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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.

Call for Applications: UNIDIR Women in AI Fellowship

Global Conference on AI, Security and Ethics 2025

UNIDIR Roundup and Outlook 2025

UNIDIR’s work focuses on:

Cyber security

Chemical and biological weapons

Conventional weapons

Gender and global security

Missiles and drones

Conflict prevention and peacebuilding

Interconnected global risks

Science and technology

Nuclear weapons

Space security

Artificial intelligence

Disarmament fora

UNIDIR’s programmes and projects

Latest publications

2024 Outer Space Security Conference Report

UNIDIR Roundup and Outlook 2025

Reintegrating Iraqis Returning Home After Conflict: Lessons from Variation Between Four Communities

Enabling Technologies and International Security: A Compendium (2024 edition)

2024 Innovations Dialogue: Quantum Technologies and Their Implications for International Peace and Security

Cloud Computing and International Security: Risks, Opportunities and Governance Challenges

Banditry in Nigeria’s North West: Key Findings

Governance Implications of Synthetic Data in the Context of International Security

The Current Needs of Former Boko Haram Associates and Their Communities of Return

Upcoming and recent events

Global Conference on AI, Security and Ethics 2025

Considérations technologiques dans les cadres pour les femmes, la paix et la sécurité

Atelier de Cotonou sur les instruments internationaux relatifs aux armes conventionnelles

Safeguarding critical infrastructure beyond borders: Uniting diplomatic and technical efforts for a cyber resilient digital future

Security and technology briefings: AI in the military domain

From policy to practice: Gender, diversity and cybersecurity

Technology and security seminar on 6G: Preparing for the next generation of connectivity

Options for BWC verification

Multistakeholder dialogue on cloud computing governance and international security

News

All hands on deck at the United Nations Security Council

Highlights

What’s next for youth engagement in disarmament?

Challenging binary perceptions of women and girls in conflict

Shaping a safer quantum future

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