30th anniversary: Opening for signature of the Chemical Weapons Convention
Conference on Disarmament, 1st session
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The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus, Yury Ambrazevich (on screen in the photo), addresses the Conference on Disarmament on 28 February, in Geneva. (Credit: UN Photo/Violaine Martin)
95th anniversary: Entry into force of the 1925 Geneva Protocol
First International Day for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Awareness
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Staff members of the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean celebrate the first International Day for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Awareness, in Lima.
10th anniversary: Adoption of the Arms Trade Treaty
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The General Assembly approves the Arms Trade Treaty on 2 April 2013. (Credit: UN Photo/Devra Berkowitz)
Disarmament Commission session
5th Review Conference of the Chemical Weapons Convention
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The High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Izumi Nakamitsu (left in the photo), addresses the Disarmament Commission on 3 April. Next to her is Akan Rakhmetullin, Permanent Representative of Kazakhstan to the United Nations. (Credit: UN Photo/Loey Felipe)
Conference on Disarmament, 2nd session
15th anniversary: Adoption of the Convention on Cluster Munitions
Adoption of the Global Framework for Through-life Conventional Ammunition Management
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From left to right: The Vice-Chair (Maritza Chan (Costa Rica)), the Chair (Albrecht von Wittke (Germany)) and the Secretary (Ivor Fung) of the Open-ended Working Group to elaborate a set of political commitments as a new global framework that would address existing gaps in through-life ammunition management.
45th anniversary: Establishment of the Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters
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The Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters at United Nations Headquarters, New York, in June.
55th anniversary: Adoption of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
25th anniversary: Entry into force of the Inter-American Convention against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and Other Related Materials
Completion of the destruction of all declared chemical weapons stockpiles
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On 10 July, Fernando Arias, Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), and Bonnie Jenkins, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security of the United States, mark the completion of the destruction of the country’s declared chemical weapons stockpile. (Credit: OPCW)
Launch of the Secretary-General’s policy brief, A New Agenda for Peace
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The Secretary-General, António Guterres, launches his policy brief, A New Agenda for Peace. (Credit: UN Photo/Manuel Elías)
Conference on Disarmament, 3rd session
Seventy-eighth session of the First Committee of the General Assembly
45th anniversary: Entry into force of the Convention on Environmental Modification Techniques
60th anniversary: Entry into force of the Partial Test Ban Treaty
20th anniversary: Adoption of the Protocol on Explosive Remnants of War to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (Protocol V)
40th anniversary: Opening for signature of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons