Reaching Critical Will

Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)

Conference on Disarmament

General Assembly First Committee

UN Disarmament Commission

Special Session on Disarmament

Calendar of Events

during the General Assembly First Committee on Disarmament and International Security

To schedule an event, please contact the Project Associate (212) 682-1265

When	What	Where	Contact info
Tuesday, September 19	General Debate of the General Assembly begins See RCW's Disarmament Index to see all references made to disarmament by country and by topic	General Assembly Hall
October 1-8	International Keep Space for Peace Week	Global: See various actions around the world and resources for taking your own action	WILPF Disarm! email: carol.disarm@gmail.com. WILPF-Disarm! Website Global Network against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space Email: globalnet@mindspring.com http://www.space4peace.org
Monday, October 2	First Committee Begins	Conference Room IV	Jannett Serrano, UN Department for General Assembly and Conference Management Email: serrano@un.org
Monday, October 2, 12:30-2	Control Arms, Launch of Arms without Borders Report	Conference Room A	Mark Marge, International Action Network Against Small Arms mark.marge@iansa.org
Tuesday, October 3, 1:15-2:45	Space Security 2006: Challenges and Opportunities	Conference Room 7	Jessica West, Project Ploughshares 519-888-6541 x.708 jwest@ploughshares.ca www.spacesecurity.org
Wednesday, October 4, 1:15- 2:45	Mission Possible? Detection of Clandestine Fissile Materials Production	Conference Room A	Regina Hagen, International Network of Engineers and Scientists Against Proliferation, inesap@hrzpub.tu-darmstadt.de
Sunday, October 8 8:25 am to 5 pm or later	Day hike in Hudson Highlands State Park with First Committee delegates and NGOs followed by a visit to Cold Spring, NY	Meet at ticket booths, Grand Central Station main hall at 8:25, travel by train to Breakneck Ridge	The Netherlands mission's First Committee delegates michiel.haasbroek@minbuza.nl
Monday, October 9, 1:15 - 2:30	Verifying the nuclear test ban: 10 years of development	Conference Room 8	Verification Research, Training and Information Centre (VERTIC), Jane Awford, jane.awford@vertic.org
Wednesday, October 11, 1:15 – 2:45	United Nations and Security	Conference Room 4	mpi-ny@gsinstitute.org or 646-289-5170
Wednesday, October 11 1:15 - 3:00 Sandwiches / drinks will be served from 1.00 pm outside Conference Room A	Implementing the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) What would entry into force entail for States Parties? By Dr. Hein Haak, Scientific Attache to the Netherlands Permanent Mission and Chairman CTBTO Working Group on verification, Vienna	Conference Room A	Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Monique de Ruijter, monique-de.ruijter@minbuza.nl
Thursday, October 12, 1:15 – 2:45	Revitalizing Nuclear Disarmament Norms: The Role of Middle Powers	Conference Room 9	mpi-ny@gsinstitute.org or 646-289-5170
Tuesday, October 17, 1:15-2:45	Civil Society Responds to Weapons of Terror: Assessing the Report of the WMD Commission	Conference Room IV	Michael Spies, Lawyers’ Committee on Nuclear Policy: michael@lcnp.org
Friday, October 20, 1:15-2:45	Prioritizing the Nuclear Weapons Operating Status Issue	Conference Room A	John Hallam, johnhallam2001@yahoo.com.au, 61-2-9810-2598, (after 7 oct: 201-456-6291)
Sunday, October 24	United Nations Day Start of Disarmament Week	Global
October 23-27	Photo Exhibit: Caught in the Crossfire	The Neck	Mark Marge, IANSA: mark.marge@iansa.org
October 23 1:15-2:45	Gender and Disarmament	Conference Room A	Waverly DeBruijn, Global Action to Prevent War: waverly@globalactionpw.org Courtney Gugliuzza, Reaching Critical Will: courtney@reachingcriticalwill.org
October 26, 1:15- 2:45	The Central Asian Nuclear Weapon Free Zone		The NGO Committee on Disarmament, Peace and Security, disarmtimes@igc.org
October 26, 3:15 pm	NGO Committee on Disarmament, Peace and Security's Annual Meeting	Church Center, 10th Floor	The NGO Committee on Disarmament, Peace and Security, disarmtimes@igc.org
Tuesday, October 31	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