Disarmament in Geneva Disarmament and non-proliferation remain
indispensable tools to help create a security environment
favourable to ensuring human development, as enshrined in the
letter and the spirit of the Charter of the United Nations. UNOG
is a center venue for international diplomacy in this field. It
is home to the Conference on Disarmament - the sole multilateral
disarmament negotiating body - and provides, through the Geneva
Branch of the Office for Disarmament Affairs, substantive and
organisational support to a wide range of multilateral
disarmament agreements. In addition, UNOG hosts a large number
of disarmament-related conferences. The Conference on
Disarmament (CD) , established in 1979 as the single
multilateral disarmament negotiating forum of the international
community, following the first Special Session on Disarmament
(SSOD I) of the United Nations General Assembly held in 1978.
The Director-General of UNOG is the Secretary-General of the
Conference on Disarmament as well as the Person