Calendar of events for First Committee 2024

This is a indicative schedule. We are posting information about side events (in-person, hybrid, or online) as details become available. The Office for Disarmament Affairs has prepared an indicative schedule of side events that you'll find here . To have your First Committee side event included here, please email [email protected].

Calendar last updated 17 October 2024.

When	What	Where	Who
7 October 1:15–2:45 p.m. ET	Responsible Artificial Intelligence in the Military Domain (REAIM 2024)	Conference Room 8	Republic of Korea (contact: [email protected] and [email protected])
9 October 10:00-1:00 p.m. ET 3:00 - 6:00 p.m. ET	1540 Committee - Open briefing for Member States and International, Regional and Subregional Organizations (Part 1)	ECOSOC Chamber	Organized by 1540 Committee (contact: [email protected]) RSVP
9 October 1:15–2:30 p.m. ET	Expert panel on nuclear war impacts and the role of the scientific community	Conference Room 6	Organized by Ireland, New Zealand, UNODA and Princeton University (contact: [email protected])
9 October 1:15–2:30 p.m. ET	Towards a Secure World for all: Marking 20 Years of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540	Conference Room 11	Organized by UNODA and Ecuador (contact: [email protected] and [email protected]) RSVP
10 October 1:15–2:30 p.m. ET	1540 Committee - Open briefing for Member States and International, Regional and Subregional Organizations (Part 2)	ECOSOC Chamber	Organized by 1540 Committee (contact: [email protected]) RSVP
10 October 1:15–2:30 p.m. ET	Approaching the AI-Nuclear Nexus	Conference Room 6	Organized by Germany and SIPRI (contact: [email protected])
10 October 1:15–2:30 p.m. ET	Strengthening UNSCR 1540 Implementation: The Critical Role of Regional Organizations	Conference Room 11	Organized by OAS-CICTE and Ecuador (contact: [email protected])
14 October 1:15–2:30 p.m. ET	Nuclear Risk Reduction in the Framework of “Creating an Environment for Nuclear Disarmament (CEND)”	German Mission, 871 UN Plaza	Organized by Germany and Finland (contact: [email protected] and [email protected])
15 October 1:15–2:30 p.m. ET	Escalation Risks at the Space-Nuclear Nexus	Conference Room 8	Organized by Netherlands and SIPRI (contact: [email protected])
16 October 1:15–2:30 p.m. ET	Autonomous Weapons Systems and the Challenge of Regulation	Conference Room 11	Organized by Austria (contact: [email protected])
17 October 1:15–2:30 p.m. ET	Voluntary information sharing on legal reviews of new weapons, means and methods of warfare	Conference Room D	Organized by UNODA Science and Technology Unit (contact: [email protected])
18 October 1:15–2:30 p.m. ET	Responsible AI for peace and security: Meeting the moment in tackling the risks presented by misuse of civilian AI	Conference Room 9 RSVP	Organized by UNODA, EU and SIPRI (contact: [email protected])
22 October 1:15–2:30 p.m. ET	The HCoC and Space	Conference Room 8 and online	Organized by EU and Fondation pour la recherche stratégique (contact: [email protected] and [email protected]) RSVP
22 October 1:15–2:30 p.m. ET	Operationalizing the PoA/RevCon4 Outcome on Small Arms and Light Weapons: Way forward for the OETEG		Organized by Costa Rica, Philippines, UNODA and Conflict Armament Research (contact [email protected])
23 October 1:15–2:14 p.m. ET	A Declaration to Prevent Harm: Steps to strengthen the protection of civilians from use of explosive weapons in populated areas	Conference Room F	Organised by INEW, Ireland, Norway, Costa Rica and UNODA (Contact [email protected])
23 October 1:15–2:30 p.m. ET	High-Level Briefing on Building Capacity to Eliminate the Supply of Weapons to Terrorists in Africa and Central Asia	Conference Room 7	Organized by UNCCT
23 October 1:15–2:30 p.m. ET	Challenges and opportunities posed by AI in international peace and security: A conversation with the UNIDIR Women in AI Fellows	Conference Room D	Organized by UNIDIR and Germany (contact: [email protected])
23 October 1:15–2:30 p.m. ET	What You(th) can do for Disarmament: Exploration of Youth Champions for Disarmament Projects	Room S-1522 RSVP	Organized by Germany and UNODA (contact: [email protected] and [email protected])
24 October 1:15–2:30 p.m. ET	Arms Trade Treaty Voluntary Trust Fund	Conference Room E	Organized by ATT Secretariat (contact: [email protected])
24 October 1:15–2:30 p.m. ET	The Roundtable for AI, Security and Ethics (RAISE): Forging Global Alignment through Multistakeholder Dialogue	Conference Room 9 RSVP	Organized by UNIDIR and Microsoft (contact: [email protected])
25 October 1:15–2:30 p.m. ET	Guidelines for the Development of National Strategies on AI in Security and Defence	Conference Room 9 RSVP	Organized by UNIDIR (contact: [email protected])
25 October 1:15–2:30 p.m. ET	Weapons of Mass Destruction Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Instruments in an Age of Accelerated Technological Change	Conference Room 6	Organized by CTBTO, IAEA, OPCW and UNODA
25 October 1:15–2:30 p.m. ET	The Arms Trade Treaty at 10	Conference Room F	Organized by United Kingdom, Australia, and the Stimson Center (contact: [email protected])
29 October 8:30 - 9:45 a.m ET	Disability as a Missing Dimension in Disarmament Diplomacy	International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Delegation to the United Nations,801 2nd Avenue (between 42-43 Streets), 18th Floor	ICRC, Pace University, Harvard Law School Project on Disability, International Peace Research Association, U.S International Council on Disabilies, University of Baltimore Center for International and Comparative Law
29 October 1:15–2:30 p.m. ET	Strengthening EU-Africa Cooperation in Space	Conference Room 7 RSVP	Organized by EU
29 October 1:15–2:30 p.m. ET	Transparency, accountability and strengthening the NPT review process: why they matter	Conference Room A	Organized by Japan, Australia and NPDI (contact: [email protected] and [email protected])
29 October 1:15–2:30 p.m. ET	Advancing Nuclear Justice through Victim Assistance and Environmental Remediation	International Committee of the Red Cross,801 2nd Avenue, 18th Floor	Kiribati, Kazakhstan, ICAN, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
30 October 1:15–2:30 p.m. ET	A Gamble of Our Own Choosing: Forecasting Strategies to Reduce Nuclear Risks	Conference Room and online RSVP	Austria, UNODA, Open Nuclear Network and the Forecasting Research Institute (contact: Kseniia Pirnavskaia ([email protected]) and Karim Kamel ([email protected]))
30 October 1:00- 3:00 p.m. ET	“Silent Fallout” Film Screening & Panel Discussion: Award-Winning Film that Uncovers Untold Stories of Victims of Nuclear Testing in the US and Globally	UN Church Center, 2nd Floor RSVP	Human Rights Now, Peace Boat US Co-sponsored: International Physicians to Prevent Nuclear Weapons , Arms Control Association , Nuclear Age Peace Foundation , Reverse the Trend