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Events
- On 22 April 2008, the French Mission and UNIDIR hosted a seminar
on "The CTBT and the FMCT: Highways to Disarmament"
to discuss the potential contribution of both instruments to nuclear
disarmament.
- On 24 - 25 April 2008, UNIDIR hosted a conference entitled
"Information and Communication Technologies and International
Security" to discuss issues linked to cyber-warfare and cyber-crime,
and to prepare for the 2009 UN Group of Governmental Experts on
this topic. UNIDIR also published an issue of Disarmament
Forum on ICTs and security.
Publications
- The
Security Needs Assessment Protocol: Improving Operational Effectiveness
through Community Security is now online. This publication
of the Security
Needs Assessment Protocol project describes how operational
effectiveness in humanitarian, development and security operations
can be improved by understanding local security problems as they
are understood by beneficiaries themselves.
- "Engaging
Non-State Armed Groups", the latest issue of Disarmament
Forum, is now available online. How do non-state armed groups
obtain weapons—be they small arms or less conventional weapons—and
how can they be effectively engaged in disarmament processes?
The authors examine various legal and diplomatic means of disarmament,
including terrorist listing, mediation and pre-emptive and preventive
measures, and ask whether the current international system can
deal with NSAGs.
Vacancy announcement
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UNIDIR is hiring an assistant researcher for the
project “International
Assistance for Implementing the UN Programme of Action on the
Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons”. Please
refer to the vacancy
announcement for details and application. The deadline for
submission of applications is 2 June 2008.
Recent Disarmament Forum issues
- Central
Asia at the Crossroads, 2007, no. 4
- ICTs
and International Security, 2007 no. 3
- The
Peacebuilding Commission, 2007 no. 2
Recent publications and papers
- "The
Road from Oslo: Emerging International Efforts on Cluster Munitions",
an article by J. Borrie, 2008.
- Implications
of States Views on an Arms Trade Treaty, S. Parker,
2008.
- Celebrating
the Space Age: 50 Years of Space Technology, 40 Years of the Outer
Space Treaty—Conference Report, 2–3 April 2007,
UNIDIR, 2007.
- Analysis
of States’ Views on an Arms Trade Treaty, S. Parker,
2007.
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