Calendar of side events for the 2023 NPT Preparatory Committee
Side events that can be accommodated within the room allocated to non-governmental organisations (Conference Room M4) are being scheduled by WILPF. Please email [email protected] to book the room for a side event. We will require the event name, general theme or focus, organiser/host information, and your top three preferences of date and time.
We are also happy to post information on this page about virtual and online side events. If you would like to add your event, please send an email to [email protected] with the following information: Title of the event; (co-) organisers; date, time and time zone; information on how to register/attend the event. The list of side events is being updated regularly.
(Calendar last updated 4 August 2023)
**Side events being organised by member states are listed on the UN website.
When |
What |
Where |
Who |
11:15-12:45 |
Nuclear Justice now - Dialogue on Nuclear Weapons and Climate Change | Conference Room M4 | International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) Germany and Marshallese Educational Initiative (MEI) and Kazakhstan Contact: Elisabeth Saar |
13:15-14:45 |
Getting the NPT Review Cycle on the right track | Conference Room M4 | European Leadership Network Contact: Alice Saltini |
13:15-14:30 |
A.I.M. for a way forward: Youth insights for strengthening the disarmament machinery | Conference Room M2 | UNODA Youth4Disarmament initiative Contact: Marykate Monaghan |
13:15-14:30 | International Group of Eminent Persons for a World without Nuclear Weapons (IGEP) | Conference Room M-BR-A | Japan Contact: Yuri Sano |
13:15-14:30 | Nuclear disarmament verification in practice: A field exercise to verify the absence of weapons | Conference Room M7 | Netherlands, Switzerland, Norway and UNIDIR Contact: Pavel Podvig |
15.30-17.30 |
Nuke Free Europe: Nuclear Sharing and Other Threats | Conference Room M4 Hybrid event (Register here) |
International Peace Bureau (IPB) Contact: Emily Molinari and Alessandra Fontanella |
Tuesday, 1 August
When |
What |
Where |
Who |
11:00-12:30 |
Conference Room M4 |
Mayors for Peace |
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13:15-14:45 |
Conference Room M4 |
Hiroshima Prefecture and Nagasaki Prefecture |
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13:15-14:45 |
The Catastrophic Consequences of Nuclear Tests in Kazakhstan: a First-Person History |
Conference Room M6 |
Center for International Security and Policy (Kazakhstan), Soka Gakkai International and Permanent Mission of Kazakhstan in Vienna. |
13:15-14:30 |
What’s next for nuclear risk reduction |
Press room |
Switzerland and UNIDIR |
13:15-14:30 | Feminist Foreign Policy and Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament | Conference Room M2 |
Germany and Vienna Center for Disarmament and NonProliferation (VCDNP) |
13:15-14:30 | Atoms4Heritage: preservation of natural and cultural heritage through irradiation ~ case studies | Conference Room M-BR-A | France and CEA/ARC Nucléart Contact: Nathalie Le Bars |
15:15-17:45 | Conference Room M4 Hybrid event (register here) |
The Abolition 2000 Nuclear Risk Reduction Working Group. Cosponsors: People for Nuclear Disarmament, The Human Survival Project, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament (PNND), The Global No First Use Campaign |
Wednesday, 2 August
When |
What |
Where |
Who |
10:00 |
Room CO225A C-building |
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) |
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10:30 - 12:30 |
The Role of Nuclear Weapons in a Shifting Geopolitical Landscape |
Conference Room M4 Hybrid event (Register here) |
International Peace Bureau (IPB) |
13:15 - 14:45 |
Looking Beyond Nuclear Deterrence: A Mid-term Perspective on Nuclear Disarmament |
Conference Room M4 Hybrid event (register here) |
Hiroshima Prefecture and Hiroshima Organization for Global Peace (HOPe) |
13:15 - 14:30 |
Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons |
Conference Room M2 |
Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Reverse The Trend, and Marshallese Educational Initiative |
13:15-14:30 |
2003 – 2023: Addressing North Korea’s Challenge to the Global Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime |
Press room |
France and RoK |
13:15-14:30 | Advancing the complementarity of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and other disarmament and non-proliferation treaties: focus on nuclear weapons free zone treaties | Conference Room M5 | Thailand, Ireland, ICAN and AFCON Contact: Athikam Dilogwathana |
13:15-14:30 | New findings on humanitarian consequences and risks of nuclear weapons | Conference Room M6 | Austria Contact: Department for Disarmament, arms control, non-proliferation |
13:15-14:30 | Nuclear Solutions for the SDGs | Conference Room M7 | United States, Germany and South Africa Contact: [email protected] |
15:15 - 17:45 |
The AUKUS Submarine Deal: Risks for the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime |
Conference Room M4 |
China Arms Control and Disarmament Association (CACDA) and Center for Energy and Security Studies (CENESS) |
Thursday, 3 August
When |
What |
Where |
Who |
11:00-12:30 |
Conference Room M4 |
Soka Gakkai International, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation and Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament |
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13:15-14:45 |
Writing Peace: Uniting Nations with the Art of Calligraphy |
Conference Room M4 |
Nagasaki Youth Delegation |
13:15-14:30 |
Youth Empowerment Through the Creative Arts |
Conference Room M5 |
Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Reverse The Trend, Marshallese Educational Initiative, and Hiroshima Organization for Global Peace |
13:15-14:30 |
Promotion of and Assistance in the Conclusion of Safeguards Agreements and Additional Protocols and the Amendment or Recession of Small Quantities Protocols |
Conference Room M2 |
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) |
13:15-14:30 | Irreversibility of nuclear disarmament | Conference Room M6 | United Kingdom, Norway and VERTIC Contact: Alberto Muti |
13:15-14:30 | Perspectives on the Middle East WMD-Free Zone | Press Room | European Union and UNIDIR Contact: Paula Mercado Gomez |
15:30-17:30 |
Conference Room M4 Hybrid event (Register here) |
International Peace Bureau (IPB) |
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16:00-17:30 CET/ 15:00-16:30 BST |
Virtual event (register here) |
The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament |
Friday, 4 August
When |
What |
Where |
Who |
11:00-12:30 |
The P5 Young Professionals Network |
Conference Room M4 |
Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) Project on Nuclear Issues |
13:15-14:45 |
Common Security v. Nuclear Weapons: How to replace the current reliance on nuclear deterrence |
Conference Room M4 |
World Federalist Movement. Cosponsors: Basel Peace Office, Global Security Institute. Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament, UNFOLD ZERO and World Future Council |
13:15-14:30 |
Arms control implications of new systems and technologies |
Conference Room M2 |
United States |
13:15-14:30 | EU contributions to the IAEA Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship Programme | Press Room | European Union Contact: Paula Mercado Gomez |
When |
What |
Where |
Who |
10:15-11:15 |
Climate Nuclear Nexus: Session 1: Moving the Nuclear Weapons Money to climate protection and SDGs. |
Conference Room M4 |
Main organiser: Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament (PNND). Cosponsors: Basel Peace Office, Global Security Institute, Move the Nuclear Weapons Money, World Federalist Movement, World Future Council and Youth Fusion. |
11:30-12:45 |
Climate Nuclear Nexus: Session 2: The International Court of Justice Climate case and the UN Summit of the Future. |
Conference Room M4 |
Main organiser: World Future Council. Cosponsors: Basel Peace Office, Global Security Institute, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament, World Federalist Movement and World Future Council. |
13:15-14:45 |
In Discussion with Global Youth: Inheriting the Experiences of Hibakusha |
Conference Room M4 Hybrid event |
Soka Gakkai International (SGI) |
13:15-14:30 |
Naval nuclear propulsion and non-proliferation |
Conference Room M2 |
Australia |
13:15-14:30 | Achieving the Possible: A Middle East WMD Free Zone | Conference Room M-BR-A | Ireland and Middle East Treaty Organization (METO) Contact: Tony Robinson |
15:15-17:45 |
Conference Room M4 |
Youth Fusion and DOCMINE |
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15:00 - 17:00 |
Expanding the Benefits of Ionizing Radiation: The Role of Coordinated Research Projects. |
The office of the Vienna Centre for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP) Hybrid event (register here) |
The Vienna Centre for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP) |
Tuesday, 8 August
When |
What |
Where |
Who |
09:00-10:30 AEST / 01:00-02:30 CET |
Virtual event (register here) |
Nuclear Truth Project and ICAN Australia |
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13:15 - 14:45 |
NWC Reset: Frameworks for a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World |
Conference Room M4 |
Abolition 2000 |
13:15 - 14:30 |
Uplifting Nuclear Safeguards in Africa - AFCONE and Finland working together for sustainability |
Conference Room M7 |
Finland, Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority of Finland (STUK) and the African Commission on Nuclear Energy (AFCONE) |
13:15 - 14:30 | IAEA Flagship Initiatives on Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Science and Technology | Press Room | International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Contact: Nuno Luzio |
13:15 - 14:30 |
Navigating Nuclear Risks in Conflict: Avenues to manage and reduce risks |
Room M-BR-A |
Chatham House and Ireland |
Wednesday, 9 August
When |
What |
Where |
Who |
09:00-10:00 |
UN Vienna courtyard |
Abolition 2000 |
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10:30-12:00 |
General Comment 36: Advancing nuclear abolition and climate protection in the UN Human Rights bodies |
Conference Room M4 |
Main organiser: Aotearoa Lawyers for Peace. Cosponsors: Basel Peace Office, World Future Council and Youth Fusion |
13:15-14:45 |
Conference Room M4 (Hybrid event, register here) |
Youth Fusion |
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13:15-14:30 | The SDPU: A Renewed Pursuit of the UN SDGs Through Nuclear Science and Technology | Conference Room M7 | United States, United Kingdom, CRDF Global Contact: Christine R. Martin |
13:15-14:30 | Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Technology and their Socio-economic Impact | Conference Room M5 | Philippines Dan Bagaporo |
15:00-16:30 | New Film: “Dismantle the Doomsday Machine: Abolish Nuclear Weapons at Livermore Lab & Globally,” featuring talks by Daniel Ellsberg during protests at the Livermore Nuclear Weapons Laboratory in California | Conference Room M4 | Western States Legal Foundation Contact: Jackie Cabasso |
16:30 - 18:00 |
Abolition 2000 Convening |
Conference Room M4 |
Abolition 2000 Global Network to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons |
Thursday, 10 August
When |
What |
Where |
Who |
13:15 - 14:45 |
Conference Room M4 |
The Canadian Pugwash Group (CPG) |
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13:15 - 14:45 |
Conference Room M2 |
United States and Switzerland, Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation |
Friday, 11 August
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