VCDNP and UNODA Engage Charles University Students on the Future of Disarmament in an Era of Rearmament

6 November 2026 •

Event

On 2 November 2026, the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP) and the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) Vienna Office organised an event in collaboration with Charles University. The event, part of the UNODA-VCDNP Joint Engagement Project, was generously supported by the Government of the Czech Republic.

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On 2 November 2026, the VCDNP and the UNODA Vienna Office organised an event in collaboration with Charles University. The event brought together experts and students to discuss the future of disarmament and the prospects for strengthening existing international frameworks. The event was generously supported by the Government of the Czech Republic, and part of the UNODA-VCDNP Joint Engagement Project.

More information can be found here: https://www.unoda.org/en/updates/unoda-and-vcdnp-engage-charles-university-students-future-disarmament-era-rearmament

Left to right: Alžběta Dvořáková, Veerle Moyson, Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova, and Michal Broza

Michal Smetana welcoming the students and opening the event

Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova presenting on the global nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation regime

VCDNP and UNODA Vienna thank the Government of the Czech Republic for its financial support, which made this event possible, and Charles University for its collaboration and for hosting the event.

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