On 25 May 2016, Côte d'Ivoire joined the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) and its Protocol I on Non-detectable Fragments, Protocol II on Mines, Booby-traps and Other Devices, Protocol III on Incendiary Weapons and Protocol V on Explosive Remnants of War. Ambassador Tehmina Janjua of…

States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) will meet in Geneva, Switzerland from 26 to 27 April 2016 for the Preparatory Committee of the Eighth Review Conference. In an innovation from previous review cycles, they will resume their work from 8 to 12 August. The Review Conference…

The Conference on Disarmament this morning held its first plenary meeting under the Presidency of Pakistan. Ambassador Tehmina Janjua of Pakistan, incoming President of the Conference, stated that the state of play in the Conference was a reflection of the prevailing strategic realities. The…

On 11 March 2016, Bahrain joined the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) and its Protocol III on Incendiary Weapons, Protocol IV on Blinding Laser Weapons and Protocol V on Explosive Remnants of War. Bahrain is now the 122nd State Party to the CCW. Ambassador Tehmina Janjua of Pakistan…

The Conference on Disarmament continued its High-Level Segment this morning, hearing statements by the Minister of Foreign Trade and Development of Finland, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, the Vice Minister for…

The Conference on Disarmament, the world's single multilateral forum for disarmament negotiations, will hold the first public plenary of its 2016 session on Tuesday, 26 January at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. The session will open under the presidency of Nigeria. The presidency of the…