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The activities of UNIDIR fulfil the Institute's mandate
to assist diplomatic negotiations and disarmament efforts, to engage
the arms control and disarmament community on a variety of current
topics, and to be a leading voice in emerging security debates.
In planning its activities, UNIDIR assumes both a reactive and a
proactive role in identifying and addressing key issues.
UNIDIR is uniquely placed to accomplish these goals.
Based in Geneva, the Institute is a focal point for intergovernmental
organizations, the diplomatic disarmament community,
and governmental ministries. But UNIDIR's reach extends far
beyond Geneva through our partnerships and collaboration with academic
and research institutes, NGOs and civil society, and students
from around the world.
The Institute's activities transcend diverse perspectives:
from global diplomacy to regional and local dimensions, and from
the human focus to the international outlook. This breadth of scope
has led us to group our activities into three areas: global
security and disarmament, regional
security and disarmament and human
security and disarmament. Global security and disarmament covers
international arms control agreements and their implementation as
well as questions on international security, missiles and weapons
of mass destruction. Regional security and disarmament develops
themes linked to conflict concentrated in specific areas of the
globe, such as promoting civil society participation in West African
disarmament dialogues. Finally, human security and disarmament explores
the complex interrelations between disarmament, human rights and
development. Anti-personnel mines, small arms and peace-building
issues feature prominently in this area.
UNIDIR carries out its programme of work through four
different types of activities: research
projects, meetings and conferences,
a fellowship programme and
the Geneva Forum.
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