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Redae Halefom Woldeselassie, a senior official in Tigray's new federally backed administration, urged rebel fighters on October 23, 2026 to lay down weapons and enter a disarmament and reintegration program.

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed stated on October 19, 2026 that the Tigray People's Liberation Front was acquiring weapons and forcibly recruiting young people instead of disarming under the November 2022 Pretoria peace agreement.

Three of the four Russian diplomats Austria expelled worked at the Russian Embassy in Vienna, while the fourth was attached to Russia's delegation to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe on military security and arms control

Countries should renounce nuclear first use

Hezbollah has refused to disarm while Israeli military forces remain inside Lebanese territory.

Under the June 26, 2026 framework agreement, Israeli military forces pledged to withdraw gradually from southern Lebanon while the Lebanese army deploys to oversee the disarmament of Hezbollah.

On Friday, October 16, 2026, the United States urged the UN Security Council to expand an arms embargo on Sudan, which China and Russia opposed.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov offered to transfer Iran's stockpile of highly enriched uranium to Russia to assist in preventing a larger conflict.

The Lebanese government declared all military activities by Hezbollah illegal on March 2, 2026, after Hezbollah launched rockets at Israel.

Hezbollah has refused to disarm as long as Israeli forces continue to occupy territory and conduct strikes in southern Lebanon.

Under a U.S.-brokered framework agreement, Lebanon committed to disarm Hezbollah in exchange for a gradual withdrawal of Israeli troops from southern Lebanon.

Hezbollah lawmaker Hassan Fadlallah stated that the Lebanese government's March 2026 decision banning Hezbollah's military activities was null and void.

Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi stated that the completed cabinet marks a phase of accelerated work to address economic challenges from the regional war and pledged to fight corruption, disarm non-state armed groups, and complete the withdrawal of U.S. forces.

While some powerful Iraqi militias refuse to give up their weapons, Asaib Ahl al-Haq is among a handful of groups that agreed to hand over their arms to state control.

Hezbollah should disarm in accordance with the Lebanese government peace plan

Nuclear-armed states should eliminate their nuclear arsenals even if conventional threats remain

The framework agreement between Israel and Lebanon involves Hezbollah’s disarmament, a gradual Israeli military withdrawal, and the deployment of the Lebanese army to the region.

China used its veto power and UN Security Council standing to oppose expanding the Darfur arms embargo nationwide, advocating to keep sanctions limited to Darfur

Security Council members including the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia, Pakistan, and Somalia joined China and Russia in resisting a nationwide Sudan arms embargo

US adviser Massad Boulos and UN Ambassador Mike Waltz proposed expanding the UN arms embargo across all of Sudan to target drone suppliers, arms traffickers, mercenary recruiters, and war financiers