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Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)

Conference on Disarmament

General Assembly First Committee

UN Disarmament Commission

Special Session on Disarmament

2010 NPT Review Conference Calendar of Events
Side events, official meetings, and more
3–28 May 2010, New York City

Calendar last updated 28 May 2010

AV equipment in the NGO Room: A projector and screen will be available in the NGO Room (Conference Room A) free of charge. However, any damage will be paid for by NGOs using the equipment. Please respect the equipment which is being very generously loaned to civil society for the Review Conference. There are no speakers, microphones, or other audio visual equipment in the room. Any additional equipment must be provided by the NGO hosting the event and is not available for rent or purchase on the premises. The projector cord will not work with Macintosh computers.

Pre-NPT
First Week: 3–9 May
Second Week: 10–16 May
Third Week: 17–23 May
Fourth Week: 24–28 May
Post-NPT

Pre-NPT Events

When	What	Where	Contact
11 February–1 May	International Peace Walk Towards a Nuclear Free Future	Y12 Nuclear Research Facility in Oakridge, Tennessee to UN Headquarters in New York City	Marcus Atkinson marcus[at]footprintsforpeace.net Footprints for Peace
February–May	Women’s Walk for Peace in Australia	Brisbane to Canberra, Australia	June Norman footprintsforpeace[at]yahoo.com.au Footprints for Peace
5 March 1:15 –2:30 PM	40th anniversary of the entry into force of the NPT Sponsored by Reaching Critical Will, International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms, and the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs	Conference Room A North Lawn Building UN Headquarters, NYC	Tim Wright tim[at]icanw.org
30 March 1:15 –2:45 PM	Unblocking the road to zero nuclear weapons: a conversation with Dr. Barry Blechman Sponsored by Reaching Critical Will, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, the International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms, and the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs	Conference Room D North Lawn Building UN Headquarters, NYC	Tim Wright tim[at]icanw.org
8 April 7:00 PM Doors open at 6:30	A World Without Nuclear Weapons: Obama’s Vision, Our Mission Sponsored by Peace Action Fund of New York State and The Nation Institute	New York Society for Ethical Culture, 2 West 64th Street, New York City	Ruth Baldwin (212) 822-0266 ruth[at]nationinstitute.org
8–29 April	NPTwalk2010	Washington, DC to New York City	Jay Marx marxjay[at]gmail.com NPTwalk2010
29 April 10:00 AM–1:00 PM 3:00–6:00 PM	Civil Society Forum for Nuclear Weapon Free Zones Sponsored by the Mission of Chile to the UN, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament, Mayors for Peace and the International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms	UN Headquarters, New York North Lawn Building Conference Room 6	Alyn Ware Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament alyn[at]lcnp.org
30 April 10:00 AM–1:00 PM 3:00–6:00 PM	Nuclear Weapon Free Zone Conference By invitation only	Economic and Social Council Chamber North Lawn Building
30 April 1 :00–3:00 PM	Partnership for Global Justice Award Luncheon Honoring Daniel Berrigan and (posthumously) Philip Berrigan for their commitment and struggle for social justice, non-violence and peace.	Church of St. Paul the Apostle, 59th St. and 9th Ave, NYC	Partnership for Global Justice 212-682-6481 partnershipforglobaljustice[at]gmail.com
30 April–1 May	International Conference for a Nuclear Free, Peaceful, Just, and Sustainable World	Riverside Church 490 Riverside Drive New York, NY 10027	Lucas Wirl npt[at]ialana.de
2 May 1:30–6:00 PM	International March, Rally, Festival	Rally: Times Square, 7th Ave, south of 41st Street, 2:00 PM March: Across 42nd Street to the United Nations, 3:30 PM Festival: Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, 47th Street b/w 1st and 2nd Avenues, 4:00–6:00 PM	Lucas Wirl npt[at]ialana.de
2 May 12:00–1:00 PM	Interfaith Convocation	Tillman Chapel (CCUN) Church Center for the UN 777 UN Plaza, 44th St and 1 Ave (overflow room on 2nd Floor)	Allison Pytlak, Religions for Peace, apytlak[at]wcrp.org Mark Johnson, Fellowship of Reconciliation, mjohnson[at]forusa.org
2 May 8:00 PM	Voices From Chernobyl A Reader’s Theater Production based on the words of survivors Discussion led by Hattie Nestel	Beekman Tower Hotel 49th & 1st Ave	Robin Llyod RobinLloyd[at]greenvalleymedia.org Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, US Section

First Week: 3–9 May

Monday, 3 May- NGO ROOM IS FULLY BOOKED

When	What	Where	Contact
Monday, 3 May 7:30–8:00 AM	Daily Vigil All faiths and none welcome	Ralph Bunche Park opposite the UN	Patricia and Michael Pulham ccnd[at]gn.apc.org Christian Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
Monday, 3 May 9:00–9:50 AM	Beyond the NPT Review: What Blocking the Bomb’s Further Spread Will Require	NGO Room: Room A North Lawn Building	Henry Sokolski npec[at]npec-web.org Nonproliferation Policy Education Center
Monday, 3 May 9:00–11:00 AM	Zenroren-USLAW Meeting for a World without Nuclear Weapons and for Decent Work and Just Economy	Auditorium of 1199 SEIU 310 West, 43rd Street (Between 8th and 9th Ave) New York City, NY	Keisuke Fuse (Mr.) k-fuse[at]zenroren.gr.jp
Monday, 3 May 10:30 AM–1:00 PM	Opening Meeting + General Debate	General Assembly Hall
Monday, 3 May 10:00 AM–1:00 PM	Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament: Shifting the Mindset	NGO Room: Room A North Lawn Building	Rick Wayman rwayman[at]napf.org Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
Monday, 3 May 1:15–2:45 PM	JAPAN-U.S. Joint Peace Effort to Abolish Nuclear Weapons HIROSHIMA Reconstruction Project	NGO Room: Room A North Lawn Building	Norico Wada norico[at]cat-chat.net TBS i-camp
Monday, 3 May 1:15–2:45 PM	Eliminating Nuclear Threats: A Practical Agenda for the Global Policy Makers – briefing by the Co-Chairs of the International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament	Conference Room 4 North Lawn Building	Permanent Mission of Australia to the United Nations International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament (ICNND)
Monday, 3 May 3:00–6:00 PM	General Debate	General Assembly Hall
Monday, 3 May 3:00–6:00 PM	“Persistent proliferators”: can we expect better from the nuclear weapons states?	NGO Room: Room A North Lawn Building	Kate Hudson chair[at]cnduk.org Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
Monday, 3 May 4:00–6:30 PM	Open Symposium: Getting the Process of Ban & Elimination of Nuclear Weapons Started - Dialogue between Peace Movement and Government Representatives	The Nave, Riverside Church 490 Riverside Drive New York, NY 10027	Yayoi Tsuchida jojoi[at]antiatom.org Japan Council against A & H Bombs

Tuesday, 4 May - NGO ROOM IS FULLY BOOKED

When	What	Where	Contact
Monday, 3 May 7:30–8:00 AM	Daily Vigil All faiths and none welcome	Ralph Bunche Park opposite the UN	Patricia and Michael Pulham ccnd[at]gn.apc.org Christian Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
Tuesday, 4 May 8:00–8:50 AM	Abolition Caucus and Coffee	UN Cafeteria First floor of Secretariat building	Alice Slater aslater[at]rcn.com
Tuesday, 4 May 9:00–9:50 AM	*Off-the-record* Government Briefing for NGOs: Delegation of Ireland	NGO Room: Room A North Lawn Building	Ray Acheson ray[at]reachingcriticalwill.org Reaching Critical Will
Tuesday, 4 May 10:00 AM–1:00 PM	General Debate	General Assembly Hall
Tuesday, 4 May 10:00 AM–1:00 PM	Second Conference of Mayors at the United Nations	Conference Room 4 North Lawn Building	Aaron Tovish aaron.tovish[at]ipb.org Mayors for Peace
Tuesday, 4 May 10:00 AM–1:00 PM	World March: video	NGO Room: Room A North Lawn Building	Tony Robinson tonymrobinson@gmail.com World without Wars
Tuesday, 4 May 10:00 AM–12:00 PM	NATO and Nuclear Weapons - Discussion about the new NATO strategy	Church Center, 2nd Floor 777 UN Plaza 44th St and First Ave	Lucas Wirl npt[at]ialana.de International Coordinating Committee (ICC) "No to War - NO to NATO"
Tuesday, 4 May 1:00–3:00 PM	Women's Forum for a Nuclear Weapon-Free World	Auditorium of 1199 SEIU 310 West, 43rd Street (Between 8th and 9th Ave) New York City, NY	Emiko Hirano hiraemi[at]concerto.plala.or.jp
Tuesday, 4 May 1:00 PM	Presentation of petitions to Review Conference President	General Assembly Hall	Jaqueline Cabasso wlsf[at]earthlink.net
Tuesday, 4 May 1:15–2:45 PM	Workshop and seminar on a nuclear weapons convention	NGO Room: Room A North Lawn Building	Tim Wright tim[at]icanw.org International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)
Tuesday, 4 May 1:15–2:45 PM	An Appeal from the Bishops of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: “Take a Courageous Step Toward the Total Abolition of Nuclear Weapons”	The Tillman Chapel, Church Center for the United Nations 777 UN Plaza 44th St and First Ave	Kathie Uhler k.uhler@fiop.org Franciscans International
Tuesday, 4 May 3:00–5:00 PM	Depleted Uranium Weapons - A Continuing Challenge in Working Towards a Ban	10th floor of the UN Church Center, 777 UN Plaza 44th St. & 1st Ave.	Katsumi Furitsu f-katsumi[at]titan.ocn.ne.jp International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons (ICBUW)
Tuesday, 4 May 3:00–6:00 PM	General Debate	General Assembly Hall
Tuesday, 4 May 3:00–6:00 PM	Film: "Disarm and Live" (83 minutes) Followed by debate	NGO Room: Room A North Lawn Building	Jean-Marie Matagne acdn.france[at]wanadoo.fr
Tuesday, 4 May 3:00–6:00 PM	Trade Unions for Nuclear Disarmament Featuring: Gareth Evans, Mayor Akiba, and trade union participants	Church Center 777 UN Plaza 44th St and First Ave	Kristin Blom kristin.blom[at]ituc-csi.org International Trade Union Confederation
Tuesday, 4 May 3:30–6:00 PM	International Youth Rally to Get Rid of Nuclear Weapons	Auditorium of 1199 SEIU 310 West, 43rd Street (Between 8th and 9th Ave) New York City, NY	Ayano Kuniyoshi (Ms.) ayano[at]zenroren.gr.jp
Tuesday, 4 May 6:00 PM	CTBTO Exhibition: Putting an end to nuclear explosions Guest speakers: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and UN Messenger of Peace Michael Douglas	UN lobby/main gallery	Annika Thunborg annika.thunborg[at]ctbto.org CTBTO
Tuesday, 4 May 6:30 PM	Nuclear Weapons Production in the Age of Obama: Community Experts Report on Continuing US and Russian Nuclear Weapons Production Speakers: Jay Coghlan, Marylia Kelley, Natalia Mironova, Ann Suellentrop, Nickolas Roth, John Burroughs	Church Center 777 UN Plaza, 2nd Floor First Ave and 44th Street	Nickolas Roth nroth[at]ananuclear.org Alliance for Nuclear Accountability
Tuesday, 4 May 6:30–8:30 PM	The Green Tea Party for a Nuclear Weapon-Free World Suggested donation of $10	Holy Trinity Episcopal Church 316 E. 88th Street	Dana Balicki CODEPINK Women for Peace dana[at]codepinkalert.org
Tuesday, 4 May 7:30 PM	Film Screening: The Forgotten Bomb Reception for special guest Rev. Joseph Mitsuaki Takami, Archbisoph of Nagasaki - Limited seating available, please RSVP by 1 May to Manuel[at]paxchristiusa.org, 1-202-635-2741	The Arclight Theater Blessed Sacrament Church 152 West 71st St	Manuel[at]paxchristiusa.org 1- 202-635-2741

Wednesday, 5 May - NGO ROOM IS FULLY BOOKED

When	What	Where	Contact
Monday, 3 May 7:30–8:00 AM	Daily Vigil All faiths and none welcome	Ralph Bunche Park opposite the UN	Patricia and Michael Pulham ccnd[at]gn.apc.org Christian Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
Wednesday, 5 May 8:00–8:50 AM	Abolition Caucus	NGO Room: Room A North Lawn Building	Alice Slater aslater[at]rcn.com
Wednesday, 5 May 9:00–9:50 AM	*Off-the-record* Government Briefing for NGOs: Ambassador Maged Abdelaziz of Egypt	NGO Room: Room A North Lawn Building	Ray Acheson ray[at]reachingcriticalwill.org Reaching Critical Will
Wednesday, 5 May 10:00 AM–1:00 PM	General Debate	General Assembly Hall
Wednesday, 5 May 10:00 AM–1:00 PM	Citizens, NGOs, governments, institutions: which cooperations to abolish nuclear weapons?	NGO Room: Room A North Lawn Building	Pierre Villard pierre.villard[at]mvtpaix.org Le Mouvement de la Paix
Wednesday, 5 May 10:00 AM–1:00 PM	Presentation of the EU position at the NPT Review Conference 2010 to NGOs	Conference Room B North Lawn Building	Permanent Mission of Spain to the United Nations
Wednesday, 5 May 10:00 AM–12:00 PM	Nuclear Weapons in Europe - for a nuclear weapons free world	Church Center, 2nd Floor 777 UN Plaza 44th St and First Ave	Lucas Wirl npt[at]ialana.de International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms
Wednesday, 5 May 1:15–2:45 PM	Book Launch: Security without nuclear deterrence, by Commander Rob Green, Royal Navy (Ret'd)	UN Bookshop Concourse Level of the UN Room GA-32	Rob Green rob[at]disarmsecure.org Disarmament and Security Centre
Wednesday, 5 May 1:15–2:45 PM	Expert briefing on the medical and environmental consequences of nuclear war	NGO Room: Room A North Lawn Building	John Loretz jloretz[at]ippnw.org IPPNW
Wednesday, 5 May 1:15–2:45 PM	US Commitment to Disarmament	Conference Room 4 North Lawn Building	US Department of State
Wednesday, 5 May 1:15–2:45 PM	Multilateralization of the nuclear fuel cycle and shared responsibilities for nuclear disarmament	Conference Room B North Lawn Building	United Nations Disarmament Research Institute (UNIDIR)
Wednesday, 5 May 3:00–6:00 PM	General Debate	General Assembly Hall
Wednesday, 5 May 3:00–6:00 PM	Misuse of brainpower: the conversion of science and technology for human and environmental needs	NGO Room: Room A North Lawn Building	Colin Archer mailbox[at]ipb.org International Peace Bureau
Wednesday, 5 May 3:00–6:00 PM	Denuclearization and peace on the Korean peninsula with film screening	Church Center 777 UN Plaza, 7th Floor 44th St and First Ave	Oh Hye-ran spark946[at]hanmail.net Solidarity for the Peace and Reunification of Korea (SPARK)
Wednesday, 5 May 3:00–6:00 PM	Parliamentary Meeting on the Occasion of the 2010 NPT Review Conference Roundtable for parliamentarians. Inter-Parliamentary Union and Parliamentarians for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament	Church Center 777 UN Plaza, 2nd Floor 44th St and First Ave	ny-office[at]mail.ipu.org
Wednesday, 5 May 4:00–6:00 PM	Film Screen: Countdown to Zero By invitation only: one representative per organization	Conference Room 4 North Lawn Building	Nathan Kirby-Glatkowski nglatkowski@globalzero.org Global Zero

Thursday, 6 May - NGO ROOM IS FULLY BOOKED

When	What	Where	Contact
Monday, 3 May 7:30–8:00 AM	Daily Vigil All faiths and none welcome	Ralph Bunche Park opposite the UN	Patricia and Michael Pulham ccnd[at]gn.apc.org Christian Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
Thursday, 6 May 8:00–8:50 AM	Abolition Caucus	NGO Room: Room A North Lawn Building	Alice Slater aslater[at]rcn.com
Thursday, 6 May 9:00–9:50 AM	*Off-the-record* Government Briefing for NGOs: Ambassador Susan Burk of the United States	NGO Room: Room A North Lawn Building	Beatrice Fihn beatrice[at]reachingcriticalwill.org Reaching Critical Will
Thursday, 6 May 10:00 AM–1:00 PM	General Debate	Conference Room 4 North Lawn Building
Thursday, 6 May 10:00 AM–1:00 PM	Northeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone	NGO Room: Room A North Lawn Building	Keiko Nakamura nakamura[at]peacedepot.org Peace Depot
Thursday, 6 May 1:15–2:45 PM	Popular education in nuclear disarmament, a new challenge: How can we active citizens?	NGO Room: Room A North Lawn Building	Pierre Villard pierre.villard[at]mvtpaix.org Le Mouvement de la Paix
Thursday, 6 May 1:15–2:45 PM	The Role of Parliamentarians in Advancing Nuclear Disarmament Featuring UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; Inter-Parliamentary Union and Parliamentarians for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament	Conference Room 4 North Lawn Building	Alyn Ware alyn[at]pnnd.org Parliamentary Network for Nuclear Disarmament (PNND)
Thursday, 6 May 1:15–2:45 PM	Briefing on Russia’s observance of the NPT terms	Conference Room B North Lawn Building	Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations
Thursday, 6 May 3:00–6:00 PM	General Debate	General Assembly Hall
Thursday, 6 May 3:00–6:00 PM	Strategies to end NATO’s nuclear sharing	NGO Room: Room A North Lawn Building	Welmoed Verhagen verhagen[at]ikvpaxchristi.nl IKV Pax Christi
Thursday, 6 May 5:00 PM	Book Launch: "South Asia at a Crossroads"	German House Room 2204, 22nd Floor 871 United; Nations Plaza New York, NY 10017 (1st Ave, between 48th and 49th Street)	Jeffrey Boutwell pugwashdc[at]aol.com Pugwash
Thursday, 6 May 7:00–9:00 PM	Eleanor Roosevelt, The Bomb and her Quest for a Nuclear-free World A talk with Blanche Wiesen Cook	Beekman Tower Hotel 49th & 1st Ave	Robin Llyod RobinLloyd[at]greenvalleymedia.org Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, US Section

Friday, 7 May - NGO ROOM IS FULLY BOOKED

When	What	Where	Contact
Monday, 3 May 7:30–8:00 AM	Daily Vigil All faiths and none welcome	Ralph Bunche Park opposite the UN	Patricia and Michael Pulham ccnd[at]gn.apc.org Christian Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
Friday, 7 May 8:00–8:50 AM	Abolition Caucus	NGO Room: Room A North Lawn Building	Alice Slater aslater[at]rcn.com
Friday, 7 May 9:00–9:50 AM	*Off-the-record* Government Briefing for NGOs: Ambassador Jurg Lauber of Switzerland	NGO Room: Room A North Lawn Building	Beatrice Fihn beatrice[at]reachingcriticalwill.org Reaching Critical Will
Friday, 7 May 10:00 AM–1:00 PM	Main Committee I	Conference Room 4 North Lawn Building
Friday, 7 May 10:00 AM–1:00 PM	Getting to a Middle East NWFZ	NGO Room: Room A North Lawn Building	Holly Lindamood holly[at]daisyalliance.org Daisy Alliance
Friday, 7 May 1:15–2:45 PM	Nuclear Weapons Convention - Now We Can (with Nobel Peace Prize Jody Williams)	Conference Room 4 North Lawn Building	Tim Wright tim[at]icanw.org ICAN
Friday, 7 May 1:15–2:45 PM	Arms Down! Religious Youth respond to Nuclear Weapons in dialogue with a Hibakusha	NGO Room: Room A North Lawn Building	Allison Pytlak apytlak[at]religionsforpeace.org Religions for Peace
Friday, 7 May 3:00–6:00 PM	NGO Presentations	Conference Room 4 North Lawn Building	Ray Acheson ray[at]reachingcriticalwill.org Reaching Critical Will

Saturday, 8 May

When

What

Where

Contact

Saturday, 8 May
9:00 AM–6:00 PM

Abolition 2000 Annual General Meeting
ALL ARE WELCOME!

Judson Memorial Church
239 Thompson Street
(between Washington Square South and West Third St)

Alice Slater
aslater[at]rcn.com

Saturday, 8 May
Noon–2:30 PM

Book Talk, Book Signing, and Complimentary Buffet Lunch.

APOCALYPSE NEVER, by Tad Daley of the Nobel Peace Laureate organization International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War

The Corinthian, 330 East 38th Street, 19Q.

Lucy Webster, lucywebster[at]lvistas.net, Rutgers University Press.

Sunday, 9 May

When	What	Where	Contact
Sunday, 9 May 9:00 AM–4:00 PM	Global Network annual space conference	Church Center 777 UN Plaza (1st Ave & 44th St) 2nd Floor	Bruce K. Gagnon globalnet[at]mindspring.com Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space
Sunday, 9 May 5:00 PM	Docs on Nukes: Nuclear Narratives through the Art of Film Films: Witness to Hiroshima (16 mins) Atomic Mom (87 mins) Panel discussions with filmmakers	Maysles Institute 343 Lenox Avenue New York, NY 10027	Kathleen Sullivan edna[at]bestweb.net

Second Week: 10–16 May

Monday, 10 May - NGO ROOM IS FULLY BOOKED

When	What	Where	Contact
Monday, 10 May 8:00–8:50 AM	Abolition Caucus	NGO Room: Room A North Lawn Building	Alice Slater aslater[at]rcn.com
Monday, 10 May 9:00–9:50 AM	*Off-the-record* Government Briefing for NGOs: Ambassador John Duncan on behalf of the Western Group	NGO Room: Room A North Lawn Building	Ray Acheson ray[at]reachingcriticalwill.org Reaching Critical Will
Monday, 10 May 9:00–10:30 AM	The Prospects for Ratification of New START and CTBT	Beekman Tower Hotel The Beekman Ballroom 3 Mitchell Place 49th St and 1st Ave	Meri Lugo meri[at]armscontrol.org Arms Control Association
Monday, 10 May 10:00 AM–1:00 PM	Main Committee II	Conference Room 4 North Lawn Building
Monday, 10 May 10:00 AM–1:00 PM	International Youth Meeting	NGO Room: Room A North Lawn Building	Nina Eisenhardt nina_eisenhardt[at]yahoo.de Ban All Nukes generation
Monday, 10 May 1:15–2:45 PM	Bad Faith: Disarmament rhetoric vs. reality - How hypocritical “disarmament” initiatives are enabling militarism abroad and at home	NGO Room: Room A North Lawn Building	Greg Mello gmello[at]lasg.org Los Alamos Study Group
Monday, 10 May 1:15–2:45 PM	Sustainable Security and the 21st Century, Featuring UN Messenger of Peace Jane Goodall, Professor Jeffrey Sachs, and Assistant Secretary-General Thomas Stelzer	Conference Room 2 North Lawn Building	Rhianna Tyson Kreger rtkreger[at]gsinstitute.org Global Security Institute
Monday, 10 May 1:15–2:45 PM	Presentation of a study on nuclear deterrence/delegitimizing nuclear weapons	Conference Room B North Lawn Building	Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations
Monday, 10 May 1:15–2:45 PM	The nexus between science and diplomacy: The role of the CTBT	Conference Room 4 North Lawn Building	Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) Preparatory Commission
Monday, 10 May 1:15–2:45 PM	iGSE Panel on New Technologies for Verifying the Additional Protocol – Can clandestine production of nuclear materials be uncovered using environmental sampling?	Church Center 777 UN Plaza (1st Ave & 44th St) 2nd Floor	Simon Hebel admin[at]igse.net independent Group of Scientific Experts on the detection of clandestine nuclear-weapons-usable materials production
Monday, 10 May 3:00–6:00 PM	Main Committee II	Conference Room 4 North Lawn Building
Monday, 10 May 3:00–6:00 PM	Main Committee III	Conference Room 2 North Lawn Building
Monday, 10 May 3:00–5:00 PM	Prospects for a shift in NATO’s nuclear posture in 2010	NGO Room: Room A North Lawn Building	Paul Ingram pingram[at]basicint.org +44 20 7324 4680 BASIC

Tuesday, 11 May - NGO ROOM IS FULLY BOOKED

When	What	Where	Contact
Tuesday, 11 May 8:00–8:50 AM	Abolition Caucus	NGO Room: Room A North Lawn Building	Alice Slater aslater[at]rcn.com
Tuesday, 11 May 9:00–9:50 AM	*Off-the-record* Government Briefing for NGOs: Delegation of Austria	NGO Room: Room A North Lawn Building	Ray Acheson ray[at]reachingcriticalwill.org Reaching Critical Will
Tuesday, 11 May 9:00 AM–6:00 PM	Simulating Negotiations on a Nuclear Weapons Convention	Salvation Army 52nd Street b/w 2nd and 3rd Aves	Regina Hagen regina.hagen@jugendstil.da.shuttle.de INESAP
Tuesday, 11 May 10:00 AM–1:00 PM	Main Committee I	Conference Room 4 North Lawn Building
Tuesday, 11 May 10:00 AM–1:00 PM	Main Committee III	Conference Room 2 North Lawn Building
Tuesday, 11 May 10:00AM–12:00 PM	Film screening: Path to Zero	NGO Room: Room A North Lawn Building	Alicia Godsberg agodsberg[at]fas.org Federation of American Scientists
Tuesday, 11 May 12:00–1:00 PM	Footprints for Peace/International Peace Walk: The destructive cycle to nuclear weapons	NGO Room: Room A North Lawn Building	Marcus Atkinson marcus[at]footprintsforpeace.net Footprints for Peace
Tuesday, 11 May 1:15–2:45 PM	The NPT Review Process: The Need for Reform	Conference Room 2 North Lawn Building	Canadian Delegation to the NPT RevCon
Tuesday, 11 May 1:15–2:45 PM	Framing Nukes: workshop on language, messaging, and demystification: How NGOs can communicate more effectively	NGO Room: Room A North Lawn Building	Diane Perlman, PhD, Psychologists for Social Responsibility, Mediators Beyond Borders dianeperlman[at]gmail.com
Tuesday, 11 May 1:15–2:45 PM	Security Without Nuclear Weapons: Challenges and Opportunities Sponsored by the International Peace Institute and the Permanent Mission of Finland to the United Nations	Church Center, 12th Floor 777 UN Plaza	Anthony Enriquez enriquez@ipinst.org International Peace Institute
Tuesday, 11 May 1:15–2:45 PM	Discussion of the START Treaty from the U.S. Perspective	Conference Room 4 North Lawn Building	U.S. Department of State
Tuesday, 11 May 3:00–6:00 PM	The US Nuclear Posture Review: Analysis and opportunities for progress Featuring Ambassador James Goodby and Dr. William Hartung	NGO Room: Room A North Lawn Building	Kevin Davis kdavis[at]gsinstitute.org Bipartisan Security Group
Tuesday, 11 May 5:00 PM (1st screening) 6:30 PM (2nd screening)	Film Screening: No More Hiroshima, No More Nagasaki	57 Screening Room 140 West 57th Street New York, NY 10019	Yuki Nakamura yukinakamura[at]rogers.com
Tuesday, 11 May 7:00–8:30 PM	New York Learns from Atomic Bomb Survivors: Survivors of Hiroshima will share their harrowing experiences as well as their unwavering commitment to achieve a world without nuclear weapons.	SGI-USA New York Culture Center 7 East 15 Street (between 5th Ave. and Union Sq. West)	Hiro Sakurai sgiunny@gmail.com Soka Gakkai International (212) 727-7715

Wednesday, 12 May - NGO ROOM IS FULLY BOOKED

When	What	Where	Contact
Wednesday, 12 May 8:00–8:50 AM	Abolition Caucus	NGO Room: Room A North Lawn Building	Alice Slater aslater[at]rcn.com
Wednesday, 12 May 9:00–9:50 AM	*Off-the-record* Government Briefing for NGOs: Ambassador Suda of Japan	NGO Room: Room A North Lawn Building	Beatrice Fihn beatrice[at]reachingcriticalwill.org Reaching Critical Will
Wednesday, 12 May 10:00 AM–1:00 PM	Main Committee III	Conference Room 2 North Lawn Building
Wednesday, 12 May 10:00 AM–1:00 PM	Law Versus Doctrine: Assessing US and Russian Nuclear Postures	NGO Room: Room A North Lawn Building	John Burroughs johnburroughs[at]lcnp.org Laywers Committee on Nuclear Policy
Wednesday, 12 May 9:00 AM–6:00 PM	Simulating Negotiations on a Nuclear Weapons Convention	Salvation Army 52nd Street b/w 2nd and 3rd Aves	Regina Hagen regina.hagen@jugendstil.da.shuttle.de INESAP
Wednesday, 12 May 1:15–2:45 PM	Quick and easy disarmament: EU style	NGO Room: Room A North Lawn Building	Welmoed Verhagen verhagen[at]ikvpaxchristi.nl IKV Pax Christi
Wednesday, 12 May 1:15–2:45 PM	Youth Say No to Nukes! Hear findings of a six-country youth survey and join participatory action planning toward nuclear abolition.	Church Center, 10th Floor 777 UN Plaza (44th St and 1st Ave)	Hiro Sakurai sgiunny@gmail.com Soka Gakkai International
Wednesday, 12 May 1:15–2:45 PM	Dismantlement of French Nuclear test and fissile material production sites: Lessons learned for the Disarmament Community	Conference Room 4 North Lawn Building	Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations
Wednesday, 12 May 1:15–2:45 PM	Developing the UK’s new Nuclear Centre of Excellence and the UK’s interest in multinational approaches to the nuclear fuel cycle	Conference Room B North Lawn Building	Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom to the United Nations on behalf of the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC)
Wednesday, 12 May 1:15–2:45 PM	Presentation of the White Book NPT: How to strengthen the regime	Conference Room 2 North Lawn Building	Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations
Wednesday, 12 May 3:00–6:00 PM	Main Committee I	Conference Room 4 North Lawn Building
Wednesday, 12 May 3:00–6:00 PM	Main Committee II	Conference Room 2 North Lawn Building
Wednesday, 12 May 3:00–4:30 PM	Nuclear Weapons Convention and the NPT- Legal Challenges and Prospects	NGO Room: Room A North Lawn Building	Robin Borrmann Robin-Borrmann[at]gmx.de IALANA Germany
Wednesday, 12 May 4:30–6:00 PM	On the way to banning uranium weapons	NGO Room: Room A North Lawn Building	Robin Borrmann Robin-Borrmann[at]gmx.de IALANA Germany

Thursday, 13 May - NGO ROOM AVAILABLE FROM 3:00–6:00 PM

When	What	Where	Contact
Thursday, 13 May 8:00–8:50 AM	Abolition Caucus	NGO Room: Room A North Lawn Building	Alice Slater aslater[at]rcn.com
Thursday, 13 May 9:00–9:50 AM	*Off-the-record* Government Briefing for NGOs: Delegation of France	NGO Room: Room A North Lawn Building	Ray Acheson ray[at]reachingcriticalwill.org Reaching Critical Will
Thursday, 13 May 10:00 AM–1:00 PM	Main Committee II	Conference Room 2 North Lawn Building
Thursday, 13 May 10:00 AM–1:00 PM	Operational status of nuclear weapon systems	NGO Room: Room A North Lawn Building	John Hallam johnhallam2001[at]yahoo.com.au Nuclear Flashpoints
Thursday, 13 May 1:15–2:45 PM	U.S. Nuclear Weapons Production: Good Faith, Irreversible Disarmament?	NGO Room: Room A North Lawn Building	Nickolas Roth nroth[at]ananuclear.org Alliance for Nuclear Accountability
Thursday, 13 May 1:15–2:45 PM	The United Kingdom – Norway Initiative: Research into the Verification of Nuclear Warhead Dismantlement	Conference Room 2 North Lawn Building	Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom to the United Nations
Thursday, 13 May 1:15–2:45 PM	U.S. Perspectives on Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy	Conference Room 4 North Lawn Building	U.S. Department of State
Thursday, 13 May 3:00–6:00 PM	Main Committee III	Conference Room 4 North Lawn Building
Thursday, 13 May 6:00–8:00 PM	Reception and Film Screening: Nuclear Tipping Point Sponsored by The Permanent Mission of Norway to the United Nations, the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) and the International Peace Institute (IPI)	Church Center, 12th Floor 777 UN Plaza (44th St and 1st Ave)	RSVP to Meiko Boynton boynton[at]ipinst.org 212-225-9639

Friday, 14 May - NGO ROOM IS FULLY BOOKED

When	What	Where	Contact
Friday, 14 May 8:00–8:50 AM	Abolition Caucus	NGO Room: Room A North Lawn Building	Alice Slater aslater[at]rcn.com
Friday, 14 May 9:00–9:50 AM	*Off-the-record* Government Briefing for NGOs: Delegation of Australia	NGO Room: Room A North Lawn Building	Ray Acheson ray[at]reachingcriticalwill.org Reaching Critical Will
Friday, 14 May 10:00 AM–1:00 PM	Plenary/interim reports followed by Main Committee I	Conference Room 4 North Lawn Building
Friday, 14 May 10:00 AM–1:00 PM	Main Committee III (after plenary)	Conference Room 2 North Lawn Building
Friday, 14 May 10:00 AM–1:00 PM	Denuclearization and Peace on the Korean peninsula	NGO Room: Room A North Lawn Building	Ms. Oh Hye-ran spark946[at]hanmail.net Solidarity for Peace & Reunification of Korea (SPARK)
Friday, 14 May 1:15–2:45 PM	Promoting Access to Civil Nuclear Energy and its responsible development and a civil society presentation on uranium mining, the need for responsible development, and promoting alternative energy to nuclear energy	Conference Room 4 North Lawn Building	Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations
Friday, 14 May 3:00–6:00 PM	Main Committee II	Conference Room 4 North Lawn Building
Friday, 14 May 3:00–5:00 PM	Fissile Materials, FMCT and Nuclear Disarmament	NGO Room: Room A North Lawn Building	Zia Mian zia[at]princeton.edu International Panel on Fissile Materials

Third Week: 17–23 May

Monday, 17 May

When	What	Where	Contact
Monday, 17 May 10:00–11:00 AM	Abolition Caucus	Conference Room A North Lawn Building	Alice Slater aslater[at]rcn.com
Monday, 17 May 10:00 AM–1:00 PM	Main Committee III	Conference Room 2 North Lawn Building
Monday, 17 May 1:15–2:45 PM	Why the Outcome of this NPT Review Conference Matters Light lunch will be served	Conference Room 2 North Lawn Building	Jennifer Nordstrom jennifer[at]ieer.org Institute for Energy and Environmental Research
Monday, 17 May 3:00–6:00 PM	Main Committee I	Conference Room 4 North Lawn Building
Monday, 17 May 3:00–6:00 PM	Main Committee II	Conference Room 2 North Lawn Building

Tuesday, 18 May

When	What	Where	Contact
Tuesday, 18 May 10:00 AM–1:00 PM	Main Committee II	Conference Room 2 North Lawn Building
Tuesday, 18 May 10:00–10:30 AM	Abolition Caucus	Conference Room A North Lawn Building	Alice Slater aslater[at]rcn.com
Tuesday, 18 May 10:30 AM–1:00 PM	Cheaper, Deeper Security - Conflict Transformation and Second Order Change	Conference Room A North Lawn Building	Diane Perlman dianeperlman[at]gmail.com Karl Mercier Mediators Beyond Borders
Tuesday, 18 May 1:15–2:45 PM	Where To Go From Here A panel sponsored by the Middle Powers Initiative featuring: Ambassador Jayantha Dhanapala, former USG for Disarmament Affairs	Conference Room A North Lawn Building	Jim Wurst jwurst[at]gsinstitute.org Middle Powers Initiative
Tuesday, 18 May 3:00–6:00 PM	Main Committee I	Conference Room 4 North Lawn Building
Tuesday, 18 May 3:00–6:00 PM	Main Committee II	Conference Room 2 North Lawn Building
Tuesday, 18 May 3:00–5:00 PM	Whither Nuclear Weapons?	Conference Room A North Lawn Building	Christopher Ford ford[at]hudson.org Hudson Institute

Wednesday, 19 May

When	What	Where	Contact
Wednesday, 19 May 8:00–8:50 AM	Abolition Caucus	Conference Room A North Lawn Building	Alice Slater aslater[at]rcn.com
Wednesday, 19 May 9:00–9:50 AM	*Off-the-record* Government Briefing for NGOs: Delegation of The Netherlands	Conference Room A North Lawn Building	Ray Acheson ray[at]reachingcriticalwill.org Reaching Critical Will
Wednesday, 19 May 10:00 AM–1:00 PM	Plenary Meeting (stock-taking) followed by Main Committee I	Conference Room 4 North Lawn Building
Wednesday, 19 May 10:00 AM–1:00 PM	Main Committee III (after plenary)	Conference Room 2 North Lawn Building
Wednesday, 19 May 10:00 AM–1:00 PM	Strategy Session for European NGOs All welcome	Conference Room A North Lawn Building	Tarja Cronberg tarja.cronberg[at]pp.inet.fi Peace Union of Finland
Wednesday, 19 May 1:15–2:45 PM	Cry of Creation	Conference Room A North Lawn Building	Charles Osango CCND Kenya
Wednesday, 19 May 1:15–2:45 PM	The CTBT: Is It Verifiable? Sponsored by the Permanent Mission of the Netherlands to the United Nations	Conference Room 2 North Lawn Building	Jenifer Mackby JMackby[at]csis.org Center for Strategic and International Studies
Wednesday, 19 May 3:00–6:00 PM	Main Committee II	Conference Room 4 North Lawn Building
Wednesday, 19 May 3:00–6:00 PM	Film screening: Hibakusha, Our Life to Live	Conference Room A North Lawn Building	David Rothauser david_memoir[at]yahoo.com

Thursday, 20 May

When	What	Where	Contact
Thursday, 20 May 9:00–9:50 AM	*Off-the-record* Government Briefing for NGOs: Ambassador Abdul S Minty of South Africa	Conference Room A North Lawn Building	Ray Acheson ray[at]reachingcriticalwill.org Reaching Critical Will
Thursday, 20 May 10:00–11:00 AM	Abolition Caucus	Conference Room A North Lawn Building	Alice Slater aslater[at]rcn.com
Thursday, 20 May 10:00 AM–1:00 PM	Main Committee III	Conference Room 4 North Lawn Building
Thursday, 20 May 1:15–2:45 PM	Nuclear Energy and Proliferation	Conference Room A North Lawn Building	Dominic Moran dominic.moran@greenpeace.org Greenpeace

Friday, 21 May

When	What	Where	Contact
Friday, 21 May 9:00–9:50 AM	*Off-the-record* Government Briefing for NGOs: Ambassador Marius Grinius of Canada	Conference Room A North Lawn Building	Ray Acheson ray[at]reachingcriticalwill.org Reaching Critical Will
Friday, 21 May 10:00 AM–1:00 PM	Main Committee I	Conference Room 4 North Lawn Building
Friday, 21 May 10:00 AM–1:00 PM	Main Committee II	Conference Room 2 North Lawn Building
Friday, 21 May 10:00 AM–12:00 PM	Disarmament education and Hibakusha stories	Conference Room A North Lawn Building	Tim Wright tim[at]icanw.org International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
Friday, 21 May 12:00 AM–1:00 PM	Abolition Caucus	Conference Room A North Lawn Building	Alice Slater aslater[at]rcn.com
Friday, 21 May 1:15–2:45 PM	Peacemaking and the Middle East nuclear weapon free zone	Conference Room A North Lawn Building	Dominic Moran dominic.moran@greenpeace.org Greenpeace
Friday, 21 May 3:00–6:00 PM	Main Committee III	Conference Room 2 North Lawn Building

Sunday, 23 May

When	What	Where	Contact
Sunday, 23 May 2:00–4:00 PM	Talking to Hibakusha on the Green	Bryant Park (Corner of 40th St & 6th Ave)	Narae Lee narae[at]peaceboat-us.org Peace Boat

Fourth Week: 24–28 May

Monday, 24 May

When	What	Where	Contact
Monday, 24 May 9:00–9:50 AM	*Off-the-record* Government Briefing for NGOs: Delegation of Mexico	Conference Room A North Lawn Building	Ray Acheson ray[at]reachingcriticalwill.org Reaching Critical Will
Tuesday, 24 May 10:00–11:00 AM	Abolition Caucus	Conference Room A North Lawn Building	Alice Slater aslater[at]rcn.com
Monday, 24 May 10:00 AM–1:00 PM	Main Committee I	Conference Room 2 North Lawn Building
Monday, 24 May 10:00 AM–1:00 PM	Main Committee III	Conference Room 4 North Lawn Building
Monday, 24 May 3:00–6:00 PM	Film: Flashes of Hope (62 minutes) Followed by testimonies of Hibakusha	Conference Room A North Lawn Building	Narae narae@peaceboat-us.org Peace Boat US
Monday, 24 May 3:00–6:00 PM	Main Committee II	Conference Room 2 North Lawn Building
Monday, 24 May 3:00–6:00 PM	Main Committee III	Conference Room 4 North Lawn Building

Tuesday, 25 May

When	What	Where	Contact
Tuesday, 25 May 8:00–8:50 AM	Abolition Caucus	Conference Room A North Lawn Building	Alice Slater aslater[at]rcn.com
Tuesday, 25 May 9:00–9:50 AM	*Off-the-record* Government Briefing for NGOs: Ambassador Susan Burk of the United States	Conference Room A North Lawn Building	Beatrice Fihn beatrice[at]reachingcriticalwill.org Reaching Critical Will
Tuesday, 25 May 10:00 AM–1:00 PM	Plenary	Conference Room 4 North Lawn Building
Tuesday, 25 May 1:15–2:45 PM	Implementing the African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty	Conference Room A North Lawn Building	Amelia Broodryk abroodryk[at]issafrica.org Institute for Security Studies
Tuesday, 25 May 1:15–2:45 PM	Achieving a world free of nuclear weapons	Conference Room B North Lawn Building	Mission of Kazakhstan
Tuesday, 25 May 3:00–6:00 PM	Plenary	Conference Room 4 North Lawn Building
Tuesday, 25 May 3:00–4:30 PM	Fear, Faith and Nuclear Weapons: An Interfaith View on the NPT	Conference Room A North Lawn Building	Dave Robinson paxusa[at]earthlink.net Pax Christi USA and the Muslim American Freedom Foundation

Wednesday, 26 May

When	What	Where	Contact
Wednesday, 26 May 8:00–8:50 AM	Abolition Caucus	Conference Room A North Lawn Building	Alice Slater aslater[at]rcn.com
Wednesday, 26 May 9:00–9:50 AM	*Off-the-record* Government Briefing for NGOs: Delegation of Norway	Conference Room A North Lawn Building	Ray Acheson ray[at]reachingcriticalwill.org Reaching Critical Will
Wednesday, 26 May 10:00 AM–1:00 PM	Plenary	Conference Room 4 North Lawn Building
Wednesday, 26 May 1:15–2:45 PM	Nuke Tweets, New Media and the NPT	Conference Room A North Lawn Building	Stephanie Fraser nuketweets[at]igc.org
Wednesday, 26 May 3:00–6:00 PM	Plenary	Conference Room 4 North Lawn Building

Thursday, 27 May

When	What	Where	Contact
Thursday, 27 May 8:00–8:50 AM	Abolition Caucus	Conference Room A North Lawn Building	Alice Slater aslater[at]rcn.com
Thursday, 27 May 10:00 AM–1:00 PM	Plenary	Conference Room 4 North Lawn Building
Thursday, 27 May 1:00–2:30 PM	*Off-the-record* Dialogue between U.S. Government & Youth: "Efforts to be taken after the NPT conference" Sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and BANg	NGO Room: Room A North Lawn Building	Nina Eisenhardt nina_eisenhardt[at]yahoo.de Ban All Nukes generation
Thursday, 27 May 3:00–6:00 PM	What to do now? A plan for action	NGO Room: Room A North Lawn Building	Nina Eisenhardt nina_eisenhardt[at]yahoo.de Ban All Nukes generation

Friday, 28 May

When	What	Where	Contact
Friday, 28 May 8:00–8:50 AM	Abolition Caucus	Conference Room A North Lawn Building	Alice Slater aslater[at]rcn.com
Thursday, 27 May 11:00 AM	Plenary	Conference Room 4 North Lawn Building
Friday, 28 May 3:00 PM	Closing meeting	Conference Room 4 North Lawn Building

Post-NPT Events

When	What	Where	Contact
5 June	Nuclear Abolition Day	Global	Tim Wright tim[at]icanw.org International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
31 July–29 August	Scotland’s International Peace Walk Towards a Nuclear Free Future	Gretna to Edinburgh, Scotland	scotlandspeacewalk[at]yahoo.co.uk Footprints for Peace