United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs Office for Disarmament Affairs |
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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/ |
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 |
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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
- ↑ https://www.un.org/disarmament/high-representative/ accessed on January 11, 2020