United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs

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The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs is a UN body responsible for promoting nuclear disarmament, arms control, and the reduction of weapons worldwide to enhance global peace and security.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations office
disarmament organization
fieldOffice Geneva
Kathmandu
Lima
Lomé
Vienna
hasRegionalCentre United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa
United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific
United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
headquartersLocation New York City
United States
inception 1998
languageOfWork Arabic
Chinese
English
French
Russian
Spanish
ledBy High Representative for Disarmament Affairs
mandate enhance international peace and security
promote arms control
promote general and complete disarmament
promote nuclear disarmament
promote transparency in armaments
strengthen disarmament norms
support confidence-building measures in the military field
support disarmament education
support non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
support reduction of conventional weapons
parentOrganization United Nations
partOf United Nations Secretariat
predecessor Department for Disarmament Affairs
United Nations Centre for Disarmament
re-establishedAs Department for Disarmament Affairs in 1998
renamedFrom Department for Disarmament Affairs
renamedIn 2007
reportsTo United Nations Secretary-General
shortName UNODA
supportsBody Conference on Disarmament
Disarmament Commission
United Nations General Assembly First Committee
supportsTreaty Arms Trade Treaty
Biological Weapons Convention
Chemical Weapons Convention
Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons
Convention on Cluster Munitions
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
website https://disarmament.un.org
worksOn biological weapons disarmament
chemical weapons disarmament
conventional arms control
nuclear disarmament
small arms and light weapons control
weapons of mass destruction non-proliferation

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First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) cooperatesWith United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
Conference on Disarmament secretariatProvidedBy United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
Biological Weapons Convention secretariatSupportBy United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
Conference of the States Parties relatedTo UN disarmament machinery
subject linked to: CSP
linked to: United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
UNGA First Committee relatedOrganization United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
United Nations Disarmament Commission partOf United Nations disarmament machinery
linked to: United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
United Nations Disarmament Commission cooperatesWith United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs predecessor United Nations Centre for Disarmament
linked to: United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs predecessor Department for Disarmament Affairs
linked to: United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs renamedFrom Department for Disarmament Affairs
linked to: United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
Convention on Cluster Munitions monitoredBy UN Office for Disarmament Affairs
linked to: United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
United Nations departments hasExample Office for Disarmament Affairs
linked to: United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
Conference on Disarmament worksInCloseRelationshipWith United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
subject linked to: CD
BWC Review Conferences supportedBy UN Office for Disarmament Affairs
linked to: United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons relatedTo United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons promotedBy United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
United Nations Inter-Agency Working Group on DDR hasMemberOrganization United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
United Nations peace and security architecture hasComponent United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
UNODA fullName United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
UNODA replaced Department for Disarmament Affairs
linked to: United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
UNODA predecessor Department for Disarmament Affairs
linked to: United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
High Representative for Disarmament Affairs heads United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
High Representative for Disarmament Affairs associatedWith United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
High Representative for Disarmament Affairs usesSystem United Nations disarmament machinery
linked to: United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa partOf United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa parentOrganization United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa operatedBy United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean affiliation United Nations disarmament machinery
linked to: United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
UNDC worksWith United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
NPT 2010 Review Conference Final Document issuedBy United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
Implementation Support Unit of the BWC hostOrganization United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention isAdministeredBy United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
First Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention relatedTo United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
Seventh Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention convenedBy UN Office for Disarmament Affairs
linked to: United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs