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First Committee

The 75th session of the UN General Assembly First Committee on Disarmament and International Security is scheduled to meet from 6 October–4 November 2020.

 

 

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UN General Assembly

The 75th UN General Assembly high-level debate took place from 22–29 September 2020.

 

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Int'l Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons

To mark the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, the UN held an online commemoration on 2 October 2020.

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Stop killer robots

The UN Group of Governmental Experts on autonomous weapon systems met in Geneva from 21-25 September 2020. 

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Abolition

WILPF is running a long-read series on abolition focusing on harms caused by border imperialism, police brutality, incarceration, weapons, war, and more.

Reaching Critical Will

Reaching Critical Will is the disarmament programme of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), the oldest women’s peace organization in the world. Reaching Critical Will works for disarmament and arms control of many different weapon systems, the reduction of global military spending and militarism, and the investigation of gendered aspects of the impact of weapons and of disarmament processes.

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Nuclear ban treaty reaches 50!

24 October 2020

UN General Assembly condemns nuclear weapon possession and demands total elimination

05 October 2020

Calling for courage from the UN General Assembly

30 September 2020

WILPF publishes analysis of the UN system during the COVID-19 lockdown

28 September 2020

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Upcoming events

UN General Assembly First Committee, 75th Session
oct
05

UN General Assembly First Committee, 75th Session

05 October - 05 November 2020
New York, USA

Series of webinars: Exploring technological, military and legal aspects of lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS)
oct
26

Series of webinars: Exploring technological, military and legal aspects of lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS)

26 - 28 October 2020
Online

2020 CCW Group of Governmental Experts on lethal autonomous weapon systems
nov
02

2020 CCW Group of Governmental Experts on lethal autonomous weapon systems

02 - 06 November 2020
Geneva, Switzerland

Capturing technology and rethinking arms control
nov
06

Capturing technology and rethinking arms control

06 November 2020
Berlin, Germany

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