United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs

United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs Office for Disarmament Affairs
Organization type	Department of the UN Secretariat
Abbreviation	UNODA
management	Izumi Nakamitsu since 2017
status	active
Founded	1998
Headquarters	New York United States
Upper organization	United Nations
Subsidiary organizations	UNLiREC, UNREC, UNRCPD
un.org/disarmament/

Disarmament Office at UN headquarters in New York

The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (Engl. United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs UNODA , French. Le Bureau des affaires du désarmement ) is a department of the UN Secretariat to limit the task of nuclear proliferation and disarmament in the range of Promote nuclear , biological and chemical weapons of mass destruction . In addition, it also supports disarmament efforts in the conventional area, with a focus on landmines and small arms , which play an important role in modern conflicts.

The Office for Disarmament Affairs was founded in 1998 under the then UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan . Izumi Nakamitsu has been the current High Commissioner for Disarmament Issues and has been Chairwoman since 2017 .

Previous High Representative for Disarmament Issues

Surname	origin	Term of office
Jayantha Dhanapala	Sri Lanka	1998-2003
Nobuyasu Abe	Japan	2003-2006
Nobuaki Tanaka	Japan	2006-2007
Sergio de Queiroz Duarte	Brazil	2007–2012
Angela Kane	Germany	2012-2015
Kim Won-Soo	South Korea	2015-2017
Izumi Nakamitsu	Japan	since 2017

Web links

• United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (multilingual)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://www.un.org/disarmament/high-representative/ accessed on January 11, 2020