First Committee Calendar of Events 2004

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Calendar of Events

during the General Assembly First Committee on Disarmament and International Security

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When	What	Where	Contact info
Tuesday, September 21	General Debate of the General Assembly Begins See RCW's Disarmament Index for all references made to disarmament	General Assembly Hall
Monday September 20 3 PM	NGO Working Group on the First Committee Meeting	United Nations Church Center 8th Floor	Rhianna Tyson Reaching Critical Will Email: rhianna@reachingcriticalwill.org
September 25- October 2	International Keep Space for Peace Week	Global	WILPF Headquarters, Geneva Email: wilpf@iprolink.ch http://www.wilpf.int.ch Global Network against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space Email: globalnet@mindspring.com http://www.space4peace.org
Monday October 4	First Committee Begins	Conference Room IV	Jannett Serrano, UN Department for General Assembly and Conference Management Email: serrano@un.org
Thursday, October 7 1:30- 2:45	Disarmament Education for Diplomats Course: Lesson one	Conference Room B	Kathleen Sullivan Educators for Social Responsibility, Metro Email: edna@bestweb.net
Thursday, October 7 1:15- 2:45	Panel: "Should the UN Have a Standing Capability for WMD Investigations?" featuring Amb. Henrik Salander	Conference Room IV	Ann Lakhdhir NGO Committee on Disarmament Email: lakhdhir@snet.net
Friday, October 8 1 PM	Gensuikyo Strategy Session	Conference Room B	Joseph Gerson AFSC Email: JGerson@afsc.org
Monday, October 11 1:30	NGO Working Group Meeting	United Nations Church Center 8th floor	Rhianna Tyson Reaching Critical Will Email: rhianna@reachingcriticalwill.org
Thursday, October 14 1:30- 2:45	Disarmament Education for Diplomats Course: Lesson two	Conference Room A	Kathleen Sullivan Educators for Social Responsibility, Metro Email: edna@bestweb.net
Friday, October 15 1:30- 2:45	Delegation briefing for NGOs (delegation TBA)	Conference Room A	Rhianna Tyson Reaching Critical Will Email: rhianna@reachingcriticalwill.org
Monday, October 18 1:30	NGO Working Group Meeting	United Nations Church Center 8th floor	Rhianna Tyson Reaching Critical Will Email: rhianna@reachingcriticalwill.org
Tuesday, October 19 1:30-2:50	"A Latin American Proposal to stop nuclear proliferation and support nuclear disarmament"	Conference Room A	Luis Gutiérrez Esparza Círculo Latinoamericano de Estudios Internacionales (Latin American Circle for International Studies) Fundación por la Paz en la Era Nuclear Email: latamcent@hotmail.com
Wednesday, October 20 1 :30- 5:30 PM	Panel: "Major Conventional Weapons: Their Global Spread and their Links to War, WMD, and Military Spending"	Conference Room B	Ann Lakhdhir NGO Committee on Disarmament Email: lakhdhir@snet.net
Thursday, October 21 10 AM- 11:30 AM	Department of Information NGO Briefing on the CTBTO	Dag Hammarskjold Library Auditorium	NGO Section Department of Public Information Room S-1070 L New York, NY 10017, USA Tel: (212) 963-6842 Fax: (212) 963-6914 Email: dpingo@un.org
Thursday, October 21 1:30- 2:45	Disarmament Education for Diplomats Course: Lesson three	Conference Room A	Kathleen Sullivan Educators for Social Responsibility, Metro Email: edna@bestweb.net
Thursday, October 21 1:30- 4 pm	Prospects for Peace and Security in Outer Space	Conference Room B	Ann Lakhdhir NGO Committee on Disarmament Email: lakhdhir@snet.net
Thursday, October 21 7-8 PM	Atomic Mirror Reception to launch the annual report, "As Time Goes By"	Quaker House 247 E.48th Street	Pamela Meidell Atomic Mirror Email: pamela@atomicmirror.org
Monday, October 25 1:30	NGO Working Group Meeting	United Nations Church Center 8th floor	Rhianna Tyson Reaching Critical Will Email: rhianna@reachingcriticalwill.org
Tuesday, October 26 1-3 PM	Women, Peace and Security Resources	Conference Room A	Sarah Shteir PeaceWomen Email: sarah@peacewomen.org
Wednesday, October 27 1:30- 2:45	IEER Briefing: "NATO and Nuclear Disarmament: An Analysis of the Obligations of the NATO Allies of the United States under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty"	Conference Room A	Lisa Ledwidge Institute for Energy and Environmental Research Email: ieer@ieer.org
Thursday, October 28 1:30- 2:45	Disarmament Education for Diplomats Course: Lesson four	Conference Room A	Kathleen Sullivan Educators for Social Responsibility, Metro Email: edna@bestweb.net
Thursday, October 28 10 AM	Open Security Council Meeting on Women, Peace and Security	Security Council Chamber	Jannett Serrano, UN Department for General Assembly and Conference Management Email: serrano@un.org
Friday, October 29 1:30	Delegation briefing for NGOs (delegation TBA)	Conference Room A	Rhianna Tyson Reaching Critical Will Email: rhianna@reachingcriticalwill.org
Monday, November 1 1:30	NGO Working Group Meeting	United Nations Church Center 8th floor	Rhianna Tyson Reaching Critical Will Email: rhianna@reachingcriticalwill.org
Thursday, November 4 1:30- 2:45	Disarmament Education for Diplomats Course: Final Lesson	Conference Room A	Kathleen Sullivan Educators for Social Responsibility, Metro Email: edna@bestweb.net
Thursday, November 4 1:15	MPI Panel: "New Implications for the NPT"	Conference Room VI	Zack Allen Global Security Institute Email: zack@gsinstitute.org
Monday, November 8 1:30	Final NGO Working Group Meeting	United Nations Church Center 8th floor	Rhianna Tyson Reaching Critical Will Email: rhianna@reachingcriticalwill.org
Friday, November 5	First Committee adjourns		Jannett Serrano, UN Department for General Assembly and Conference Management Email: serrano@un.org
Thursday, November 11 10 AM- 11:30 AM	DPI Briefing: "Ottawa Landmines Convention: Review Conference Preparation, Nairobi 29 November - 3 December"	Dag Hammarskjold Library Auditorium	DPI Email: dpingo@un.org
Thursday, November 18 10- 11:30 AM	DPI Briefing: "Women and Violence (In Observance of International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, 25 November)"	Dag Hammarskjold Library Auditorium	DPI Email: dpingo@un.org
Thursday, November 18, 1:15- 4 PM	Panel: "The Role of NGOs in Achieving Disarmament"	Conference Room V	Ann Lakhdhir NGO Committee on Disarmament Email: lakhdhir@snet.net