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Security and Technology
AI in the Military Domain: A briefing note for States
10 March 2025
Security and Technology
The Interpretation and Application of International Humanitarian Law in Relation to Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems
6 March 2025
Conventional Arms and Ammunition
The Arms Trade Treaty: Regulating Brokering to Reduce the Risk of Diversion
26 February 2025
Cross-Programme
Changing Tides in Maritime Warfare: Closing the Reporting Gap on Uncrewed Maritime Systems in the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms
18 February 2025
Middle East WMD-Free Zone
The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Regional Security, Threat Perceptions and the Middle East WMD-Free Zone
7 February 2025
Conventional Arms and Ammunition
Universalization and Effective Implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty in Africa Lessons learned from the 2024 Monrovia Workshop
3 February 2025
Conventional Arms and Ammunition
No Man’s Land? Focusing on Men to Reduce Global Armed Violence
28 January 2025
Weapons of Mass Destruction
Nuclear Risks: Perceptions and Pathways
23 January 2025
Space Security
2024 Outer Space Security Conference Report
14 January 2025
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L’Intelligence Artificielle : Un état des lieux des risques et des opportunités pour la Paix et la sécurité internationales
15 April 2025
Weapons of Mass Destruction
The Biological Weapons Convention at 50: Taking stock and looking ahead
2 April 2025
Cross-Programme
Regional briefings on armed conflict and sexual violence: Trends, analysis and ideas for action
1 – 4 April 2025
Security and Technology
Global Conference on AI, Security and Ethics 2025
27 – 28 March 2025
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Imagining peace in a digital world
26 March 2025
Space Security
Space industry workshop: Industry perspectives on addressing space security challenges
17 – 18 March 2025
Security and Technology
The application of international humanitarian law in relation to lethal autonomous weapons systems
7 March 2025
Gender and Disarmament
Differentiated impacts of nuclear weapons: From research to policy and practice
5 March 2025
Conventional Arms and Ammunition
Under the radar: Corruption’s role in fuelling arms diversion
28 February 2025
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A landmark forum for AI governance in security and defence
14 March 2025
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Weapons of Mass Destruction
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UNIDIR empowers emerging leaders in biological disarmament and biosecurity
28 February 2025
Managing Exits from Armed Conflict
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Women and girls’ struggle to (re)integrate after Boko Haram
10 March 2025
Managing Exits from Armed Conflict
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Strengthening community responses to sexual violence in Northern Cauca
14 March 2025
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