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UNODA

What is the committee?

UNITED NATIONS OFFICE FOR DISARMAMENT AFFAIRS

What does it do?

-Nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation

-Strengthening of the disarmament regimes in respect to other weapons odf mass destruction and chemical and biological weapons

-Disarmament efforts in the area of conventional weapons, especially landmines and small arms, which are the weapons of choices in contemporary conflicts.

Its purpose its to achieve nuclear disarmament & to stop the spreading of any weapons of destruction.

Help that the committee has:

-CD secretariat and conference support branch

- United nations regional centre for peace and disarmament in Africa

- United nations regional centre for peace, disarmament and development in Latin America and the Caribbean

-United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific

The committee headquarter building is located in:

(USA) New York

Where does it operate?

USA New York

Switzerland, Geneva

Lome, Togo

Lima, Peru

Kathmandu, Nepal

Indonesia

Leaders of the committee

Mr. Sergio de Queiroz of Brazil was appointed High Representative for Disarmament Affairs on 2 July 2001 by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. The appointment is at the Under-Secretary-General level.

12 October 1998: The Small Arms Issue: Achieving Sustainable Disarmaments Statement

June 1999: Forum on Security and Development

3-5 December 2000: Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs United Nations

24 July 2005: How to Rebuild the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime

9 October 2006: Remarks by Nobuaki Tanaka Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs

9 February 2007: Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs United Nations

30 September 2008: The Ban on Testing Nuclear Weapons

10 August 2009: Opening of Kazakhstan/Japan joint Exhibition on Against Nuclear Arms” United Nations

29 March 2010: Statement before the Disarmament Commission

12 April 2011: Statement by the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Global Day of Action on Military Spending

Main goals:

To spear information on how we can use nuclear energy in a peaceful was.

To prevent the spreading of nuclear weapons and weapons technology.

If we achieve this goals, terrorist will not be able to gain these weapons, it will be much harder for them

To spread peace.

It helps that in a war or there isn’t that risk to be affected by any chemical or nuclear weapons.