{"id":82475,"date":"2026-01-14T14:46:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T09:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=82475"},"modified":"2026-01-14T16:00:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T10:30:15","slug":"advisory-board-on-disarmament-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/advisory-board-on-disarmament-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, an Indian diplomat has been nominated by the UN Secretary General as chair of Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters for 2026-27.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was <\/span><b>established in 1978.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Membership: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Secretary-General chooses the members<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the Board from all regions of the world for their knowledge and experience in the field of disarmament and international security.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are <\/span><b>fifteen members of the Board<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The <\/span><b>Director<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of <\/span><b>UNIDIR is an ex officio member.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Advisory Board <\/span><b>holds two sessions a year<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, alternating between New York and Geneva. The<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Board adopts its agenda based on requests from the Secretary-General for advice on specific disarmament issues and upon its own recommendations of items to be considered.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>chairman of the Board rotates<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by <\/span><b>region on a yearly basis<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Headquarter: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New York<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Functions of Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To advise the Secretary-General on matters within the area of arms limitation and disarmament<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To serve as the Board of Trustees of the <\/span><b>United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (UNIDIR)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To <\/span><b>advise the Secretary-General<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the implementation of the <\/span><b>United Nations Disarmament Information Programme<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/epaper\/delhicapital\/2026\/jan\/13\/et-poli\/in-a-first-varma-named-chair-of-un-body-on-disarmament\/articleshow\/126492418.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&amp;utm_medium=text&amp;utm_campaign=cppst\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ET<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters was established in 1978. 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