UNIDIR and the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) are co-organizing their annual training workshops on how to prepare national submissions for the UN Register of Conventional Arms (UNROCA).
The UNROCA is the only universal and global transparency instrument on international transfers and acquisitions of conventional arms. Since the early 1990s, through a UN General Assembly resolution, Member States have continuously reaffirmed the importance of transparency in armaments and their commitment to UNROCA. The instrument supports efforts to prevent excessive and destabilizing accumulations of conventional arms and facilitate dialogue among Member States to avoid misperceptions regarding arms acquisitions and thus contribute to international peace and security. In a time of increasing uncertainty and international and regional tension, the value of transparency and confidence-building mechanisms such as the Register is increasingly important.
This training workshop aims to build capacity among Member States to support their participation in UNROCA and its use. During the workshop, experts will provide background information on the Register, demonstrate how to prepare submissions to the Register and showcase the online UNROCA reporting tool. Subsequently, participants will have the opportunity to engage with the experts on technical questions related to UNROCA reporting.
Agenda
- Introductory remarks and brief presentation on the UNROCA instrument by UNODA
- Practical demonstration of how to prepare submissions to UNROCA by UNIDIR
- Walk-through of the online UNROCA reporting tool by UNODA
- Q&A session
When and where
In order to accommodate different time zones and allow UNROCA national points of contact to attend, identical training workshops will be held during three different time slots and in three different languages.
- Tuesday, 5 May 2026 | 10:00 – 11:30 EDT / 16:00 – 17:30 CEST | English
- Tuesday, 5 May 2026, 13:00 – 14:30 EDT / 19:00 – 20:30 CEST | Spanish
- Wednesday, 6 May 2026, 9:00-10:30 EDT / 15:00 – 16:30 CEST | French
Participants
The training workshop is open to First Committee and disarmament experts at Permanent Missions, national points of contact for UNROCA, and other government officials responsible for reporting to the Register and other related international transparency mechanisms.
Please register for only one of the workshops here.
Further information
For questions, please contact randall.tilson@un.org.
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