Each year UNIDIR offers a limited number of unpaid internships. Successful applicants are able to demonstrate a strong interest in disarmament, security, arms control, peace studies or related issues and have an understanding of and experience in research. The applicants may be undergraduate, graduate or post-graduate students or they may have completed their studies. The applicant must have study and/or work experience in one of the following fields: international relations, political science, security studies, international law, economics, physics, nuclear physics, biology, chemistry, bio-chemistry, pharmacology, engineering, education or journalism. Of particular interest are applicants who have a personal interest and experience in more than one of the above fields. UNIDIR is the only autonomous research institute within the United Nations that conducts work on international and regional security issues. Applications are invited for internships in the following areas: - multilateral security dialogue concerning nuclear and biological weapons, - space-based defence initiatives such as the NMD, - economic costs of arms control, - regional security in West Africa, North-East Asia, South and South-East Asia, Europe and the Middle East, - evaluation of arms control agreements and of new military technologies such as developments called "Revolution of Military Affairs", - participatory approaches to evaluating the implementation of humanitarian landmine action, - the removal of small arms and light weapons in conjunction with socio-economic development, - conflict prevention and the prevention of insecurity through confidence-building measures, - national security sector reform, - strengthening the role of regional organizations in treaty implementation, - research assistance for publications at UNIDIR and at the Geneva Forum. In addition to assisting with research at UNIDIR, interns are expected to participate in the daily activities and administration of the Institute. They are also encouraged to take advantage of the learning opportunities offered at the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva, such as through attendance of seminars and briefings.