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The United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, in cooperation with the Government of Germany is pleased to invite you on Tuesday, 22 October 2019 from 13:15 – 14:30, at German House, New York, to a roundtable dialogue to exchange and discuss key issues and priorities relevant to conventional ammunition management. This event will focus on exploring options to address the risks of unplanned explosions and diversion of conventional ammunition to unauthorized users. The event will present the findings from a series of seminars convened within the framework of UNIDIR’s project ‘Framing and Informing Key Issues and Processes Pertinent to the Management of Conventional Ammunition’. This event aims to facilitate dialogue and generate ideas in order to help States framing key issues pertinent to the safe, secure, and accountable management of conventional ammunition in which progress can be made at the national, regional, and multilateral levels. This discussion is relevant to General Assembly Resolution 72/55 on ‘Problems arising from the accumulation of conventional ammunition stockpiles in surplus’ and to States’ preparations for the Group of Governmental Experts in 2020. The organizers welcome the participation of representatives and experts interested in issues pertaining to conventional ammunition management. |
Please RSVP by Friday 18 October 2019 to manuel.martinezmiralles@un.org