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UNIDIR seminars and discussion meetings focus on various topics related to disarmament, security and non-proliferation. Their aim is to bring new ideas and potential solutions to the attention of the arms control and humanitarian action communities. ...

title	agenda	year
Key Issues for the Arms Trade Treaty Negotiations (New York, October 2011)		2011
Towards a Practical and Implementable Arms Trade Treaty: Addressing Technology Transfers		2011
The Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Meeting the Global Challenge		2011
Preparing for the Seventh BWC Review Conference (RevCon)		2011
Nuclear Security: Challenges and Opportunities		2011
International Law and War in Cyber Space: Many Questions, Few Answers		2011
TCBMs in Outer Space Activities: Looking Back and Moving Forward		2011
The 2010 NPT Review Conference Action Plan: Implementation and Operationalization—Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons		2011
Gearing Up for Cyberwar?		2011
Supporting the Arms Trade Treaty Negotiations through Regional Discussions and Expertise Sharing: Messages from the Seminars in the Americas and Asia-Pacific (New York, July 2011)		2011
Ways Ahead in the Conference on Disarmament: Double or Quits		2011
The 2010 NPT Review Conference Action Plan: Implementation and Operationalization—Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy		2011
ATT Regional Seminar for countries in East Asia and the Pacific (Indonesia, June 2011)		2011
Improving the Effectiveness of the PoA: Implementation Challenges and Opportunities (New York, May 2011)		2011
New Forms of WMD, Transparency in Armaments, and a Comprehensive Programme of Disarmament: Obsolete or Ignored?		2011
Arms Trade Treaty: Perspectives and Implementation Issues		2011
ATT Regional Seminar for countries in the Americas and the Caribbean (Uruguay, April 2011)		2011
Briefing on the Arms Trade Treaty and the UN Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons for the Francophone Ambassadors Group to the United Nations in Geneva		2011
The Scope of an Arms Trade Treaty: How to Keep the Treaty Adaptable to Technological Developments		2011
The Conference on Disarmament and the Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space		2011
Reinforcing Disarmament: Combating Illicit Trade in Weapons and Materials—Regional Challenges		2011
Space Security Conference 2011: Building on the Past, Stepping towards the Future		2011
The Conference on Disarmament and Negative Security Assurances		2011
Multilateral Approaches to the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Lessons from the Russian Experience		2011
Supporting the Arms Trade Treaty Negotiations through Regional Discussions and Expertise Sharing (New York, March 2011)		2011
Russia's Tactical Nuclear Weapons: Posture, Politics and Arms Control		2011
The Conference on Disarmament and Civil Society: A Two-Way Street?		2011
ATT Regional Seminar for countries in Central, Northern and Western Africa (Morocco, February 2011)		2011
Nuclear Disarmament and the Role of the CD		2011
The Humanitarian Challenge of Explosive Weapons Use in Populated Areas		2010
The Role of the Conference on Disarmament in History and Practice		2010
PoA Workshop		2010
The Scope of an Arms Trade Treaty: Including Small Arms, Light Weapons and Ammunition		2010
ATT Regional Seminar for Countries in South and Central Asia (Nepal, November 2010)		2010
Improving the Effectiveness of the PoA: Implementation Challenges and Opportunities		2010
Space Security: Next Steps in TCBMs		2010
Briefing on the First Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions for the Francophone Ambassadors Group to the UN in Geneva		2010
Disarmament Machinery—Informal Workshop		2010
Combating Illicit Brokering of WMD-related Materials: Building Effective Responses		2010
Explosive Weapons Use in Populated Areas: A Pressing Humanitarian Concern		2010
Supporting the Arms Trade Treaty Negotiations through Regional Discussions and Expertise Sharing (New York, July 2010)		2010
Ideas for Disarmament and Security Thinking: Why Research Matters		2010
Combating Illicit Brokering		2010
Small Arms Assistance and Aid Effectiveness: Opportunities and Challenges		2010
Strategic Design and Public Policy		2010
Multilateralization of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle, Nuclear Disarmament and the NPT Grand Bargain		2010
Explosive Weapons and Civilians: Framing the Problem		2010
Preparing for the 2010 NPT Review Conference : What You Need to Know		2010
The Global Challenge of Biological Controls		2010
Space Security Conference 2010: From Foundations to Negotiations		2010
Multilateral Approaches to the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Promoting Nuclear Disarmament		2010
Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Entry Into Force of the NPT		2010
Promoting Discussion on an Arms Trade Treaty—Concluding Seminar of the EU-UNIDIR Project of Regional ATT Events (Vienna, February 2010)		2010
Promoting Discussion on an Arms Trade Treaty, Regional Seminar in Vienna, Austria		2010
FM(C)T: Verification in Some of Its Aspects		2010
Reinforcing Disarmament: Combating Illicit Trade in Weapons and Materials—Actors, Synergies, Challenges		2010
"Eliminating Nuclear Threats: A Practical Agenda for Global Policymakers": report of the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament presented by Professor Gareth Evans		2010
The Scope of a Fissile Material Treaty: A Question of Ambition		2010
Launch of Unacceptable Harm: A History of How the Treaty to Ban Cluster Munitions Was Won		2009
ATT Regional Seminar for countries in Eastern and Southern Africa (Ethiopia, December 2009)		2009
Non-state Actors and the Arms Trade Treaty Initiative: Challenges and Opportunities		2009
Latest Developments on Space Security and Disarmament		2009
Promoting Discussion on an Arms Trade Treaty (New York, October 2009)		2009
ATT Regional Seminar for Countries in Asia and the Pacific (Malaysia, October 2009)		2009
The CTBT: The Nexus between Politics and Science		2009
Fissile Material, Panel Perspectives		2009
From CTBT to FM(C)T: Unfinished Business with Lessons Learnt for the Conference on Disarmament		2009
ATT Regional Seminar for countries in the Middle East (Jordan, July 2009)		2009
Promoting Discussion on an Arms Trade Treaty—Lunch-time Seminar on the EU-UNIDIR Regional Seminars in Dakar and Mexico City (New York, July 2009)		2009
ATT Regional Seminar for countries in the Americas and the Caribbean (Mexico, June 2009)		2009
Space Security 2009: Moving Toward a Safer Space Environment		2009
Unfinished Business: New Opportunities for the CTBT (Vienna)		2009
Unfinished Business: New Opportunities for the CTBT (New York)		2009
Nuclear Renaissance: Non-proliferation and Shared Responsibilities		2009
A Multilateral Approach to the Nuclear Fuel Cycle: Can It Strengthen the NPT?		2009
ATT Regional Seminar for Countries in Central, Northern and Western Africa (Senegal, April 2009)		2009
Multilateral Approaches to the Nuclear Fuel Cycle		2009
Promoting Discussion on an Arms Trade Treaty		2009
Universalization of Confidence-Building Measures in the Biological Weapons Convention		2008
Implementing Resolution 1540: the Role of Regional Organizations		2008
Prospects for Preserving a Cooperative Security Framework in Outer Space		2008
Analysis of the National Reports Submitted by States from 2002 to 2008		2008
Making the PoA Work: Three Practical Tools for States		2008
Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty		2008
Conventional Arms Control and Disarmament: New Avenues		2008
Community Security and Operational Effectiveness		2008
The Entry into Force of the CTBT: New Opportunities?		2008
Working Toward a World Free of Nuclear Weapons		2008
A Fissile Material (Cutoff) Treaty and its Verification: Progress Report from the International Panel on Fissile Materials (IPFM)		2008
Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Education		2008
Information & Communication Technologies and International Security		2008
The CTBT and the FMCT: Highways to Disarmament		2008
Security in Space: The Next Generation		2008
Exploring Cooperative Approaches to Security in Space		2007
The Way Forward on Cluster Munitions: Humanitarian Impacts and International Responses		2007
Preventing the Spread of Weapons to Non-State Armed Groups		2007
Tenth Anniversary of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons		2007
Exploring Criteria and Conditions for Engaging Armed Non-State Actors to Respect Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law		2007
Carpe Diem: New Opportunities for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty		2007
Celebrating the Space Age: 50 Years of Space Technology, 40 Years of the Outer Space Treaty		2007
Challenges to International Security and the Non-Proliferation Regime on the Eve of the Next Review Cycle of the NPT		2007
Ten Years of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty		2006
Negative Security Assurances		2006
Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission Report—Seminar with Dr Hans Blix, Chairman of the WMD Commission		2006
Disarmament as Humanitarian Action: From Perspective to Practice		2006
Unfinished Business: Building on the NPT 2005 Review Conference		2006
Establishing Effective National/Regional Measures on SALW and ERW in North Africa		2006
Building the Architecture for Sustainable Space Security		2006
Small Arms, Light Weapons, Explosive Remnants of War and Border Management in North Africa		2006
25th Anniversary Debate: Human security should be the fundamental basis for multilateral disarmament and arms control negotiations		2005
Information Briefing on the 6th Review Conference of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention		2005
Reviving Disarmament		2005
Launch of Eliminating Weapons of Mass Destruction: Prospects for Effective International Verification		2005
Biological and Chemical Weapons Threat Yesterday and Today		2005
NPT Roundtable Consultations		2005
Launch of Multilateral Diplomacy and the NPT: An Insider's Account		2005
Safeguarding Space Security: Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space		2005
Discussion on the Report of the Secretary-General's High-level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change		2005
Launch of Implementing the United Nations Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons: Analysis of the Reports Submitted by States in 2003		2004
Informal Discussion on Disarmament and Nonproliferation Education		2004
Should the UN Have a Standing Capability for Weapons of Mass Destruction Investigations?		2004
Launch of Open Skies: A Cooperative Approach to Military Transparency and Confidence Building		2004
Universal Compliance: A Strategy for Nuclear Security		2004
Launch of Desarme nuclear – Regímenes internacional, latinoaméricano y argentino de no proliferación		2004
Safeguarding Space for All: Security and Peaceful Uses		2004
Roundtable Discussion on New Proposals for Nuclear Non-proliferation		2003
Cooperative Threat Reduction: A New Paradigm for Disarmament?		2003
Weapons of Mass Destruction and Non-State Actors		2003
Informal Roundtable Discussion on the 'Road Map' for the Middle East and the Prospects for Peace in the Region		2003
Launch of The Treaty of Pelindaba on the African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone		2003
Roundtable on Space Weaponization and Security		2003
Launch of Project Coast: Apartheid's Chemical and Biological Warfare Programme		2003
Promoting Verification in Multilateral Arms Control Treaties–Future Verification Regimes, FMCT in Particular		2003
What Prospects for Missile Controls?		2003
Building a Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone in the Middle East: Global Non-Proliferation Regimes and Regional Experiences		2003
International Cooperation in the Combat Against Nuclear Terrorism and the Role of Nuclear Arms Control		2002
Problems of Small Arms and Light Weapons on Human Security: Lessons Learned from Field Experiences		2002
Outer Space and Global Security		2002
Disarmament, Health and Humanitarian Action: Putting People First		2002
Launch of Arms Control: The New Guide to Negotiations and Agreements		2002
Breaking the CD Deadlock		2001
Time to Control Tactical Nuclear Weapons: Seminar to Mark the Tenth Anniversary of the 1991 Unilateral Declarations		2001
Next Steps for Nuclear Disarmament and Arms Control: Thinking Outside the Box		2001
Verification of a Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty		2001
Missile Defence, Deterrence and Arms Control: Contradictory Aims or Compatible Goals?		2001
Disarmament as Humanitarian Action		2000
The Politics of De-Alerting		2000
Peacekeeping in Africa: Capabilities and Culpabilities		2000
The US Missile Defence Decision and Its Nonproliferation Impact		2000
25 Years of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention: Assessing Risks and Opportunities		2000
Conference on Tactical Nuclear Weapons		2000
Restoring Momentum to Nuclear Disarmament		1999
Developments in the field of information and telecommunication in the context of international security		1999
Verifying Nuclear Disarmament		1999
Past Events, Present Effects: Long-Term Result of Chemical Weapons Attack on the People of Halabja		1999
How is Incoming Information and Data Handled?		1999
Investigating the Past: South Africa's Chemical and Biological Weapons Programme		1999
Retaking the Initiative to Reduce Nuclear Dangers		1999
Electronic Conference on a New Agenda for Security and Disarmament		1999
Peacebuilding in West Africa		1999
How Can War Be Prevented?		1999
Fissile Material Stocks: Characteristics, Measures and Policy Options		1999
How Can Visits Contribute to Strengthening the BWC?		1998
Trust- and Confidence-Building Measures in South Asia		1998
The Implications of South Asia's Nuclear Tests for the Non-proliferation and Disarmament Regimes		1998
Uses of Commercial Satellite Technology in the Middle East		1998
Biological Warfare and Disarmament: Problems, Perspectives, Possible Solutions		1998
A Peace of Timbuktu: Democratic Governance, Development and African Peacemaking		1998
Electronic Conference on the Future of the Conference on Disarmament and its Agenda		1998
The Future of the Conference on Disarmament and its Agenda		1998
Reducing Risk—Building Security		1997
Illicit Traffic of Small Arms and Sensitive Technologies		1997
Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones in the Next Century		1997
Evolving Trends in the Dual Use of Satellites		1995