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First Committee Calendar of Events
2008

To schedule an event, please email the RCW Project Associate.

Please note: Dates, times, and locations are tentative and subject to change.
Please check back regularly for updates.

Last updated: 27 October 2008

When	What	Where	Contact
13–19 September	Control Arms Week of Action	Global	Bruce Millar International Action Network on Small Arms; Control Arms Campaign Email: bruce.millar[at]iansa.org
16 September	General Assembly opens its 63rd session	General Assembly UN Headquarters, New York City
21 September	International Day of Peace	Global	www.internationaldayofpeace.org
23 September– 1 October	General Debate of General Assembly begins; see RCW's Disarmament Index by Country or Topic for references to disarmament	General Assembly UN Headquarters, New York City
24 September 9:30am	Putting an End to Nuclear Test Explosions - the Fourth Ministerial Meeting for the CTBT's entry into force	Conference Room 2	Annika Thunborg, CTBTO Email: annika.thunborg[at]ctbto.org Tel: +43-1-26030 6375
2 October	International Day of Non-Violence	Global
4–12 October	Keep Space for Peace Week	Global	Bruce Gagnon Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space Email: globalnet[at]mindspring.com
6 October– 4 November	UNGA First Committee	Conference Room 4	Jannett Serrano UN Department for General Assembly and Conference Management Email: serrano[at]un.org
7 October 1:00pm	Book Launch: MPI Chairman Douglas Roche launches his nineteenth book, "Creative Dissent: A politician's struggle for peace"	United Nations Bookstore	Jim Wurst Middle Powers Initiative jwurst[at]gsinstitute.org
8 October 1:15–2:45pm	Shooting Down the MDGs - sponsored by Oxfam International and Control Arms Campaign	Conference Room 3	Mark Marge International Action Network on Small Arms Email: mark.marge[at]iansa.org
8 October 1:15–2:45pm	Nuclear Free Middle East - sponsored by Greenpeace, Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy, and Reaching Critical Will of WILPF	Conference Room D	Merav Datan Greenpeace International merav.datan[at]greenpeace.org
8 October 1:15–2:45pm	Workshop on Depleted Uranium - sponsored by the International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons	Conference Room A	Tara Thornton, tarathrnt[at]fairpoint.net or Gretel Munroe, zgmunroe[at]earthlink.net International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons (ICBUW)
9 October 1:15–2:45pm	Removing Nuclear Weapons from the Security Equation: The responsibilities of the United States, Russia and NATO - sponsored by the Middle Powers Initiative	Conference Room 8	Jim Wurst Middle Powers Initiative jwurst[at]gsinstitute.org
10 October 1:15–2:30pm	A Fissile Materials (Cut-off) Treaty and its Verification - sponsored by the International Panel on Fissile Materials, the Canadian delegation to First Committee, UNODA, and the NGO Committee on Disarmament, Peace and Security	Conference Room 4	International Panel on Fissile Materials
10 October 3:30–6:00pm	Women and Micro-Disarmament - presented by the Manipur Women Gun Survivors Network and Control Arms Foundation of India	Church Center 10th Floor Conference Room	Nicole Richards axeoxala[at]gmail.com (646) 736 2519
13 October 2:00–2:45pm	Health and arms proliferation - sponsored by the Control Arms Campaign	Conference Room 4	Sauro Scarpelli Amnesty International sscarpel[at]amnesty.org
14 October 1:15–2:30pm	Geneva Process on Small Arms - sponsored by UNIDIR	Conference Room 8	Nicolas Gérard UNIDIR ngerard[at]unog.ch
15 October 1:15–2:30pm	UN Register of Conventional Arms: more transparency in international transfers of conventional weapons - sponsored by UNODA	Conference Room A	Mr. Yuryi Kryvonos kryvonos[at]un.org 917 367 1096
16 October 1:15–2:30pm	How to Apply Key Legal Issues in an Arms Trade Treaty - sponsored by the Control Arms Campaign	Conference Room 9	Sauro Scarpelli Amnesty International sscarpel[at]amnesty.org
17 October 1:15–2:45pm	Operational Status of Nuclear Weapon Systems - sponsored by the Governments of Chile and Switzerland	Conference Room 7	John Hallam Email: foesyd4[at]ihug.com.au Steven Starr Email: sstarr[at]centurytel.net
20 October 1:15–2:45pm	Delivery of the Parliamentary Declaration with MPs - sponsored by Amnesty International	Conference Room A	Mark Marge International Action Network on Small Arms mark.marge[at]iansa.org
20 October 1:15–2:30pm	Prospects for preserving a cooperative security framework in outer space - sponsored by GSI, UNIDIR, and the Secure World Foundation	Conference Room 4	Rhianna Tyson Global Security Institute rtyson[at]gsinstitute.org
21 October 1:15–2:45pm	The Space Security Index presents new perspectives on space security - sponsored by Project Ploughshares, Reaching Critical Will of WILPF, and the Secure World Foundation	Conference Room A	Jessica West Project Ploughshares jwest[at]ploughshares.ca
21 October 1:15–2:30pm	Cluster Munitions - sponsored by the Permament Mission of Ireland to the UN	Conference Room 4	Mr. B. Cahalane Brian.Cahalane[at]dfa.ie
22 October 1:15–2:30pm	Regional Organizations and the Implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1540 - sponsored by UNIDIR	Conference Room 4	Nicolas Gérard UNIDIR ngerard[at]unog.ch
23 October 1:15–2:45pm	UN Arms Embargoes and the ATT, Why Both? - sponsored by Amnesty International	Conference Room 9	Mark Marge International Action Network on Small Arms mark.marge[at]iansa.org
24 October	United Nations Day
24 October 1:15am–2:45pm	CASA Briefing on the Development of International Small Arms Control Standards	Conference Room 4	coordinator[at]un-casa-isacs.org
24 October 9:30am–4:45pm	Seizing the Moment: A One Day Consultation on Breakthrough Measures to Build a New East West Consensus on WMD and Disarmament	Morning: UN ECOSOC Chamber Afternoon: TBA	East West Institute
27 October 1:15–2:45pm	Hibakusha Appeal for a Nuclear Weapon Free World - sponsored by Peace Boat and Reaching Critical Will of WILPF	Conference Room A	Allison Boehm Peace Boat-US Email: allison[at]peaceboat-us.org
27 October 3:00–6:00pm	NGO Presentations	Conference Room 4	Ray Acheson Reaching Critical Will Email: ray[at]reachingcriticalwill.org
27 October 1:00–3:00pm	Women in Security: Increasing Leadership Opportunities - sponsored by Global Action to Prevent War, Women in International Security, and NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security	Bahai Conference Room 866 UN Plaza, Suite 120	Kirsten Lundgren kkl8[at]georgetown.edu
27 October 10:45–11:45am Exhibit will be on until 31 October	Hiroshima! Nagasaki! 6 August 1945 and the aftermath, a poster exhibit - presented by Mayors for Peace. Opening by Hiroshima Mayor Akiba and High Representative Duarte	1B-level "neck area"	2020 Vision Campaign
28 October 9:30–12:45am	Cities Are Not Targets! - Organized by the 2020 Vision Campaign of Mayors for Peace; sponsored by the Mexican Mission to the United Nations	Conference Room A	2020 Vision Campaign
28 October 1:15–2:30pm	Open-ended consultations on regional meetings to follow-up BMS3 on the UN PoA - sponsored by UNODA	Conference Room 4	Antonio E. Evora 212.963.5876 evora[at]un.org
30 October 3:00–6:00pm	Civil Society at a defining Moment for Disarmament - sponsored by the NGO Committee on Disarmament, Peace and Security	Conference Room E	Jim Nelson jimnelson@ngocommunity[at]yahoo.com