NPT 2005 Calendar of Events

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Calendar of Events

surrounding the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
Seventh Review Conference
May 2- 27, 2005
New York

NGOs have one room assigned to them in the UN buildling throughout the month of May. Use of this room is divided up into three time slots: 10 AM-1 PM, 1:15-2:45 PM, and 3-6 PM.

To schedule your own event:
1. See the schedule below to find an available date and time.
2. Send us an email with your preferred date and time, title of your event, contact person information and website address of sponsoring organization.

Week One:
May 1- 7

Week Two:
May 8-14

Week Three:
May 15-21

Week Four:
May 22-27

For events listings for April (and there are a few!) check the NPT Countdown Calendar

Saturday, April 30

FULL SPECTRUM RESISTANCE: an International Space Organizing Conference
Where: Musicians Union Hall (322 W.48th St)
When: 1-9 p.m.
Contact: Bruce Gagnon, Global Network against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space
http://www.space4peace.org

Sunday, May 1

Massive demonstration demanding Nuclear Abolition Now!
Where: Central Park
When: to be confirmed
Contact: Jackie Cabasso, Abolition Now! US Coordinator
Website: www.abolitionnow.org and www.unitedforpeace.org

Monday, May 2

Daily morning interfaith prayer vigil
Where: Ralph Bunche Park, 42nd Street, 1st Avenue
When: May 2-27, 7:30 AM
Contact: Caroline Gilbert, Christian Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
Website: www.ccnd.gn.apc.org

Swords Beaten into Plowshares: Atomic Art
Where: Visitors Lobby, United Nations
When: May 2- June 9
Contact: Rosé Cohen
Website: http://newartsweb.com/atomicartist/

NGO Orientation Session
Where: United Nations Church Center (44th street and 1st avenue), Boss Room, 8th floor
When: 8 AM- 9 AM
Contact: Monika Szymurska, Global Coordinator
http://www.abolition2000.org

Lifting the Shadow: Toward a Nuclear Weapons Free World
Where: City University of New York, at 365 5th Avenue (at 34th street)
When: 9-10 AM
Contact: Michael Flynn, mflynn@jjay.cuny.edu

How to Make the NPT Review Conference Successful
Where: Conference Room VIII
When: 1 PM
Contact: Zack Allen, Middle Powers Initiative
Website: www.middlepowers.org

Hibakusha Speak Out --- Meet the 35 of 600,000 people exposed by the Hiroshima / Nagasaki bombs
Where: UN Church Center (44th and 1st), 2nd floor
When: 1-4 PM
Contact: Michiko Kaketsuka, Hidankyo

Inter-faith Service
Where: United Nations Church Center Chapel (44th street and 1st avenue)
When: 1:30-2:45 PM
Contact: Robert Smylie, World Council of Religions for Peace
Website: www.wcrp.org

Women's Strategy Session for the NPT
Where: the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) 1199th Branch Hall at 310 West 43rd St
When: 2-4 PM
Contact: Emiko Hirano, New Japan Women's Association

Rejecting the Logic of Counter-Proliferation
Where: UN Conference Room E
When: 3-6 PM
Contact: Sam Akaki, CND-UK
http://www.cnduk.org

French nuclear policy - does it really foster disarmament and non-proliferation?
Where: UN Church Center (44th and 1st), 2nd floor
When: 4.30-7 PM
Contact: Jean-Marie Matagne, ACDN

Honoring Fifty Years of Struggle: A Reception for Nihon Hidankyo (The Japan Confederation of A & H Bomb Sufferers Organizations)
Where: City University of New York, at 365 5th Avenue (at 34th street)
When: 6-7 PM
Contact: John Steinbach, Hiroshima/Nagasaki Peace Committee

Evening performance art concert with Hibakusha testimony, featuring Barry Crimmons, Stephan Smith, Marilyn Hacker and Carolyn Forche.
Where: City University of New York, at 365 5th Avenue (at 34th street)
When: 7-10:30
Contact: John Steinbach, Hiroshima/Nagasaki Peace Committee

Tuesday, May 3

Abolition 2000 Morning Caucus
Where: United Nations Church Center (44th street and 1st avenue), Boss Room, 8th floor
When: Daily, 8 AM- 9 AM
Contact: Monika Szymurska, Global Coordinator
http://www.abolition2000.org

Mayors for Peace Planning Session
Where: TBA
When: 10-1 PM
Contact: Aaron Tovish, Mayors for Peace

Depleted Uranium Workshop
Where: UN Conference Room E
When: 10- 1 PM
Contact: Tara Thornton, Military Toxins Project
www.miltoxproj.org

2005 NPT Solidarity for a Nuclear-Weapon Free World
Where: SEIU 1199 (310 West 43rd St.)
When: 1:00-3:30pm
Contact: Yayoi Tsuchida, Japan Gensuikyo
http://www10.plala.or.jp/antiatom/html/e/e-index.htm

The Legacy of Nuclear Weapons and Future Proliferation
Where: UN Conference Room E
When: 1:15-2:45 PM
Contact: Marcus Atkinson, International Peace Walk

Mayors Conference at the United Nations
Where: UN Conference Room 4
When: 1:15-2:45 PM
Contact: Aaron Tovish, Mayors for Peace

Youth Meeting
Where: UN Church Center, 44th street and 1st avenue, Drew Room (Basement)
When: 2:15- 3 PM

Mayors for Peace Planning Campaigning Event
Where: Japan Society (333 E.47th St., b/w 2nd and 3rd aves)
When: 3:30-6 PM
Contact: Aaron Tovish, Mayors for Peace

Should the International Court of Justice judge compliance with Article VI? Options for returning to the World Court
Where: UN Conference Room E
When: 4-6 pm
Contact: John Burroughs, Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy
http://www.lcnp.org

Building a Nuclear-Free, Secure and Peaceful World: A dialogue with trade unions on the challenges, options and strategies
Where: UN Church Center, 44th street and 1st avenue- 2nd floor
When: 3 to 5 PM
Contact: Gemma Adaba, ICFTU United Nations Office
http://www.icftu.org

Mayors for Peace Reception: "Back to the Garden Arts Initiative"
Where: TBA
When: TBA (evening)
Contact: Aaron Tovish, Mayors for Peace

Wednesday, May 4

Governmental Briefing- New Zealand
Where: UN Conference Room E
When: 9 AM- 10 AM
Contact: Rhianna Tyson, RCW

Middle East Nuclear Free Zone
Where: UN Conference Room E
When: 10- 12 PM
Contact: Odile Hugonot Haber, WILPF
Website: www.wilpf.org

NGOs present Abolition Now! to the governments
Where: General Assembly Hall
When: 1-2 PM
Contact: Aaron Tovish, MfP

Back to Basics: Reviving Disarmament in the Non-Proliferation Regime
Where: Conference Room IV
When: 1:15 to 2:45 pm
Contact: Carah Ong, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
www.wagingpeace.org www.nuclearfiles.org

Rethinking "Radiation" Inside and Out: From Hiroshima-Nagasaki to Iraq
Where: UN Conference Room E
When: 3-6 PM
Contact: Dr. Nobuo Kazashi, Hiroshima Alliance for Nuclear Weapons Abolition (HANWA) and NO DU Hiroshima Project
http://e-hanwa.org/ and http://www.nodu-hiroshima.org/

Monument for International Wall of Law Unveiling
Where: Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza
When: 3 PM
Contact: Felix Graedler, International Law Campaign

NGO Meeting to Finalize the May 11 presentations
Where: UN Church Center, 10th floor
When: 3:30 PM
Contact: Rhianna Tyson, RCW

We Dun Gi Muu (We Are All One.)
Where: UN Church Center, 8th Floor Boss Room
When: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Contact: Pete Litster, Shundahai Network

Thursday, May 5

Governmental Briefing- Ambassador Paul Meyer (Canada)
Where: UN Conference Room E
When: 9 AM- 10 AM
Contact: Rhianna Tyson, RCW

NATO nuclear policy and the NPT
Where: UN Conference Room E
When: 10 AM- 11 AM
Contact: Karel Koster, PENN-Nl

Stopping the Spread of Plutonium: The Argument for Abandoning the Japanese Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant Where: UN Conference Room E
When: 11 am - 1 pm
Contact: Damon Moglen, Union of Concerned Scientists

German NGO Caucus Meeting
Where: CCUN, Drew Room
When: 1pm

Raising Awareness, Creating Engagement. A Briefing on the Approach taken by the UK Weapons of Mass Destruction Awareness Programme
Where: UN, Conference Room E
When: 1:15- 2:45 PM
Contact: Carol Naughton, WMD Awareness Programme
Website: www.comeclean.org.uk

"Verification Pursuant to the NPT: Concluding Safeguards Agreements and Additional Protocols"
Where: UN, Conference Room 6
When:1:15- 2:45 PM
Sponsored by IAEA

Challenging and Changing Dangerous Nuclear Weapons Policies in the USA
Part I: Beyond nuclear warheads: Challenging U.S. plans for high tech global military dominance
Part II: Changing U.S. Nuclear Policies with Congress and Civil Society
Where: UN, Conference Room E
When: 3- 6 PM
Contact: Andy Lichterman, Western States Legal Foundation or Carol Urner, WILPF
Website: www.wslfweb.org and www.wilpf.org

Final Youth Presentation Meeting
Where: ESR Metro office, Interchurch Center, 120th St. and Riverside Drive (entrance on Claremont Avenue), on the fifth floor. Room 550.
When: 3 PM
Contact: Felix Grädler, cell phone 017 432 9025

Final Presentations Meeting
Where: WILPF Office, 6th Floor CCUN
When: 5pm
Contact: Mary Ann McGivern, 1.212.682.1265

US NGO Caucus
Where: Conference Room E
When: 6-7 PM

Reception/Gallery Opening- (invitation only)
Where: South End (Visitors) Lobby, United Nations
When: 6-8 PM
Contact: Rosé Cohen
Website: http://newartsweb.com/atomicartist/

Friday, May 6

Governmental Briefing- Ambassador Sergio Q. Duarte, President of the Review Conference- RESCHEDULED FOR NEXT WEEK

German Youth Meeting
Where: UN Conference Room E
When: 10- 11 AM
Contact: Felix Dania, felix_dania@hotmail.com

What Now for WILPF and Nuclear Weapons Abolition?
Where: UNCC, 2nd floor
When: 10-11 AM
Contact: Carol Reilley Urner, WILPF-US
Website: www.wilpf.org

Youth Forum for a Nuclear-Free World
Where: UN Conference Room E
When: 11:15 AM- 1:15 PM
Contact: Julia Kramer, Press Hut Mutlangen, Germany
www.abolition2000.org

German NGO Caucus Meeting
Where: CCUN, Drew Room
When: 1pm

Which European strategy for Nuclear Disarmament?
Where: UN Conference Room E
When: 1:15- 2:45
Contact: Dominique Lalanne, Abolition2000-Europe

Beyond the NPT - Towards the Nuclear-Weapons-Free World
Where: UN Conference Room E
When: 2:45-5:00 pm
Contact: Regina Hagen, INESAP
www.inesap.org

Abolition2000-Europe General Meeting
Where: United Nations Church Center (44th street and 1st avenue), 8th floor 777 UN Plaza (44th street and 1st ave)
When: 5:00-7:00 pm,
Contact: Dominique Lalanne, Abolition2000-Europe

WILPF 90th Anniversary Party
Where: UN Church Center, 2nd floor
When: 7- 10 PM
Contact: Susi Snyder, WILPF
Website: http://www.wilpf.int.ch

Saturday, May 7

Abolition 2000 General Annual Meeting/ 10th anniversary celebration
Where: New School University
When: 10AM-5:00PM
Contact: Monika Szymurska, Abolition 2000 or (212) 726-9161
www.abolition2000.org

Panel on Disarmament and International Security
Where: Mariapolis Luminosa, 200 Cardinal Rd, Hyde Park, NY
When: 10 AM – Noon
Contact: Joe Klock, New Humanity of the Focolare Movement

Annual Luminosa Award for Unity to Senator Douglas Roche
Where: Mariapolis Luminosa, 200 Cardinal Rd, Hyde Park, NY
When: 2 PM – 4 PM
Contact: Joe Klock, New Humanity of the Focolare Movement

Monday, May 9

Governmental Briefing- Ambassador Hu Xiaodi (China)
Where: UN Conference Room E
When: 9 AM- 10 AM
Contact: Rhianna Tyson, RCW

German NGO Caucus Meeting
Where: CCUN, Drew Room
When: 1pm

The Nuclear Weapons Inheritance Project: Training the next generation of disarmament leaders
Where: UN Conference Room E
When: 1:15- 2:45
Contact: John Loretz, IPPNW
Website: www.ippnw.org

Why Do States Abandon Nuclear Weapons Ambitions? chaired by Hans Blix
Where: Conference Room IV
When: 1-3 pm
Contact: Daniel Nord, WMD Commission; co-sponsored by the Government of Finland
Light lunch served. UN passes, participation open

Space Security: Definitions and Demonstrations
Where: UN Conference Room E
When: 3-6 PM
Contact: Dave Knight, Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space
www.space4peace.org

WMD Commission Reception, Dinner and Dialogue (invitation only)
Where: Delegates Dining Room
When: 7-9 PM
Contact: Wendy Miller, GSI

Tuesday, May 10

Governmental Briefing- Ambassador Laszlo Molnar (Hungary, Chair of Second PrepCom)- CANCELLED;
Where: UN Conference Room E
When: 9 AM- 10 AM
Contact: Rhianna Tyson, RCW

Multimedia Presentation (I): U.S. Military and Peace in the Korean Peninsular - Citizens' Resistance to the Expansion of Military Base
Where: UN Conference Room E
When: 10 AM- 1 PM
Contact: Manshik Kim, SPARK (Solidarity for Peace And Reunification of Korea)
http://peaceone.org

German NGO Caucus Meeting
Where: CCUN, Drew Room
When: 1pm

The United Nations Capacity for Monitoring Weapons of Mass Destruction
Where: Conference Room IV
When: 1- 3 PM
Light lunch served
Contact: Daniel Nord, WMD Commission
Sponsored by the Permanent Mission of New Zealand

Psychologically Incorrect: the irrationality of nuclear policies, false belief systems and provoking unintended consequences
Where: UN Conference Room E
When: 1 PM- 3 PM
Contact: Diane Perlman, Psychologists for Social Responsibility
http://www.psysr.org/

UK Government presentation on verification
Where: Conference Room 2
When: 1:15- 2:45
Contact: Alex Pykett, Nuclear and UN Disarmament Desk Officer, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Hibakushas call on a Northeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone -- testimonies and youth actions
Where: Conference Room E
When: 3- 6 PM
Contact: Keiko Nakamura, Peace Depot

Wednesday, May 11

Governmental Briefing- (Mexico, invited, not yet confirmed)
Where: UN Conference Room E
When: 9 AM- 10 AM
Contact: Rhianna Tyson, RCW

NGO Presentations Press Conference
Where: UN Correspondents' Association
When: 10:30 AM
Contact: Susi Snyder, WILPF

International Youth Meeting
Where: UN Conference Room E
When: 10am-1pm
Contact: Felix Grädler, International Law Campaign, Germany

German NGO Caucus Meeting
Where: CCUN, Drew Room
When: 1pm

Preventing Nuclear War: Preventing War
Where: UN Conference Room E
When: 1:15- 2:45 PM
Contact: Felicity Hill, GAPW
www.globalactonpw.org

NGO Presentations to the Official Conference
Where: UN Conference Room IV
When: 3-6 PM
Contact: Rhianna Tyson, RCW

Reception hosted by the Government of Japan for the civil society (by invitations only)
Where: Delegates' Dining Room 6 (4th floor of UN)
When: 6:30 PM

Thursday, May 12

Governmental Briefing- Ambassador Rivasseau (France)
Where: UN Conference Room E
When: 9-10 AM
Contact: Rhianna Tyson, WILPF

International Youth Meeting
Where: UN Conference Room E
When: 10am-1pm
Contact: Felix Grädler, International Law Campaign, Germany

Forum: Can International Treaties Promote the Goals of Disarmament and Development?
Where: United Nations Church Center (44th street and 1st avenue), 2nd floor
When: 1:15- 2:45 PM
Contact: Gordon Bennett, Alliance for the Global Wellness Fund Treaty
Website: http://www.globalwellnesstreaty.org/

Briefing with Thomas Graham and Richard Rhodes: An overview of current challenges facing the NPT and measures needed to strengthen the global nonproliferation regime
Where: UN Conference Room E
When: 1:15-2:45 PM
Contact: Jaya Tiwari, Physicians for Social Responsibility
Website: www.psr.org

Multimedia Presentation II: U.S. Military and Peace in the Korean Peninsular - Citizens' Resistance to the Expansion of Military Base of Military Camp
Where: UN Conference Room E
When: 3-6 PM
Contact: Manshik Kim, SPARK (Solidarity for Peace And Reunification of Korea)
http://peaceone.org

Friday, May 13

Governmental Briefing- (United Kingdom)
Where: UN Conference Room E
When: 9 AM- 10 AM
Contact: Rhianna Tyson, RCW

Inspiring nuclear awareness through visual culture and the arts
Where: UN Conference Room E
When: 10-12 PM
Contact: Marguerite Kahrl and Ombretta Agró, Atomic Mirror
www.atomicmirror.org

Film Screening and Discussion: Genie in a Bottle, a film produced by and for youth
Where: UN Conference Room E
When: 1:15-2:15
Contact: Katie Sotor

NGO Consultation on the Millennium Review Summit
Where: UN Conference Room E
When: 3 PM
Contact: Mark Shelford, World Federation of United Nations Associations
tel: 212 963 0965

Sunday, May 15

Multiplying Nuclear Dangers: Can the Nonproliferation Regime Meet the Challenge?
Where: Unitarian Church, 312 Fillmore Street, Staten Island, NY
When: 1:00 - 2:00 PM (followed by a coffee hour).
Contact: John Burroughs, Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy
www.lcnp.org

Monday, May 16

Governmental Briefing- Ambassador Mine (Japan)
Where: UN Conference Room E
When: 9 AM- 10 AM
Contact: Rhianna Tyson, RCW

Abolition 2000 Morning Caucus
Where: UN Conference Room E
When: Daily, 10 AM- 11 AM
Contact: Monika Szymurska, Global Coordinator
http://www.abolition2000.org

The Middle East and the rest of the world: Call for World Truce and economic conversion
Where: UN Conference Room E
When: 1:15- 2:45
Contact: Contact: Odile Hugonot Haber, WILPF
Website: www.wilpf.org

Russian Delegation Briefing on "Practical Steps Taken by the Russian Federation in the field of Nuclear Disarmament"
Where: Conference Room IV
When: 1:15 PM
Contact: Russian Mission: (212) 861-4900

Tuesday, May 17

Abolition 2000 Morning Caucus
Where: UN Conference Room E
When: Daily, 10 AM- 11 AM
Contact: Monika Szymurska, Global Coordinator
http://www.abolition2000.org

Panel: Transparency and Accountability in Nuclear Arms
Where: UN Conference Room IV
When: 1:15- 2:45
Contact: Ingrid Beutler, Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF)
http://www.dcaf.ch/CivNuc/index.htm

Wednesday, May 18

Abolition 2000 Morning Caucus
Where: UN Conference Room E
When: Daily, 8 AM- 9 AM
Contact: Monika Szymurska, Global Coordinator
http://www.abolition2000.org

The Quest for Justice and a Non-Nuclear Future
Where: United Nations Conference Room E
When: 10 AM- 1 PM
Contact: Judy Lerner, Peace Action

Nuclear Terrorism, Nuclear Power and Article IV
Where: UN Conference Room E
When: 1:15-2:45
Contact: Jaya Tiwari, Physicians for Social Responsibility
Website: www.psr.org

World Council of Churches and Nuclear Disarmament
Where: UN Conference Room E
When: 3-5 PM
Contact: Dr. Hans Heijis, World Council of Churches

Thursday, May 19

Governmental Briefing- Amb. Javad Zarif (Iran)
Where: Conference Room E
When: 9-10 AM

Abolition 2000 Morning Caucus
Where: UN Conference Room E
When: Daily, 10 AM- 11 AM
Contact: Monika Szymurska, Global Coordinator
http://www.abolition2000.org

People of Color Communities Organizing to Ban Nuclear Weapons
Production, Testing, and Waste Disposal
Where: Conference Room E
When: 10:15- 1 PM

Briefing on Space Security
Where: UN Conference Room E
When: 1:15 - 2:45 pm
Contact: David Wright, Union of Concerned Scientists
www.ucsusa.org

UCS Press Conference on Space Security
Where: UN Conference Room E
When: 3- 3:30 PM
Contact: David Wright, Union of Concerned Scientists
www.ucsusa.org

Friday, May 20

Abolition 2000 Morning Caucus
Where: UN Conference Room E
When: Daily, 10 AM- 11 AM
Contact: Monika Szymurska, Global Coordinator
http://www.abolition2000.org

People of Color Communities Organizing to Ban Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Energy
Where: UN Conference Room E
When: 11 am - 1 pm
Contact: Ka Flewellen, Peace Development Fund; 202-352 78 91 or at changestratgist@aol.com

DVD Screening: Peace by Piece/One Thousand Crane Workshop by New York University Students
Where: United Nations Conference Room E
When: 1:15- 2:45
Contact: Hiroshi Sunairi, New York University
http://www.nyu.edu/projects/peacebypiece/
http://homepages.nyu.edu/~hs42/
http://www.merits.ne.jp/sokudoku.files/sunairi.html

Monday, May 23

Mayors and Parliamentarians Co-Operating for Nuclear Disarmament
Where: Conference Room VI
When: 9-9:45 AM
Contact: PNND (212) 818 1861

Governmental Briefing- Ambassador Carlo Trezza (Italy)
Where: UN Conference Room E
When: 10-11 AM
Contact: Rhianna Tyson, RCW

Abolition 2000 Morning Caucus
Where: UN Conference Room E
When: 11 AM- noon

DVD Screening and Discussion: Nuclear Terrorism: Is the World Safer?
Where: UN Conference Room E
When: 1:15- 2:45
Contact: Ann Lakhidir, NGO Committee on Disarmament, Peace and Security
http://disarm.igc.org/

YOUTH CAUCUS: WE ARE THE WORLD
Where: Conference Room IV
When: 1:15 - 2:45
Contact Kathleen Sullivan, Nuclear Weapons Education and Action Project
www.esrmetro.org

Assessment of NGO Participation at this Review Conference
Where: Church Center, 7th floor
When: 6:30 PM
Contact: Monika Szymurska, Abolition 2000

Tuesday, May 24

Abolition 2000 Morning Caucus
Where: UN Conference Room E
When: Daily, 9 AM- 10 AM
Contact: Monika Szymurska, Global Coordinator
http://www.abolition2000.org

Lessons for the Future: From the Crucible of Experience
featuring Robert McNamara, Ted Sorensen and Thomas Graham
Where: Conference Room IV
When: 1:15 -- 2:45 PM
RSVP: Matt Werner at 610 668 5480 or matt@gsinstitute.org.
co-sponsored by the Global Security Institute and Economists for Peace and Security

Missile Defense, Space and the NPT
Where: Mission of Iceland, 800 Third Avenue (at 49th St.), 36th floor
When: 3 PM
RSVP: Lucy Webster, Economists for Peace and Security
www.epsusa.org

An appeal to Japan for leadership--Call fo an indefinite postponement of the Rokkasho Reprocessing plant
Where: UN Conference Room E
When: 3- 4:30 PM
Contact:Akira Kawasaki at kawasaki@peaceboat.gr.jp, Peace Boat

Wednesday, May 25

Abolition 2000 Morning Caucus
Where: UN Conference Room E
When: Daily, 10 AM- 11 AM
Contact: Monika Szymurska, Global Coordinator
http://www.abolition2000.org

Governments' readiness to harm: Health and environmental impacts of nuclear weapons programs, and a path forward
Where: UN Conference Room E
When: 1:15-2:45 PM
Contact: Lisa Ledwidge, IEER
www.ieer.org

Film Screening: People vs. The Bomb: The NPT and World Law
Where: Un Conference Room E
When: 3-4 PM
Contact: Kevin Sanders, (212) 807-7173

Thursday, May 26

Abolition 2000 Morning Caucus
Where: UN Conference Room E
When: Daily, 10 AM- 11 AM
Contact: Monika Szymurska, Global Coordinator
http://www.abolition2000.org

PRESS BRIEFING:Outcome of the 2005 NPT Review Conference & Future NGO Actions to Achieve Disarmament
When: 10:30am-11:00am
Where: UN Press Room (Room 226)
Contact: Chris Cooper, Abolition 2000
ccooper@abolitionnow.org , 212-726-9161

"Prospects for Breakthrough at the NPT Review Conference?” press conference by BASIC-ORG
Where: UNCA Club
When: 2 PM
Contact: Matt Martin, 202-468-0638, mmartin@basicint.org

Indigenous Perspectives on Nuclear Weapons Production and Testing
Where: UN Conference Room E
When: 1:15- 2:45 PM
Contact: Monika Szymurska, Global Coordinator
http://www.abolition2000.org

Hope: UN premier of a new 7 minute DVD entitled "Hope," by Luna Media Film, also short DVD by Nagasaki rock bank Tatsumaki, "The Ribbon", followed by a discussion of hope in the the time of "the unruly big cheese"
Where: UN Conference Room E
When: 3 PM
Contact: Jackie Cabasso, wslf@earthlink.net; (510) 306-0119

Friday, May 27

Abolition 2000 Morning Caucus
Where: UN Conference Room E
When: Daily, 10 AM- 11 AM
Contact: Monika Szymurska, Global Coordinator
http://www.abolition2000.org

Legal, technical and political steps to a nuclear weapons free world: A Nuclear Weapons Convention?
Where: Conference Room 7
When: 9 AM
Contact: Alyn Ware, PNND

Faith and the Future: The Inter-Religious Community and the Struggle for Nuclear Abolition
Where:UN Church Center, First Avenue at 44th Street
When: 2 PM Church Center for the United Nations
Contact: Ibrahim Ramey, Disarmament Coordinator at FOR, Tel: 845-358-4601, E-mail: disarm@forusa.org

RevCon Closes