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==Relationship to the United Nations==
The Conference is formally independent from the United Nations.<ref name="Critical Will">{{cite web |url=http://www.reachingcriticalwill.org/disarmament-fora/others/cd|title=Conference on Disarmament|publisher= Women's International League for Peace and Freedom|website= Reaching Critical Will|access-date=May 27, 2018}}</ref> However, while it is not formally a UN organization, it is linked to it in various ways. First and foremost, the Director-General of the [[United Nations Office at Geneva]] serves as the Secretary-General of the Conference.<ref name="Intro">{{cite web |url=https://www.unog.ch/80256EE600585943/(httpPages)/BF18ABFEFE5D344DC1256F3100311CE9?OpenDocument|title=An Introduction to the Conference |website=United Nations Office at Geneva |access-date=May 27, 2018}}</ref> Furthermore, while the Conference adopts its own rules of procedure and agenda, the [[UN General Assembly|United Nations General Assembly]] can pass resolutions recommending specific topics to the Conference. Finally, the Conference submits a report of its activities to the General Assembly yearly, or more frequently, as appropriate.<ref name="NTI">{{cite web |url=http://www.nti.org/learn/treaties-and-regimes/conference-on-disarmament/|title=Conference on Disarmament (CD) |date=January 10, 2018 |website=Nuclear Threat Initiative|access-date=May 27, 2018}}</ref>

The Conference on Disarmament Secretariat and Conference Support Branch of the [[United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs]], based in Geneva, provides organizational and substantive servicing to the Conference on Disarmament, the single multilateral disarmament negotiating forum of the international community.