When |
What |
Where |
Contact |
| Tuesday, September 18 |
General Assembly opens its 62nd session |
General Assembly Hall |
|
Tuesday, September 25 |
General Debate of General
Assembly begins; see RCW's Disarmament Index by Country
or Topic for all references
to disarmament |
General Assembly Hall |
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| Tuesday, October 2 - Wednesday, October 3 |
2007
ICBUW Conference, "Uranium Weapons: Contributing to
a Dangerous World" |
Church Center
777 UN Plaza
2nd Floor
New York, NY |
Doug Weir
Campaign Against Uranium Weapons
info@cadu.org.uk |
| Thursday, October 4 - Saturday, October 13 |
Keep Space for Peace Week |
|
Bruce K. Gagnon
Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space
(207) 443-9502
globalnet@mindspring.com |
Thursday, October 4 -
Friday, November 2 |
First Committee (see below for dates of thematic
debate) |
Conference Room 4 |
Jannett Serrano
UN Department for General Assembly and Conference Management
Email: serrano@un.org |
Tuesday, October 9
1pm |
Book Signing: "Global Conscience,"
by MPI Chairman Hon. Douglas Roche, O.C. |
United Nations Bookshop |
Kendra Michael
kendram@novalis-inc.com
|
Wednesday, October 10
1:15-2:45 |
MPI Seminar: "Towards 2010: Priorities
for NPT Consensus" |
Conference Room 6 |
Jim Wurst
Middle Powers Initiative
+1 646 289-5170
jwurst@gsinstitute.org |
Thursday, October 11
1:15-2:45 |
"Security Through a Nuclear Weapon-Free
World," panel presentation co-sponsored by the Parliamentary
Network for Nuclear Disarmament, the Middle Powers Initiative
and the Global Security Institute |
Conference Room 4 |
Alyn Ware
+1 646 289-5170
alyn@pnnd.org |
| Friday, October 12 |
UN HOLIDAY - NO CONFERENCE |
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Monday, October 15
10:00-11:30am |
Launch of the UN Cyberschoolbus Disarmament
Education Portal, sponsored by the UN Office for Disarmament
Affairs and the Department of Public Information |
Conference Room 8 |
Kathleen Sullivan
edna@bestweb.net |
Monday, October 15
1:15-2:45 |
"Exploring Cooperative Approaches to Security
in Space," panel event co-sponsored by the Global Security
Institute, the Secure World Foundation, the Government of Russia,
the Government of China, and the United Nations Institute for
Disarmament Research |
Conference Room 4 |
Rhianna Tyson
Global Security Institute
+1 646 289-5170
rtyson@gsinstitute.org
|
Monday, October 15
6:00pm |
Reception and Screening of White Light,
Black Rain, sponsored by the UN Office for Disarmament
Affairs and HBO |
Conference Room 4 |
Kathleen Sullivan
edna@bestweb.net |
Tuesday, October 16
1:15-2:45
|
Operational Status |
Conference Room A |
John Hallum
Nuclear Flashpoints
Tel: 61-2-9810-2598
Email: foesyd4@ihug.com.au |
Wednesday, October 17
10am-1pm
3pm-6pm |
First Committee Thematic Debate:
1. Exchange with High Representative for Disarmament
Affairs and other High-Level Officials on the “Current
state of affairs in the field of arms control and disarmament
and role of the respective organizations” Panel: High
Representative (ODA), Director-General (IAEA), Director-General
(OPCW), Executive Secretary (Preparatory Commission for CTBTO),
Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament
2. Nuclear Weapons |
Conference Room 4 |
|
Wednesday, October 17
1:15-2:45pm |
ATT Submissions Analysis, sponsored by Control
Arms |
Conference Room 4 |
Mark Marge
International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA)
Tel: +1 (646) 257 4130
Fax: +1 (866) 261 2174
Email: mark.marge@iansa.org |
Thursday, October 18
3:00-6:00 |
First Committee Thematic Debate:
1. Nuclear weapons (cont'd) |
Conference Room 4 |
|
Friday, October 19
1:15-2:30pm |
Launch of the EU/UNODA Joint Action on Promoting
the Universality of Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons
(CCW) and its Protocols |
Conference Room 4 |
ddaweb@un.org |
Friday, October 19
3:00-6:00 |
First Committee Thematic Debate:
1. Other weapons of mass destruction
Panel on the 10th anniversary of the CWC/OPCW |
Conference Room 4 |
|
Monday, October 22
10:00am-1:00pm |
First Committee Thematic Debate:
1.Other weapons of mass destruction (cont’d)
2.Outer space (disarmament aspects)
Presentation by the Chairman of the Committee on the Peaceful
Uses of Outer Space on the 40th anniversary of the Outer Space
Treaty
3.Conventional weapons
Exchange with the Chairman of the Group of Governmental Experts
to consider further steps to enhance international cooperation
in preventing, combating and eradicating illicit brokering
in small arms and light weapons |
Conference Room 4 |
|
| Monday, October 22
1:15-2:45pm |
Screening of Final Frontier, sponsored
by the Global Security Institute |
Conference Room 4 |
Kathleen Sullivan
edna@bestweb.net |
Monday, October 22
1:15-2:45pm |
Global People's Consultation, sponsored by
Control Arms |
Conference Room B
(TBC) |
Mark Marge
International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA)
Tel: +1 (646) 257 4130
Fax: +1 (866) 261 2174
Email: mark.marge@iansa.org |
Monday, October 22
1:15-2:45pm |
Space Security 2007: Challenges and Opportunities,
sponsored by the Space Security Index |
Conference Room 9 |
Jessica West
Project Ploughshares
jwest@ploughshares.ca
(519) 888-6541 x 708 |
Tuesday, October 23
10:00am-1:00pm |
First Committee Thematic Debate:
1.Conventional weapons (cont’d)
Panel on the 10th anniversary of the opening for signature of
the Mine Ban Convention 2.Other disarmament
measures and
international security
Exchange with the Chairman of the Group of Governmental Experts
on Verification
|
Conference Room 4 |
|
Tuesday, October 23
1:15-2:45 |
Submissions Analyis with ATT co-authors &
Control Arms |
Conference Room TBD |
Mark Marge
International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA)
Tel: +1 (646) 257 4130
Fax: +1 (866) 261 2174
Email: mark.marge@iansa.org |
Wednesday, October 24
10:00am-1:00pm |
First Committee Thematic Debate:
Regional disarmament and security
Panel: High Representative (ODA), Chief of the Regional Disarmament
Branch, Directors of the three UN Regional Centers for Peace
and Disarmament |
|
|
Thursday, October 25
10:00am-1:00pm |
First Committee Thematic Debate:
Disarmament machinery
Panel: President of CD, Chairman of UNDC, Chairperson of Advisory
Board on Disarmament Matters, Director of UNIDIR, Chairman of
OEWG on SSOD IV Follow-up of resolutions
and decisions adopted by the Committee at its past session/Presentation
of reports
High Representative (ODA) |
Conference Room 4 |
|
Thursday, October 25
1:15-2:45pm |
The Contribution of Nuclear Weapon Free Zones
to Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation
Speakers:
H.E. L M Gumbi, Perm. Rep. of South Africa to the UN in Vienna;
H.E. Dr. Nurbek Jeenbaev, Perm. Rep. of the Kyrgyz Republic
to the UN;
Motarilavoa Hilda Lini, chief of the Turaga nation of Pentecost
Island in Vanuatu, former Minister of Health, and a leader in
the nuclear-free and independent Pacific movement;
Dr. Carlos Vargas Pizarro, Vice-President of IALANA and International
Law Professor, University of Costa Rica |
Conference Room 4 |
Monika Szymurska
Atomic Mirror
Phone: (805) 487-8986
Email: monika@atomicmirror.org
|
Thursday, October 25
1:15-2:45pm |
Parliamentary Forum: Parliamentarians calling
for an ATT, sponsored by Control Arms |
Conference Room A |
Christine Green
green@parlforum.org
|
Thursday, October 25
1:00-4:00pm |
Screening of the animated film Nagasaki
1945-Angelus Bell, sponsored by the NGO Committee on Disarmament,
Peace and Security, Mushi Productions Co. Ltd., and UNODA, with
support from the Permament Mission of Japan to the United Nations |
Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium |
ddaweb@un.org |
Friday, October 26
10:00am-1:00pm |
First Committee:
NGO Presentations |
Conference Room 4 |
|
| Friday, October 26
1:15-2:45pm |
Ending Impunity, Forging Accountability: Implementation
of Security Council Resolution 1325 in Burma, sponsored by Global
Action to Prevent War and the Global Justice Center |
Church Center
777 UN Plaza
1st floor: Chapel |
Waverly de Bruijn
Global Action to Prevent War
Tel: +1 (212) 818-1815
Fax: +1 (212) 818-1857
coordinator@globalactionpw.org |
Thursday, November 1
1:15-2:45pm |
MPI Seminar on nuclear fuel cycle issues |
MPI Office: 675 Third Avenue, Suite 315 |
Jim Wurst
Middle Powers Initiative
+1 646 289-5170
jwurst@gsinstitute.org |
