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The United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) is an autonomous institution within the United Nations that conducts independent research on disarmament and international security issues.

Building a more secure world.

Outer Space Security Conference 2025

UNIDIR’s 45th anniversary in 2025

UNIDIR Director highlights power of dialogue in high-level visit to Japan

UNIDIR’s work focuses on:

Inclusive global security

Science and technology

Conventional weapons

Nuclear weapons

Chemical and biological weapons

Cyber security

Space security

Disarmament fora

Artificial intelligence

Interconnected global risks

Missiles and drones

Conflict prevention and peacebuilding

UNIDIR’s programmes and projects

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Latest publications

Engagement with the Nasa Indigenous Community of Northern Cauca, Colombia

Deploying the Arms Control and Disarmament Toolbox

Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Middle East: The Role of the WMD-Free Zone Initiative

Community Perspectives on Return and Reintegration in Cameroon and Chad

Update on the Situation of Iraqi Returnees in Al-Amal Rehabilitation Centre (Formerly Jeddah-1 Centre)

From Casualties to Care: Implementing Age- and Gender-Sensitive Victim Assistance

A Novel Approach to the 11 UN Norms for Responsible State Behaviour in Cyberspace: Guidelines for Gendered Implementation

Peace Without Process? Disarmament Failures and the 2018 OLF Ethiopian Government Accord

Embedding Fairness

Upcoming and recent events

Inside the networks: How knowledge-sharing drives improvised SALW, IEDs and UAS production

Outer Space Security Conference 2025

Breaking the supply chain: Countering the illicit production of improvised SALW, IEDs and UAS

Deploying the arms control toolbox: Strengthening the role of UN peace operations to prevent sexual violence

Technically transformative – Overcoming barriers to women’s meaningful participation in ammunition management

Launch of a voluntary implementation guide for the global framework for through-life conventional ammunition management

Securing critical links: Protection of subsea telecommunications cables

From casualties to care

New frontiers in global security: Emerging technologies and outer space

News

Untangling the reverberating impacts from firearms-related violence

Highlights

UNIDIR Director highlights power of dialogue in high-level visit to Japan

Working together towards a cyber resilient future

Training Sri Lankan diplomats in disarmament

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