Office for Disarmament Affairs

West African countries joined forces to advance gender-responsive arms control at a Regional Strategic Workshop held from 6–7 August 2025 in Abuja, Nigeria. Co-organized by UNREC and ECOWAS, the workshop aimed to raise…

On 3–4 September 2025, UNREC and SADC co-hosted a Regional Strategic Workshop in Johannesburg on gender mainstreaming in small arms control in Southern Africa. The workshop aimed to: (i) build Member States’ capacity…

Building Africa’s Next Generation of SALW Practitioners: Nineteen Fellows Complete First UNODA Fellowship for Africa Nineteen practitioners from sixteen African countries completed the inaugural UNODA African Fellowship on Small Arms and Light Weapons…