Adopt Decision to Hold Third Review Conference in 2006 The Meeting of the States Parties to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects (CCW), chaired by Ambassador…

States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) met in Geneva, Switzerland from 5 to 9 December 2005 to discuss and promote common understanding and effective action on the content, promulgation, and adoption of codes of conduct for scientists. The meeting is the last in a…

The Twelfth Session of the Group of Governmental Experts of the States Parties to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects (CCW) concluded on 22 November 2005 at the…

Meeting to Discuss Codes of Conduct for Scientists to Strengthen Barriers against Biological Weapons States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) will meet in Geneva from 5 to 9 December 2005 to discuss and promote common understanding and effective action on the content,…

The Seventh Annual Conference of the States Parties to the Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices (Amended Protocol II), annexed to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to…

The Seventh Annual Conference of the States Parties to the Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices (Amended Protocol II), annexed to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to…

The Twelfth Session of the Group of Governmental Experts of the States Parties to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects (CCW), established by the Second Review…

Hears Statements from Republic of Korea, Turkey, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Japan and Peru as President of the Conference The Conference on Disarmament today adopted its annual report and concluded its 2005 session after hearing statements from the Republic of Korea and the Democratic…

The Conference on Disarmament, the world's sole multilateral forum for disarmament negotiations, today concluded the third and last part of its 2005 session after adopting its annual report. In its report, which will be presented to the General Assembly at its present session, the Conference noted…

Conference Observes Minute of Silence in Honour of Veteran Disarmament Campaigner and Nobel Peace Laureate Joseph Rotblat The Conference on Disarmament this morning held a brief public plenary before meeting behind closed doors to discuss its draft annual report which will be presented to the…