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Safeguarding Sport from Corruption
Focus on the FIFA World Cup 2026 and the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles
The present report is part of the ongoing work of the UNODC Programme on Safeguarding Sport from Corruption and Economic Crime to strengthen the fight against corruption in sport which is undertaken in cooperation with a range of partners including the International Olympic Committee and is the result of a meeting organized on the margins of the tenth session of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption held in Atlanta United States of America. Building on an overview of the two events with a focus on their scale and geographic footprint and of the sports-corruption-risk landscape highlighting risks relating to major sports events specific corruption-related threats to the FIFA World Cup 2026 and the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles are examined in detail while good practices in mitigating risks relating to major sports events are also shared.
United Nations Disarmament Yearbook 2023: Preview Edition
The United Nations Disarmament Yearbook is a concise reference tool on disarmament non-proliferation and arms control issues. It includes developments and trends a convenient issue-oriented timeline and explanatory graphics and charts. Its annex on resolutions status of treaties and other resources offers a one-stop shop to access recommended 2022 information materials including publications and key databases. The present edition is a condensed version that provides an easy-to-read format of the publication earlier in the year.
Acknowledgements
Volume 48 of the United Nations Disarmament Yearbook like previous editions was a collaborative effort to which the staff of the Office for Disarmament Affairs devoted considerable time and effort. It was prepared under the overall direction of the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu and the Director of the Office Adedeji Ebo. We sincerely thank all colleagues who contributed to this publication on behalf of other funds programmes entities and organizations.
Disarmament machinery
While components of the disarmament machinery remained stagnant in 2023 the year saw some positive developments particularly around the Disarmament Commission’s achievement of consensus recommendations for the first time since 2017. Those recommendations concerning the practical implementation of transparency and confidence-building measures in outer space activities came six years after the Commission submitted a substantive report to the General Assembly on confidence-building measures in the field of conventional arms. On another encouraging note the Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters concluded its two-year programme of work on the topic of global military spending presenting a set of practical proposals aimed at curbing and reversing the upward trend of expenditure.
Foreword
Welcome to the enhanced preview edition of the 2023 United Nations Disarmament Yearbook. The Yearbook now in its forty-eighth volume provides a comprehensive and authoritative overview of recent developments and trends in the field of disarmament non-proliferation and arms control including the relevant activities and achievements of the United Nations and other actors. The aim of this early-release publication is to share key findings from the Yearbook at an earlier stage and provide a concise exploration of disarmament-related developments and trends from 2023.
Regional disarmament
In 2023 despite the wars in Ukraine and Gaza exacerbating tensions regional activities in support of disarmament non-proliferation and arms control continued to endure. The goals of the year’s regional disarmament efforts ranged from preventing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction to countering the illicit manufacturing of and trade in conventional arms particularly small arms light weapons and their ammunition. The United Nations engaged coordinated and facilitated cooperation with States regional and subregional organizations relevant international organizations and civil society including through exchanges and dialogues capacity-building projects and information campaigns.
Guide to the user
The United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs publishes the United Nations Disarmament Yearbook as a concise reference tool for diplomats researchers students and the general public on disarmament non-proliferation and arms control issues under consideration by the international community.
Biological and chemical weapons
In 2023 the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) continued to deliver on its mandate and commitment to ensuring the full and effective implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development Production Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction (Chemical Weapons Convention). OPCW marked several milestones during the year including the inauguration and immediate start of operations of its Centre for Chemistry and Technology (ChemTech Centre) the convening of the fifth special session of the Conference of the States Parties to review the operation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (fifth Review Conference) and the end of the destruction of all declared chemical weapons stockpiles.
导言
本出版物系 1954 年印发的《 1946 1951 年安全理事会惯例汇辑》补编第 24 号。 2021 年,由于 2020 年爆发的冠状病毒病 (COVID 19) 大流行疫情的持续影 响,安全理事会直到 2021 年 5 月 25 日才举行面对面会议,并以面对面会议与 视频会议交替进行的混合工作模式开展工作。 2021 年,无论是公开还是非公开 的视频会议,均不被视为安理会的正式会议。面对面会议继续按惯例以逐字记 录方式进行记录,而在公开视 频 会 议上的发言则汇编成安全理事会主席的信, 对此第二 部 分 有进一步详述。