia: Implications for Future Peace (Spanish)
• Community Security Actors and the Prospects for Demobilization in the North East of Nigeria
• Security Threats Affecting People Exiting Criminal Groups in Colombia (Spanish)
• Preventing Recruitment and Ensuring Effective Reintegration Efforts: Evidence from Across the Lake Chad Basin to Inform Policy and Practice (French)
• Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Children from Families with Perceived ISIL Affiliation: Experiences from Iraq and Al Hol
• “It’s Like Starting From Scratch”: Informal Support Accessed by Individuals who Disengaged from Armed Groups as Children in Colombia (Spanish)
• Child Recruitment in the Lake Chad Basin
• How Information Ecosystems Affect Conflict Transitions: Experiences from Al Hol and Iraq
• The Road Home from Al Hol camp: Reflections on the Iraqi Experience
• Recidivism Risks in the “Differential Assistance” Process for People Exiting Criminal Groups in Colombia (Spanish)
• The Legal Uncertainty Affecting People Exiting Criminal Groups in Colombia (English and Spanish) [Confidential]

Events held on the margins of the 2022 session of the First Committee

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11 October

• Humanitarian Disarmament Education (organized by the Permanent Mission of Kiribati)
• Marking 20 Years of the Hague Code of Conduct (organized by the European Union and Fondation pour la recherche stratégique)

12 October

13 October

14 October

17 October

• Challenges and efforts in countering IEDs in West Africa (organized by the Permanent Mission of Canada)
• Disarmament Verification: From Mistrust to Cooperation (organized by the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research)

18 October

• Addressing Nuclear Risks of Outer-Space Activities (organized by the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research)
• Briefing for Member States on the UN Secretary-General’s Mechanism for Investigation of Alleged Use of Chemical and Biological Weapons (UNSGM) (organized by the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs)

19 October

• Arms Trade Treaty Voluntary Trust Fund (organized by the Arms Trade Treaty secretariat)
• Disarmament education as a solution to peace: Ideas of the #Leaders4Tomorrow to enact change today (organized by the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs)
• Introduction to Responsible AI for Peace and Security (organized by the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research and Office for Disarmament Affairs)
• Emphasizing the Value of Multilateral Export Controls (organized by the Permanent Mission of the United States)

20 October

21 October

25 October

27 October

1 November