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 of America
surface form: 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 United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs self-linksurface differs
surface form: Department for Disarmament Affairs

United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs self-linksurface differs
surface form: United Nations Centre for Disarmament
re-establishedAs Department for Disarmament Affairs in 1998
renamedFrom United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs self-linksurface differs
surface form: Department for Disarmament Affairs
renamedIn 2007
reportsTo Secretary-General of the United Nations
surface form: United Nations Secretary-General
shortName UNODA
supportsBody Conference on Disarmament
United Nations Disarmament Commission
surface form: Disarmament Commission

UNGA First Committee
surface form: 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
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
surface form: 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
CSP relatedTo United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
subject surface form: Conference of the States Parties
this entity surface form: UN disarmament machinery
UNGA First Committee relatedOrganization United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
United Nations Disarmament Commission partOf United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
this entity surface form: United Nations disarmament machinery
United Nations Disarmament Commission cooperatesWith United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs predecessor United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: United Nations Centre for Disarmament
United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs predecessor United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Department for Disarmament Affairs
United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs renamedFrom United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Department for Disarmament Affairs
Convention on Cluster Munitions monitoredBy United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
this entity surface form: UN Office for Disarmament Affairs
United Nations departments hasExample United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
this entity surface form: Office for Disarmament Affairs
CD worksInCloseRelationshipWith United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
subject surface form: Conference on Disarmament
BWC Review Conferences supportedBy United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
this entity surface form: UN Office for Disarmament Affairs