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Latest NewsPermanent Representative of the Mission of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay to the U.N. in GenevaOn May 31, 2010, the Geneva School of Diplomacy received a visit from Her Excellency, Ambassador Laura Dupuy Lasserre, Permanent Representative of the Mission of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay to the U.N. in Geneva. International Conference in Bern, SwitzerlandDr. Alfred de Zayas, GSD Professor of International Law and former senior UN official, was a speaker at a press conference held by the Commission for Commemorating the Armenian Genocide. |
Arms Control and Disarmament Today – Third Edition25th February 2010The UN-mandated University for Peace (UPEACE) and the Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations (GSD) held their third joint course on the topic of “Arms Control and Disarmament Today,” on the campus of the Geneva School of Diplomacy. The UN-mandated University for Peace (UPEACE) and the Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations (GSD) are jointly offering a course on “Arms Control and Disarmament Today” during the first week of March, 2010, at the GSD campus in Geneva. The course is being offered to students of international relations or security as well as practitioners (diplomats, officials of intergovernmental organizations, NGO members, etc) and academic personnel.
UPEACE and GSD have decided to offer this course in order to highlight the rapidly growing importance of disarmament work world-wide. It has become evident that arms control and disarmament issues are back on the world agenda after years of neglect. Work is underway to renegotiate the US-Russian START treaty to continue reducing nuclear arms. The multilateral Conference on Disarmament in Geneva is expected to begin negotiations on a major treaty to end the production of fissile material that is used in nuclear weapons. And a number of other negotiations are underway in various other disarmament areas such as conventional weapons and nuclear non-proliferation.
In order to better understand these important events, this course is designed to provide a general overview of the specific issues relevant to the arms control and disarmament field as it exists today. Course participants will receive a substantive grounding in the key disarmament subjects currently facing the international community and how they affect contemporary international security problems. The course will also cover the complex interaction between the technical/political/diplomatic factors affecting each subject as well as the overarching influence of international security requirements on each nation’s approach to dealing with arms control and disarmament. This is the second time the course has been offered, the first one being in December 2009. The course has proved to be a popular one as indicated by the fact that the first course attracted over four times as many applicants as could be admitted. The partners intend to offer this course on a regular basis in view of the demand. The partners have greatly benefitted from the support of the Swiss Government for this course.
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