Overview

On 24 December 2021, the General Assembly adopted resolution 76/233 establishing an Open-ended Working Group to elaborate a set of political commitments as a new global framework that will address existing gaps in through-life ammunition management.

7-8
February2022
Organizational session
New York
23-27
May2022
First substantive session
New York
15-19
August2022
Second substantive session
Geneva
13-17
February2023
Third substantive session
New York
5-9
June2023
Fourth substantive session
New York

Side Events

7
June2023
Regional Practices to Reduce Ammunition Diversion and Trafficking Organized by United Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (EUROPOL) and European Multidisciplinary Platform Against Criminal Threats (EMPACT) Firearms Driver
08:15 - 09:30Conference Room B
6
June2023
Launch of New IATG Implementation Support ToolsOrganized by the Ammunition Management Advisory Team (AMAT) and UN SaferGuard; co-sponsored by Switzerland and the United Kingdom
08:15 - 09:45Hybrid
RSVP
5
June2023
Best Practices for Gender Equality in Conventional Arms ControlOrganized by the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) in collaboration with UN SaferGuard, The Small Arms Survey and the Governments of Canada, El Salvador and Ghana
13:15 - 14.45Conference Room 12
16
February2023
Strengthening Regional Sustainability in Ammunition Management: Perspectives from the CARICOM regionOrganized by Mines Advisory Group and CARICOM IMPACS; co-sponsored by Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana
1.15 - 2.30Conference Room B
14
February2023
Women's Meaningful Participation in Ammunition Management: Insights from women ammunition management expertsOrganized by Small Arms Survey and the Office for Disarmament Affairs; co-sponsored by Costa Rica, Austria, the UN Institute for Disarmament Research, the Ammunition Management Advisory Team.

8.15 - 9.30RSVP

Information on relevant side events may be sent to the Secretariat for posting at conventionalarms-unoda@un.org

Officers

The Chair of the OEWG is Mr. Albrecht von Wittke, Head of Division for Conventional Disarmament, Arms Control and Confidence and Security Building Measures Worldwide as well as Preventive Arms Control in the Directorate-General for International Order, the United Nations and Arms Control at the Federal Foreign Office, Berlin

The Vice-Chair of the OEWG is H.E. Maritza Chan Valverde, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the United Nations in New York

Secretariat

Office for Disarmament Affairs, Mr. Ivor Fung (fungi@un.org)

Office for Disarmament Affairs, Ms. Nora Allgaier (nora.allgaier@un.org)

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