Conventional Weapons

Forty per cent of violent deaths are committed by firearms. The illicit proliferation and misuse of conventional arms contributes to death and destruction around the world every day. UNIDIR’s Conventional Weapons Programme works to curb these impacts.

Through our action-oriented field research and multi-stakeholder dialogues we develop new ways to tackle illicit proliferation and misuse, to counteract improvised explosive devices and address the use of explosive weapons in populated areas.

We work to ensure effective implementation and development of international and regional frameworks such as the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, the Arms Trade Treaty, the Convention on Cluster Munitions, and the UN Programme of Action on Small Arms.