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United Nations Disarmament Yearbook 2011: Part II
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United Nations Disarmament Information Programme
Print and e-publications
The United Nations Disarmament Yearbook is the flagship publication
of the UNODA. It is distributed worldwide to United Nations libraries, its
depository library system, United Nations Information Centres, permanent
missions to the United Nations, regional commissions and parliamentary
libraries. It is also disseminated widely, mainly in the developing world, to
research institutes, organizations and individuals. The searchable electronic
version of the Yearbook is easily accessible at the UNODA website. 81
UNODA publications are part of the information and outreach activities
of UNODA (for a list of 2011 UNODA publications, see also annex II to this
chapter). 82 In addition to the Disarmament Yearbook, vol. 35 (Parts I and II):
2010, an Occasional Paper was released in 2011: Study on the Development of
a Framework for Improving End-Use and End-User Control Systems (No. 21,
December 2011). 83 The study assessed existing practices regarding end-user
certification in a wide range of countries and endeavoured to identify political
and practical obstacles to the development of an international framework for
authentication, reconciliation and standardization of end-user certificates.
It also proposed practical guidelines to assist States in the development of a
reliable system of end-user certification. It was commissioned by the UNODA
and funded by the Government of Sweden.
In January, UNODA also published a booklet entitled Delegitimizing
Nuclear Weapons84 as part of the Critical Disarmament Issues series that has
been produced in cooperation with the NGO Committee on Disarmament,
Peace and Security. This publication was based on a panel discussion held
on 6 December 2010 and contains extensive material generated by meetings
related to the United Nations Disarmament Information Programme. An
electronic version of the booklet is also available online.
In December, UNODA also released Disarmament Study Series
No. 3385 on the subject of developments in the field of information and
telecommunications in the context of international security. The series
highlights General Assembly studies undertaken by groups of governmental
experts, which are packaged in an attractive form for wider dissemination and
future reference.
81 Available from http://www.un.org/disarmament/HomePage/ODAPublications/Yearbook/.
82 Available from http://www.un.org/disarmament/HomePage/ODAPublications/index.shtml.
83 Available from http://www.un.org/disarmament/HomePage/ODAPublications/OccasionalPapers/
PDF/OP21.pdf.
84 Available from http://www.un.org/disarmament/HomePage/ODAPublications/AdhocPublications/
PDF/DELEGITIMIZING_NUCLEAR_WEAPONS.pdf.
85 Available from http://www.un.org/disarmament/HomePage/ODAPublications/
DisarmamentStudySeries/PDF/DSS_33.pdf.