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United Nations Disarmament Yearbook 2016: Part II

Office for Disarmament Affairs

Publisher: United Nations

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The United Nations Disarmament Yearbook, volume 41 (Part II): 2016, with a foreword by the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, summarizes developments and trends in 2016 on key issues of multilateral consideration at the international and regional levels; reviews the activity of the General Assembly, the Conference on Disarmament and the Disarmament Commission; and contains a handy timeline of highlights of multilateral disarmament in
Available since: 10/03/2017.

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