Research Guides: Conference Primer: Disarmament: 2022

Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) / Convention sur les armes chimiques

Webcast recordings

Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) / Convention sur certaines armes classiques

Conference on Disarmament / Conférence du désarmement

Conference on Disarmament - official website / Conférence du désarmement - site Internet officiel

CD 2022 Overview
- Part I of the 2022 Session - 24 January + 8 February - 15 April
- High Level Segment: 28 February - 2 March
- Part II of the 2022 Session - 16 May - 1 July
- Part III of the 2022 Session - 1 August - 16 September
Conference on Disarmament - Official website

United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS)

25TH Anniversary of the Mine Ban Treaty
21 September 1997: Adoption of the Convention
3 & 4 December 1997: Signing of the Convention begins
25th International Meeting of Mine Action National Directors and United Nations Advisers (NDM-UN25)
From 23 to 24 June 2022
UN Mine Action
Established in 1997, the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) works to eliminate the threat posed by mines, explosive remnants of war and improvised explosive devices by coordinating United Nations mine action, leading operational responses at the country level, and in support of peace operations, as well as through the development of standards, policies and norms.
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As a specialized service of the United Nations located within the Department of Peace Operations, UNMAS operates under UN legislative mandates of both the General Assembly and the Security Council. UNMAS also responds to specific requests for support from the UN Secretary-General or designated official.

Nuclear Disarmament / Désarmement nucléaire

Tenth Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) 2020
New York, 1 to 26 August 2022
NPT 2020 Coverage
By "Reaching Critical Will" (RCW, created in 1999).
RCW is the disarmament programme of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), the oldest women's peace organisation in the world, created in 1915.
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons – Meeting of States Parties
Vienna, 21 to 23 June 2022
South America becomes world’s first nuclear weapon-free zone
Euro Weekly, 14 June 2022
High Representative for Disarmament delivers opening remarks at joint ODA/SIPRI high-level event about effective measures for nuclear disarmament
UN, 24 May 2022
Hiroshima Report 2022 - Download it here
On April 14, 2022 Hiroshima Organization for Global Peace (HOPe) announced the latest publication of the Hiroshima Report. The Hiroshima Report 2022 studies, analyzes and evaluates 36 countries’ performance on nuclear disarmament, non-proliferation, and nuclear security in 2021.
Previous years' reports available on this page as well.
Abolition 2000 NWC Reset: Frameworks for a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World
A working paper for the 10th NPT Review Conference: Abolition 2000 Working Group on the UN Disarmament Agenda and a Nuclear Weapons Convention. Published on 22 March 2022.
Abolition 2000 is an open, global network of civil society organizations working to achieve a nuclear-weapons-free world
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the NPT Review Conference has been postponed to any four weeks between 1 August and 4 of September 2022
Treaty on the prohibition of nuclear weapons
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
Watch UN Secretary-General address on the occasion of the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, 22 January 2021
Nuclear Disarmament Verification
Group of Governmental Experts on nuclear disarmament verification
1 November - 31 December 2021
2022 NPT Briefing Book
Published by Reaching Critical Will, December 2021
Nuclear Weapons Ban Monitor
Nuclear Weapons Ban Monitor:
Tracking progress towards a world free of nuclear weapons.

Convention on Cluster Munitions / Convention sur les armes à sous-munitions

Tenth Meeting of States Parties (10MSP) 30 August - 2 September 2022
Second Review Conference of the Convention on Cluster Munitions
The 2RC is held in two parts:
25-27 November 2020: in virtual format
4-5 February 2021: in hybrid format at the Palais des Nations, Geneva

Chemical Weapons

United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) / Institut des Nations Unies pour la recherche sur le désarmement

UN, NGOs and Media reporting on

Ukraine: Cluster munitions pose long-term risk to civilian safety
On Thursday, the UN-partnered Cluster Munition Monitor civil society group, released their 2022 Cluster Munition Monitor report, on the risk these weapons pose to civilians. 
UN News, 25 August 2022
Clearing Cluster Munitions Remnants 2022
Mine Action Review, 1 August 2022

@BWCISU
@ODA_Geneva

Action on Armed Violence

Other Disarmament Meetings

UNODA Meetings Place and General Information / Conférences et informations générales, Bureau des affaires de désarmement

Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (APLC)

Twentieth Meeting of the States Parties, 21 - 25 November 2022
Colombia was elected at the Nineteenth Meeting of the States Parties (19MSP) in November 2021 in The Hague. Colombia's Presidency began at the conclusion of the 19MSP and will conclude at the end of the Twentienth Meeting of the States Parties.
Documents for the Twentieth Meeting of the State Parties
APLC Newsroom
More about The Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction
The Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction (also known as Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention, Ottawa Convention, or Mine Ban Treaty) is the cornerstone of the international effort to end the suffering and casualties caused by anti-personnel mines.

Conference Primer: Disarmament: 2022

Highlights / Sous les projecteurs

Biological Weapons Convention (BWC)
Ninth Review Conference
28 November to 16 December 2022

Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) / Convention sur les armes chimiques

Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) / Convention sur certaines armes classiques

Conference on Disarmament / Conférence du désarmement

United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS)

Nuclear Disarmament / Désarmement nucléaire

Convention on Cluster Munitions / Convention sur les armes à sous-munitions

Chemical Weapons

United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) / Institut des Nations Unies pour la recherche sur le désarmement

UN, NGOs and Media reporting on

Action on Armed Violence

More on Disarmament / En savoir plus sur le désarmement

Other Disarmament Meetings

UNODA Meetings Place and General Information / Conférences et informations générales, Bureau des affaires de désarmement

Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (APLC)

Conference Primer: Disarmament: 2022

Highlights / Sous les projecteurs

Biological Weapons Convention (BWC)Ninth Review Conference28 November to 16 December 2022

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Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) / Convention sur les armes chimiques

Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) / Convention sur certaines armes classiques

Conference on Disarmament / Conférence du désarmement

United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS)

Nuclear Disarmament / Désarmement nucléaire

Convention on Cluster Munitions / Convention sur les armes à sous-munitions

Chemical Weapons

United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) / Institut des Nations Unies pour la recherche sur le désarmement

UN, NGOs and Media reporting on

Action on Armed Violence

More on Disarmament / En savoir plus sur le désarmement

Other Disarmament Meetings

UNODA Meetings Place and General Information / Conférences et informations générales, Bureau des affaires de désarmement

Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (APLC)

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Biological Weapons Convention (BWC)
Ninth Review Conference
28 November to 16 December 2022