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Disarmament Calendar
2010

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Last updated 2 September 2010

Date Event Contact Location
JANUARY
18 January–26 March Conference on Disarmament 2010, Part One info[at]reachingcriticalwill.org
See RCW's CD page
Geneva, Switzerland
FEBRUARY
18 January–26 March Conference on Disarmament 2010, Part One info[at]reachingcriticalwill.org
See RCW's CD page
Geneva, Switzerland
11 February–1 May International Peace Walk Towards a Nuclear Free Future Y12 Nuclear Research Facility in Oakridge, Tennessee to UN Headquarters in New York City Marcus Atkinson
marcus[at]footprintsforpeace.net
Footprints for Peace
15 Blockade to impede work on the UK’s planned new warhead for the Trident nuclear missile system Andrée
andreeduguy[at]yahoo.com
Trident Plougshares
Aldermaston, UK
24–26 53rd session of the Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters   New York, NY
MARCH
18 January–26 March Conference on Disarmament 2010, Part One info[at]reachingcriticalwill.org
See RCW's CD page
Geneva, Switzerland
1–5 IAEA Board of Governors IAEA Vienna, Austria
5 March
1:15 –2:30 PM
40th anniversary of the entry into force of the NPT
Sponsored by Reaching Critical Will, International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms, and the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs

Conference Room A
North Lawn Building
UN Headquarters, NYC

Tim Wright
tim[at]icanw.org
30
1:15 –2:45 PM
Unblocking the road to zero nuclear weapons: a conversation with Dr. Barry Blechman
Sponsored by Reaching Critical Will, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, the International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms, and the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs

Conference Room D
North Lawn Building
UN Headquarters, NYC

Tim Wright
tim[at]icanw.org
29 March–13 April UN Disarmament Commission info[at]reachingcriticalwill.org
See RCW's UNDC page
New York, USA
APRIL
29 March–16 April UN Disarmament Commission info[at]reachingcriticalwill.org
See RCW's UNDC page
New York, USA
8 April
7:00 PM
Doors open at 6:30
A World Without Nuclear Weapons: Obama’s Vision, Our Mission - Sponsored by Peace Action Fund of New York State and The Nation Institute New York Society for Ethical Culture, 2 West 64th Street, New York City Ruth Baldwin
(212) 822-0266
ruth[at]nationinstitute.org
8–29 NPTwalk2010 Washington, DC to New York City Jay Marx
marxjay[at]gmail.com
NPTwalk2010
29
10:00 AM–1:00 PM
3:00–6:00 PM
Civil Society Forum for Nuclear Weapon Free Zones
Sponsored by the Mission of Chile to the UN, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament, Mayors for Peace and the International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms
UN Headquarters, New York
Temporary North Lawn Building
Conference Room 6
Alyn Ware
Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament
alyn[at]lcnp.org
30
10:00AM–1:00PM
3:00–6:00PM
Nuclear Weapon Free Zone Conference UN Headquarters, New York
 
30
1 :00–3:00 PM
Partnership for Global Justice Award Luncheon Honoring Daniel Berrigan and (posthumously) Philip Berrigan for their commitment and struggle for social justice, non-violence and peace. Church of St. Paul the Apostle, 59th St. and 9th Ave, NYC
Partnership for Global Justice
212-682-6481
partnershipforglobaljustice[at]gmail.com
30 April–1 May
International Conference for a Nuclear Free, Peaceful, Just, and Sustainable World Riverside Church
490 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10027
Lucas Wirl
npt[at]ialana.de
MAY
30 April–1 May
International Conference for a Nuclear Free, Peaceful, Just, and Sustainable World Riverside Church
490 Riverside Drive
New York, NY 10027
Lucas Wirl
npt[at]ialana.de
2
1:30–6:00 PM
International March, Rally, Festival Rally: Times Square, 7th Ave, south of 41st Street, 2:00 PM
March: Across 42nd Street to the United Nations, 3:30 PM
Festival: Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, 47th Street b/w 1st and 2nd Avenues, 4:00–6:00 PM
Lucas Wirl
npt[at]ialana.de
2
12:00–1:00 PM
Interfaith Convocation

Tillman Chapel (CCUN)
Church Center for the UN
777 UN Plaza, 44th St and 1 Ave
(overflow room on 2nd Floor)

Allison Pytlak, Religions for Peace, apytlak[at]wcrp.org
328 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons - see all NPT side events and official meetings listed on the RCW Calendar of Events info[at]reachingcriticalwill.org
See RCW's NPT page
New York, USA
31 May
16 July
Conference on Disarmament 2010, Part Two info[at]reachingcriticalwill.org
See RCW's CD page
Geneva, Switzerland
JUNE
31 May
16 July
Conference on Disarmament 2010, Part Two info[at]reachingcriticalwill.org
See RCW's CD page
Geneva, Switzerland
5 Nuclear Abolition Day Nuclear Abolition Day Global
7–11 IAEA Board of Governors IAEA Vienna, Austria
14–18 Fourth Biannual Meeting of States to Consider the Implementation of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects IANSA New York, NY
JULY
31 May
16 July
Conference on Disarmament 2010, Part Two info[at]reachingcriticalwill.org
See RCW's CD page
Geneva, Switzerland
3–5 Resistance for a Nuclear Free Future: Celebrating 3 Decades of the Nuclear Resister and NukeWatch Felice and Jack Cohen-Joppa
The Nuclear Resister
(520) 323-8697
Email: nukeresister[at]igc.org
Website: nuclearresister.org
Y-12 Nuclear Weapons Complex, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
12–23 Open-ended working group on an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), third session: preparatory committee for the 2012 ATT negotiating conference IANSA New York, NY
25–27 Hiroshima Conference for the Total Abolition of Nuclear Weapons by 2010 Mayors for Peace Hiroshima, Japan
AUGUST
6 Hiroshima Day   Global
9 Nagasaki Day   Global
9 August
24 September
Conference on Disarmament 2010, Part Three info[at]reachingcriticalwill.org
See RCW's CD page
Geneva, Switzerland
2327 Meeting of experts of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction UN Office at Geneva Geneva, Switzerland
2527 22nd UN Conference on Disarmament Issues: A Nuclear-Weapon-Free World: Making Steady Progress from Vision to Action UN Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific Saitama, Japan
26 International conference on nuclear disarmament   Astana, Kazakhstan
29 International Day against Nuclear Tests United Nations Global
30 August3 September Group of governmental experts on the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW), second session United Nations Geneva, Switzerland
SEPTEMBER
9 August
24 September
Conference on Disarmament 2010, Part Three info[at]reachingcriticalwill.org
See RCW's CD page
Geneva, Switzerland
30 August3 September Group of governmental experts on the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW), second session United Nations Geneva, Switzerland
6 September CCM Preparatory Meeting on First Meeting of States Parties United Nations Geneva, Switzerland
8 September
10:00
Special Meeting of the General Assembly to mark the Observance of the International Day against Nuclear Tests United Nations New York, NY, USA
8 September
12:00-14:00
Panel Discussion: "Nuclear Weapons: Security or Survival?"
Hosted by: Columbia University School of Social Work and the Mission of the Republic of Kazakhstan
United Nations Italian Academy, Columbia University in the City of New York, 1161 Amsterdam Avenue (between 116 and 118th Streets)
New York, NY, USA
13–17 IAEA Board of Governors IAEA Vienna, Austria
14 Protest against ICBM test launch MacGregor Eddy
WILPF
Vandenberg, CA, USA
20–24 IAEA General Conference 54th Session IAEA Vienna, Austria
17 IAEA Board of Governors IAEA Vienna, Austria
23–30 UN General Assembly General Debate   New York, USA
30 UNGA First Committee Organizational Meeting info[at]reachingcriticalwill.org
See RCW's First Comm page
New York, USA
OCTOBER
29 Keep Space for Peace Week: International Week of Protest to Stop the Militarization of Space Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space
globalnet[at]mindspring.com
Global
4 October
2 November
UNGA First Committee info[at]reachingcriticalwill.org
See RCW's First Comm page
New York, USA
1921 Beyond the 2010 Review Conference: Prospects for Nuclear Non-Proliferation info[at]acsis.org
Arab Institute for Security Studies
Cairo, Egypt
NOVEMBER
4 October
2 November
UNGA First Committee info[at]reachingcriticalwill.org
See RCW's First Comm page
New York, USA
812 Group of Governmental Experts on the UN Standardized Instruments for Reporting Military Expenditures   Geneva, Switzerland
912 First Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM)   Laos
2223 Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) Protocol V, 4th Conference United Nations Geneva, Switzerland
24 Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) Amended Protocol II, 12fth Conference United Nations Geneva, Switzerland
2526 Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) Meeting of States Parties United Nations Geneva, Switzerland
29 November3 December Tenth meeting of the States Parties to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention United Nations Geneva, Switzerland
29 November3 December Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW): 15th session of the Conference of the State Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) OPCW The Hague, The Netherlands
DECEMBER
29 November3 December Tenth meeting of the States Parties to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention United Nations Geneva, Switzerland
29 November3 December Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW): 15th session of the Conference of the State Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) OPCW The Hague, The Netherlands
2–3 IAEA Board of Governors IAEA Vienna, Austria
6–10 Meeting of States Parties of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction United Nations Geneva, Switzerland
9–12 Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace (CNDP) Tenth Anniversary Event Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace
cndpindia[at]gmail.com
Dehli, India

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