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, Geneva
Email: wilpf@iprolink.ch
http://www.wilpf.int.ch
WILPF-Disarm!
Website
Global Network against Weapons and Nuclear
Power in Space
Email: globalnet@mindspring.com
http://www.space4peace.org
|
Monday
October 3 |
First Committee Begins |
Conference Room IV |
Jannett Serrano,
UN Department for General Assembly and Conference Management
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
Visitors Lobby GA-32
|
|
| Tuesday, October 4 1:30-2:45 |
NGO Discussion on New Initiatives in the First
Committee |
Conference Room A |
Aaron Tovish, Mayors for Peace
aaron.tovish@ipb.org
|
Wednesday,
October 5 |
NGO Working Group on the First Committee Meeting |
Church Center, 8th fl. small
conf. room |
Jennifer Nordstrom
Reaching Critical Will
Email: jennifer@reachingcriticalwill.org |
Thursday,
October 6
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 Tovish
aaron.tovish@ipb.org
917-345-1960 |
| Saturday, October 8 |
Demonstration to Keep Space for Peace |
Vanderberg Air Force Base |
Carol Reilly Urner, WILPF
carol.disarm@gmail.com
WILPF-Disarm!
Website (http://www.4dsolutions.net/wilpf/) |
| 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) |
Wednesday,
October 12
1:30 |
NGO Working Group Meeting |
United Nations Church Center, 8th fl. small
conf. room |
Jennifer Nordstrom
Reaching Critical Will
Email: jennifer@reachingcriticalwill.org |
| Thursday, October 13, 1:15 - 2:45 |
WILPF Report and First Committee Update: Jump-Starting
Disarmament
|
Conference Room A |
Jean Verthein
jev30@columbia.edu
jverthei@liu.edu
718-488-1217
212-827-0858 |
| Tuesday, October 18 1-3 |
Gender and Demilitarization: Women, Weapons
and War |
Conference Room A |
Merav Datan
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
Email: datan@igc.org |
| Wednesday, October 12, 9 am |
Briefing with Ambassador Mine (Japan) for NGOs |
Conference Room A (TBC) |
Jennifer Nordstrom
Reaching
Critical Will
Email: jennifer@reachingcriticalwill.org
|
Wednesday, October 19
1:30 |
NGO Working Group Meeting |
United Nations Church Center, 8th fl. small
conf. room |
Jennifer Nordstrom
Reaching Critical Will
Email: jennifer@reachingcriticalwill.org |
October 20
10:30am - 12:00pm
|
Preserving Outer Space for Peaceful Uses
Speakers: David Wright and Laura Grego, Union of Concerned
Scientists
|
Dag Hammarskjold Library Auditorium |
Department of Public Information
Non-Governmental Organizations (DPI/NGO)
Email: dpingo@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 Security
disarmtimes@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 Meidell
Atomic Mirror
Email: pamela@atomicmirror.org |
Thursday, October 20 5:30-7:30 pm |
Reception celebrating Dag Hammerskjold's 100th
birthday and the UN's
60th birthday |
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 Forsberg
Institute for Defense and Disarmament
Studies
Email: 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
(212) 807-7173 |
Tuesday,
October 25
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
|
Wednesday, October 26
1:30 |
NGO Working Group Meeting |
United Nations Church Center 8th Fl, small
conf. room |
Jennifer Nordstrom
Reaching Critical Will
Email: jennifer@reachingcriticalwill.org |
| Thursday, October 27 1:15-2:45 |
"The Spirit of the United Nations: Markings
for the Future" |
Conference Room 3 |
Diane Williams
NGO Committee on Spirituality, Values and Global Concerns
DMBWilliams2000@yahoo.com
|
Friday, October 28
6pm (security pass @ 5:30)
|
The Atomic Mirror presents a
Special Disarmament Week Screening of 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
If you need a UN grounds pass email: edna@bestweb.net by 5 pm
on 10/26 |
| Friday, November 4 |
First Committee adjourns |
|
Jannett Serrano,
UN Department for General Assembly and Conference Management
Email: serrano@un.org |
Thursday, November 25
|
International Day for the Elimination of
Violence Against Women |
Global |
|
