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Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)
The Institute
The United Nations Institute for Disarmament
Research is a voluntarily funded autonomous institute within the
United Nations. An impartial actor, the Institute generates ideas
and promotes action on disarmament and security. Based in Geneva,
UNIDIR is centrally positioned to assist the international community
in developing the practical, innovative thinking needed to find
solutions to the challenges of today and tomorrow.
UNIDIR brings together states, international
organizations, civil society, the private sector and academia
so that we may work together—internationally, regionally and locally—to
build and implement creative solutions that will benefit all states
and peoples.
Our Vision
The Institute’s driving Vision is that of a world in which human
security is ensured, where peace prevails over conflict, weapons
of mass destruction are eliminated, conventional arms proliferation
is avoided, and reduced military spending accompanies global development
and prosperity as envisioned in Article 26 of the United Nations
Charter. UNIDIR thus seeks to serve as an agent of progressive
change towards those goals.
Our Mission
The Mission of the Institute is to assist the international community
in finding and implementing solutions to disarmament and security
challenges. Through its research and educational efforts, UNIDIR
seeks to forward arms control and disarmament, contribute to conflict
prevention and promote the development of a peaceful and prosperous
world. UNIDIR strives to anticipate new security challenges and
threats and to elaborate possible methods to address them before
they become critical. Finally, UNIDIR serves as a bridge—among
United Nations disarmament, security and development organizations
and between the United Nations system and the broader security
community—to create the necessary synergies to address and mitigate
the effects of insecurity at the international, regional and local
levels.
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