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This week at United Nations Headquarters, Ireland is participating in the 3๏ธโฃrd Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. โโข๏ธ What is the #TPNW, and what are its goals? ๐ฎ๐ช Disarmament IRELAND Deputy Director Henry Burrows here to explain ๐ฝ๏ธโฌ๏ธ

Today, ๐ฎ๐ช was pleased to host an event with ๐ฒ๐ฝ & United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research on the differentiated impacts of nuclear weapons. On Intโl Disarmament & Non-Proliferation Awareness Day, this discussion was a reminder of the need for gender-responsive nuclear research & evidence-based policymaking.


๐ขcalling early/mid-career scientists/students in fields of human or animal health and computer science Online training opportunity: Biological Weapons Convention - Data Science for Effective Outbreak Response Registration deadline: 25/03/25 See disarmamenteducation.org/#/en/courses/1โฆ




๐ฎ๐ช addressed the 2025 PrepCom of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). Noel White โ Ambassador of Ireland, UN Geneva underscored that the total elimination of nuclear weapons remains our collective responsibility. Full Statement โก๏ธ bit.ly/IEatNPT



At the #NPT PrepCom,๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ญ๐ณ๐ฟ, launched a United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research report on Reporting & Interactive Dialogue Options for NPT Disarmament Obligations. ๐ฎ๐ช supports stronger measures to advance transparency, bolster accountability & build more confidence in the NPT.




๐ฎ๐ช Noel White โ Ambassador of Ireland, UN Geneva joined ๐ซ๐ทFrance-Dรฉsarmement ๐ซ๐ท๐ช๐บ ๐ธ๐ชSwedenUN ๐ธ๐ช & ๐ช๐บStephan Klement ๐ช๐บ at the #NPT PrepCom in NY to call for greater transparency & accountability from Nuclear Weapon States. Interactive dialogues on natโl reports during the review cycle can significantly strengthen the NPT.


At the #NPT PrepCom, Noel White โ Ambassador of Ireland, UN Geneva spoke on behalf of ๐ฎ๐ช ๐ณ๐ฟ๐จ๐ญon the issue of enhanced Transparency and Accountability. Now is the time for States Parties to come together to make the NPT reporting process fit for purpose, as a step toward nuclear #disarmament.



Today, on the final day of the #NPT PrepCom, Ireland delivered a ๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ญ๐ณ๐ฟ-led statement on behalf of 5๏ธโฃ8๏ธโฃ States on the issue of transparency & accountability. We look forward to advancing this issue as an important contribution to unlocking progress on nuclear #disarmament ahead


๐ฆ๐ท ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฆ๐น ๐ง๐ญ ๐ง๐ช ๐ง๐ท ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐จ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฑ ๐จ๐ท ๐จ๐พ ๐จ๐ฟ ๐ฉ๐ด ๐ช๐จ ๐ช๐ฌ ๐ธ๐ป ๐ซ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ช ๐ฌ๐ท ๐ฌ๐น ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ช ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ง ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐บ ๐ฒ๐พ ๐ฒ๐น ๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐ฒ๐ฉ ๐ณ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ช ๐ต๐ญ ๐ต๐น ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ท ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ท๐ธ ๐ธ๐ฌ ๐ธ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ธ ๐ธ๐ช ๐จ๐ญ ๐น๐ญ ๐น๐ฑ ๐น๐ท ๐บ๐ฆ ๐บ๐พ ๐ป๐บ

This morning the African Union, ๐จ๐ท ๐ฎ๐ช ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ญ ๐ธ๐ฑ @UNOCH UNODA Geneva UNICEF ICRC CIVIC: โก๏ธ highlighted the harm that explosive weapons cause civilians, including children โก๏ธ called for endorsement & implementation of EWIPA Political Declaration Civilians are #NotATarget.

