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Building a more secure world • Director Robin Geiss
@unidir.orgHow does conflict impact mental health and well-being?
On #WorldMentalHealthDay, read our report examining the psychosocial well-being of people affected by the Boko Haram conflict in North East Nigeria and how programming can support them.
@unidir.org🗽 What is the #UNGA First Committee, and what is its role?
With UNIDIR’s side events coming up in New York, here are a few things worth knowing.
🔗 Learn more: unidir.org/First-Committee
@unidir.org🕊️ When women lead, peace follows.
Join UNIDIR’s Renata H. Dalaqua and fellow peacebuilders at #GPF26 to explore how women’s participation transforms peacebuilding, with a screening of Woman on Rope by Guila Clara Kessous, UNESCO Artist for Peace.
RSVP: bit.ly/4yADIZX
@unidir.org✈️ UNIDIR’s side events are landing in New York!
As the #UNGA First Committee meets for its 81st session, UNIDIR is convening discussions on pressing international security challenges.
🔗 Check our upcoming side events, with more to follow: unidir.org/1CEvents
@unidir.org🇳🇬 What can over two and a half years of weekly observations reveal about communities affected by banditry?
UNIDIR's first community observatory survey in North West Nigeria has now concluded.
🔍 Explore the data: unidir.org/observatoryMEAC
@unidir.org🔎 How can we integrate small arms control into the Women, Peace and Security Agenda?
In Santo Domingo, UNIDIR's Renata H. Dalaqua co-delivered a course on developing a National Action Plan on WPS, drawing on our research 👉 unidir.org/ClosingGaps
@unidir.orgUNIDIR Director Robin Geiss was pleased to meet Darius Rahimi-Laridjani, Federal Government Commissioner for Arms Control, Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, to exchange views on global security and arms control. Thank you, Germany, for your continued support! 🇺🇳🤝🇩🇪
@unidir.org🚀👽 Rockets? Aliens? Planetary energies?
Our Space Security Research Fellows set the record straight on what they actually do.
👉 Learn more about their week in Geneva: unidir.org/Space-Fellows
@unidir.org💻 October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, a moment to reflect on how the digital environment has evolved and what this means for security.
From dial-up to global digital interdependence, see how connectivity has transformed our digital landscape.
@unidir.org📶 Electromagnetic spectrum disruptions are not just a military concern; they can also have humanitarian consequences.
If you want to learn more about them, join us on 11 November, in person or online, for UNIDIR’s Innovations Dialogue 2026.
🔗 RSVP: unidir.org/ID26
@unidir.org🎓 That’s a wrap on UNIDIR and UNODA’s 7th Disarmament Orientation Course!
Over two weeks, diplomats new to Geneva explored conventional and biological weapons, outer space security, AI, autonomous weapons and cybersecurity.
@unidir.org🔎 What does the current turmoil in the Middle East mean for non-proliferation and disarmament in the region?
UNIDIR’s report by Abdolrasool Divsalllar unpacks the implications and sums up three years of the Middle East WMD-Free Zone Project findings.
@unidir.orgWelcome to UNIDIR, Dr Robert Wilson! 🇺🇳🤝
Robert joins us as a Fellow in our Security and Technology Programme, bringing expertise in AI policy, human-machine teaming, autonomous systems and AI governance.
🔗 Learn more about his work: unidir.org/robert-wilson/
@unidir.orgHow is 3D printing reshaping conventional arms production and international security?
UNIDIR’s publication on additive manufacturing examines the emerging risks, governance gaps and arms control implications associated with this technology.
@unidir.org“Retreats such as this provide something increasingly rare in multilateral diplomacy: space to think together, candidly and constructively, away from the pressures of formal negotiations.” UNIDIR Director Robin Geiss opening UNIDIR-UNODA BWC retreat 🇺🇳
@unidir.org🕊️ How can faith contribute to debates on AI, security and ethics?
UNIDIR’s new policy brief explores shared principles emerging from our interfaith dialogue, including human accountability, human dignity and governance that serves humanity.
Read more: unidir.org/Interfaith-AI
@unidir.org🕊 Understanding journeys into and out of armed groups is key to prevention that works.
On the International Day of Non-Violence, UNIDIR reaffirms our mission to help partners design better-tailored interventions for peaceful societies.
👉 Learn more: unidir.org/PreventConflict
@unidir.org🔎 How can we move beyond securitized responses to armed violence and weapons proliferation?
At #GPF2026, UNIDIR and partners will explore linking small arms control with public health, violence prevention and community engagement.
🔗 Register: unidir.org/BeyondSecurity
@unidir.org🎂 46 years of UNIDIR! Decades of research, dialogue and ideas for a more secure world. Thank you to everyone who has been part of the journey.
🌐 Explore our 2026-2030 strategy to see what’s next: unidir.org/strategy
@unidir.org🌍 Security. Sécurité. Seguridad.
Same word, more voices. UNIDIR’s new Language Hubs are live, bringing our research on international security to more people in their own language.
👉 Le hub en français : unidir.org/francais
👉 El hub en español: unidir.org/espanol
