Calendar of events for First Committee 2019

All requests for the use of United Nations premises must be either sponsored by a Permanent or Observer Mission to the United Nations or by departments or offices of the United Nations. To have your event added to our calendar, please email disarm[at]wilpf.org.

Calendar last updated 24 October 2019. See also the events calendar published by UNODA.
("CR" refers to conference rooms within the United Nations)

When	What	Where	Who
8 October 13:15-14:30	Unlocking disarmament diplomacy through a step-by-step approach	CR 4	Permanent Mission of Sweden
8 October 13:15-14:30	Creating the enviroment for nuclear disarmament	CR 1	Permanent Mission of the United States
9 October 12:45-14:45	Existing and possible risk reduction initiatives in the field of missiles	CR11	Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique and
10 October 13:15-14:30	Promoting stability in the Indo-Pacific in the Context of Great Power Competition	CR 4	Permanent Missions of the United States and the European Union
10 October 13:15-14:30	Launch of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone Project	CR 11	United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)
10 October 13:15-14:30	HIBAKUSHA APPEAL for the prohibition and elimination of nuclear weapons	CR 9	Permanent Mission of Austria
10 October 19:00-20:30	HIBAKUSHA APPEAL Atomic-Bomb Testimony and Music for Peace	Hall of Worship, Community Church of New York	Hibakusha Appeal International Signature Campaign
14 October 13:15-14:45	From paper to practice: Franco-German NuDiVe Exercise to Advance Disarmament Verification	German House, 871 UN Plaza	Permanent Missions of France and Germany and International Partnership for Nuclear Disarmament Verification (IPNDV)
16 October 13:15-14:30	Promotion of the Chemical Weapons Convention	CR 8	Permanent Mission of Poland
16 October 13:15-14:45	Scientific and technological capacity for disarmament and non-proliferation	S-2727FC	VERTIC and the UN Office of Disarmament Affairs (UNODA)
16 October 13:15-14:30	Nuclear weapons ban monitor 2019	CR A	Permanent Missions of Austria, Ireland, and New Zealand
17 October 13:15-14:30	Preserving the nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation architecture	CR 8	Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs and the Permanent Mission of Brazil
17 October 13:15-14:30	Nuclear risk reduction: Pathways forward	CR A	Permanent Missions of Australia, Finland, Sweden and Switzerland with UNIDIR
17 October 19:00-20:30	Peace in the nuclear age: Humanitarian perspectives	Fordham University Rose Hill Campus Keating 1st Auditorium 441 E Fordham RD, Bronx, NY	Nuclear Age Peace Foundation (NAPF) and Fordham University's Humanitarian Student Union
21 October 13:15-14:30	The urgent need to retain human control over the use of force	CR 4	Permanent Mission of Austria and the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots
21 October 13:15-14:30	The age of suicide bombing	CR E	Permanent Mission of France
21 October 13:15-14:45	Developing consensus on responsible export and use of armed drones	CR 8	Permanent Missions of the Netherlands and Germany, Stimson Center and PAX
22 October 13:15-14:30	Containing the oxygen of conflict: issues and priorities for ammunition	German House, 871 First Avenue	Permanent Mission of Germany with UNIDIR
22 October 13:15-14:30	Hypersonic weapons: a challenge and opportunity for strategic arms control	CR A	Permanent Missions of Poland and Switzerland, and UNODA
22 October 13:15-14:45	Living up to the Arms Trade Treaty's promise: The role of the ATT in addressing gender-based violence	CR 7	Control Arms and Permanent Mission of Ireland
23 October 13:15-14:30	Digital technologies and conventional arms trade: opportunities and challenges	CR E	UNIDIR
23 October 13:15-14:30	Rethinking unconstrained military spending	CR A	UNODA
24 October 13:15-14:30	Capturing technology. Rethinking arms control	German House, 871 First Avenue	Permanent Missions of Germany, Netherlands, and Sweden
24 October 13:15-14:45	Launch of the ATT Monitor 2019 Annual Report	TBC	Control Arms, Permanent Missions of Netherlands and Australia
24 October 13:15-14:30	Disarmament that saves lives: supporting country level small arms control and violence reduction for sustainable development	CR 7	UNODA (RSVP required: email [email protected])
25 October 13:15-14:30	Gender-responsive small arms control: from guidance to implementation	CR 8	Permanent Missions of Canada and the EU, the Small Arms Survey and UNODA
25 October 13:15-14:45	Report from the Arms Trade Treaty Fifth Conference of States Parties (CSP5) and Prospects for CSP6	CR F	Control Arms
28 October 10:00-13:00 and 15:00-18:00	Navigating space: charting a course for a sustainable space environment	CR A	UNIDIR
30 October 13:15-14:30	Promoting an open, free, stable and secure cyberspace: Capacity building and the application of international law in cyber space	CR E	Permament Mission of France PoC: Samuel Demontrond [email protected]
31 October 13:15-14:30	La lutte contre le trafic transfrontalier d'ALPC dans l'espace francophone	CR F	Permament Missions of France, Mali, Romania, and Morocco PoC: Samuel Demontrond [email protected]