SCRAP Weapons conference: Activating a United Nations Special Session on Disarmament

SCRAP Weapons

SCRAP Weapons , a disarmament project housed at SOAS, will be hosting a conference on Activating a United Nations Special Session on Disarmament on 6 September 2022. The event will be hybrid, taking place in person at the Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre and via Zoom .

Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine and use of nuclear threats have horrified the world, and emphasised the risks inherent to proliferation of conventional arms and nuclear weapons. Before this, the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated that governments have failed to invest sufficiently in public health infrastructure, while prioritising spending on military modernisation, procurement and operations.

The Conference will consist of talks and round table discussions with world government officials, United Nations delegations, international disarmament organisations, representatives of world religions, women leaders and peacebuilders.

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Register to attend online via Zoom

Join us to request the UN General Assembly to bring forward a resolution with the objective of convening a UN Special Session on Disarmament and appealing to states to harness their capabilities to achieve sustainable, verified and irreversible disarmament.

For further information on the hybrid conference and to see the programme, visit SCRAP Weapons' website.

Write to SCRAP Weapons if you wish to volunteer or join our newsletter and get invitations to our future events and webinars with world experts: scrap.weapons@soas.ac.uk.

Organiser: SCRAP Weapons

Contact email: scrap.weapons@soas.ac.uk