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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
3–28	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
23–27	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
25–27	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 August–3 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 August–3 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

2–9	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
19–21	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
8–12	Group of Governmental Experts on the UN Standardized Instruments for Reporting Military Expenditures		Geneva, Switzerland
9–12	First Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM)		Laos
22–23	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
25–26	Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) Meeting of States Parties	United Nations	Geneva, Switzerland
29 November–3 December	Tenth meeting of the States Parties to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention	United Nations	Geneva, Switzerland
29 November–3 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 November–3 December	Tenth meeting of the States Parties to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention	United Nations	Geneva, Switzerland
29 November–3 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