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during the General Assembly First Committee on Disarmament and International Security

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

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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  

 

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