November 19, 2024

Latest Article Highlights the Need for Prohibition and Regulation of Autonomous Weapons

 "As the integration of automation in weaponry increases and the use of artificial intelligence in the military domain grows in popularity, the need for the prohibition and regulation of autonomous weapons only grows in urgency." Yanitra Kumaraguru, Coordinator for the Sri Lanka Campaign to Stop[....]

October 08, 2024

Meeting on Victim Assistance Needs Assessment

The Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) is currently working on surveying and collecting data on explosive ordnance victims, in line with Article 7 of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention[....]

August 25, 2024

Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) celebrates its 10th Anniversary

This week (19 Aug-23Aug), the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) celebrated its 10th anniversary at the 10th Conference of States Parties (CSP) to the ATT at Centre International de Conférences,[....]

July 31, 2024

FDD meets UN Advisor on Peace and Development in Sri Lanka

Yesterday, the Forum on Disarmament and Development met the Peace and Development Advisor to the United Nations in Sri Lanka—Mr. Patrick Mc Carthy at the United Nations Office in[....]

July 23, 2024

Training of Trainers Workshop by the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) Secretariat in Geneva

The Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) Secretariat in Geneva conducted a "Train the Trainers" workshop in Bangkok, Thailand from the 8th to the 12th of July, 2024.The workshop was attended by[....]

May 31, 2024

This week, the Implementation Support Unit (ISU) of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (APMBC)'s Victim Assistance (VA) experts were invited by the Government of Sri Lanka to[....]