during the General Assembly First
Committee on Disarmament and International Security
When
What
Where
Contact
info
September 14-16 World Summit on UN Reform and Financing
for Development
See RCW's Disarmament
Index for all references made to disarmament
General Assembly Hall
Thursday, September 15 International Day of Peace
Global
Saturday, September 17
General Debate of the General Assembly begins
See RCW's Disarmament Index
for all references made to disarmament
General Assembly Hall
September 21-23 Conference on Facilitating the Entry into
Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
New York, United Nations
United Nations Department for Disarmament Affairs:
Conference
October 1-8 International Keep Space for Peace Week Global: See various actions
around the world WILPF Headquarters, Genevawilpf@iprolink.ch http://www.wilpf.in t.ch WILPF-Disarm!
Website Global Network against Weapons and Nuclear
Power in Spaceglobalnet@mindspring.com
http://www.space4peace.org
Monday First Committee Begins Conference Room IV Jannett Serrano,
Email: serrano@un.org
Tuesday, October 4 12:30-1:30
US Book Launch of Beyond Hiroshima ,
by Senator Emeritus Douglas Roche, O.C.
United Nations Bookshop
Tuesday, October 4 1:30-2:45
NGO Discussion on New Initiatives in the First
Committee
Conference Room A
Aaron Tovish, Mayors for Peaceaaron.tovish@ipb.org
Wednesday,
NGO Working Group on the First Committee Meeting
Church Center, 8th fl. small
conf. room
Jennifer Nordstrom jennifer@reachingcriticalwill.org
Thursday,
1:00 pm
Seminar: Improving the Effectiveness of the
Methods of Work of the 1st Committee: a Focus on Preparation
and Follow-up
Conference Room IV
Friday, October 7, 9 am
NGO Briefing with the Canadian Ambassador on
New Initiatives in the 1st Com.
Conference Room 6
Aaron Tovishaaron.tovish@ipb.org
Saturday, October 8
Demonstration to Keep Space for Peace
Vanderberg Air Force Base
Carol Reilly Urner, WILPFcarol.disarm@gmail.com WILPF-Disarm!
Website
Tuesday, October 11, 1:15-2:45
Space Security : Core Issues and Questions
Conference Room 7
www.gsinstitute.org
(610.668.5480) and www.spacesecurity.org
(519.573.9183)
Wednes day,
October 12 NGO Working Group Meeting United Nations Church Center, 8th fl. small
conf. room Jennifer Nordstromjennifer@reachingcriticalwill.org
Thursday, October 13, 1:15 - 2:45
WILPF Report and First Committee Update: Jump-Starting
Disarmament
Conference Room A
Jean Vertheinjev30@columbia.edu jverthei@liu.edu
Tuesday, October 18 1-3
Gender and Demilitarization: Women, Weapons
and War
Conference Room A
Merav Datandatan@igc.org
Wednesday, October 12, 9 am
Briefing with Ambassador Mine (Japan) for NGOs
Conference Room A (TBC)
Jennifer NordstromReaching
Critical Willjennifer@reachingcriticalwill.org
Wednes day, October 19 NGO Working Group Meeting United Nations Church Center, 8th fl. small
conf. room Jennifer Nordstromjennifer@reachingcriticalwill.org
October 20 Preserving Outer Space for Peaceful Uses
Dag Hammarskjold Library Auditorium
Department of Public Informationdpingo@un.org
Thursday,
October 20, 1:15-2:30 pm Preserving
Outer Space for Peaceful Uses: Laura Grego, Union of Concerned
Scientists Conference
Room A Vernon
Nichols, NGO Committee on Disarmament, Peace and Securitydisarmtimes@igc.org
Thursday, October 20, 3:30 - 5 pm
Atomic Mirror and the Earth
Values Caucus and Spiritual Caucuses of the UN present CONSCIOUSNESS
IN ACTION: The Power of Beauty, Love and Courage in A Violent
Time, a reading and discussion with author
Andrew Beath Conference Room A Pamela Meidellpamela@atomicmirror.org
Thursday, October 20 5:30-7:30 pm
Reception celebrating Dag Hammerskjold's 100th
birthday and the UN's
Quaker House, 247 E. 48th St., downstairs
RSVP to Pamela Meidell, Atomic Mirror, email:
pamela@atomicmirror.org, phone: 805 822 8442
October 21-23 IDDS and Nuclear Freeze 25th Anniversary Bash MIT Campus Cambridge MA
Dr. Randall Caroline ForsbergInstitute for Defense and Disarmament
Studies 25th@idds.org
Phone: 617-354-IDDS http://www.idds.org/25thposter.html
Monday, October 24 United Nations Day
Start of Disarmament Week
Global
Monday, October 24, 1:15
The People vs. The Bomb: Showdown at the UN
Dag Hammarskjold Auditorium
Kevin Sanders,kevinsanders2004@yahoo.com
Tuesday,
1:15-2:45
Parliamentarians and Mayor's Actions to Support
Nuclear Disarmament
Conference Room A
Alyn Ware, Parliamentary Network for Nuclear
Disarmament alyn@pnnd.org ,
www.pnnd.org
Wednes day, October 26 NGO Working Group Meeting
United Nations Church Center 8th Fl, small
conf. room Jennifer Nordstromjennifer@reachingcriticalwill.org
Thursday, October 27 1:15-2:45
"The Spirit of the United Nations: Markings
for the Future"
Conference Room 3
Diane WilliamsDMBWilliams2000@yahoo.com
Friday, October 28
The Atomic Mirror presents a THE LAST ATOMIC
BOMB A new documentary film by Robert Richter and Kathleen
Sullivan (who will be at the screening)
Dag Hammarskjold Auditorium at the UN
RSVP: info@atomicmirror.org
Friday, November 4 First Committee adjourns
Jannett Serrano, Email: serrano@un.org
Thursday, November 25 International Day for the Elimination of
Violence Against Women
Global
