NGO Side Events: CTBT EIF 2005

Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)

Conference on Disarmament

General Assembly First Committee

UN Disarmament Commission

Special Session on Disarmament

NGO Side Events during the CTBT Entry Into Force Conference
September 21-23, 2005, New York City

The Following NGO Side Events will be held during the CTBT Entry Into Force (EIF) Conference:

1. Breakfast Briefing with Ambassador Douglas Roche and Dr. Robert Nelson
Topic: Future of U.S. Nuclear Testing Moratorium and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
When: Sept. 23rd in Conference Room A from 9am to 10:30 am
Contact Person: Jaya Tiwari jtiwari@psr.org

2. Facilitating the Early Entry into Force of the 1996 Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty: Overcoming Political and Technological Challenges
When: 13.00 —14.45, Thursday, 22 September 2005
Refreshments will be served from 13.00
Where: Conference Room 4, United Nations Secretariat, New York

Speakers:
Mr Michael Crowley, Executive Director, VERTIC
Moving forward: the role and activities of the Special Representative of CTBT States Ratifiers

Ambassador Jaap Ramaker, Special Representative
US ratification: prospects and consequences

Mr Daryl Kimball, Executive Director, Arms Control Association
Nuclear noise: the role of infrasound monitoring

Dr Lassina Zerbo, Head, International Data Centre (IDC)
Hydroacoustics: monitoring the world’s oceans

Dr Wolfgang Jans, German Federal Armed Forces Underwater Acoustic and Marine Geophysics Institute