Calendar of Events for First Committee 2014
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Calendar last updated 24 October 2014
When | What | Where | Who |
Friday, 3 October 14:30-18:30 |
Special briefing on the upcoming session of the First Committee of the General Assembly |
Permanent Mission of Egypt to the UN 304 E. 44th St, NYC |
Permanent Missions of Egypt and Indonesia to the UN, UNITAR |
Tuesday, 7 October 13:15-14:30 |
The New Zealand Lectures on Disarmament | Conference Building Conference Room 6 |
Permanent Mission of New Zealand to the UN Contact: Anthony Simpson |
Thursday, 9 October 13:15-14:30 |
2,000 nuclear weapons to de-alert: reducing operational readiness on the way to global zero |
General Assembly Building Conference Room 7 |
Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs; New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade; European Leadership Network; Nuclear Threat Initiative; Global Zero |
Friday, 10 October 13:15-14:30 |
Effective measures relating to nuclear disarmament: some international legal issues - a discussion paper | ECOSOC Chamber | Permanent Mission of New Zealand to the UN |
Monday, 13 October 13:15-14:30 |
Disarmament and non-proliferation education | Conference Building Conference Room A |
Permament Mission of Austria to the UN Contact: Andreas Riecken |
Tuesday, 14 October 10:00-11:30 |
Innovating verification: new tools and new actors to reduce nuclear risks | General Assembly Building ECOSOC Chamber |
US Delegation to First Committee |
Tuesday, 14 October 13:15-14:30 |
Book launch of “Unmaking the Bomb: A Fissile Approach to Nuclear Disarmament and Nonproliferation” | Conference Room 8 | Permanent Mission of Netherlands to the UN, Princeton University Contact: Zia Mian |
Wednesday, 15 October 13:15-14:30 |
Briefing on the forthcoming Vienna Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons | Conference Building Conference Room A |
Permament Mission of Austria to the UN Contact: Andreas Riecken |
Wednesday, 15 October 13:15-14:00 |
Treaty on a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in Central Asia | Conference Room 9 | Permanent Representatives of the Kyrgyz Republic, the Republic of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Republic of Kazakhstan |
Thursday, 16 October 13:15-14:30 |
Weapons, technology, and human control | Conference Building Conference Room A |
UNIDIR and Article 36 Contact: Tae Takahashi |
Thursday, 16 October 9:00-10:00 |
Briefing on the preparatory process for the First Conference of States Parties of the Arms Trade Treaty | Conference Building Conference Room A |
Permanent Mission of Mexico to the UN |
Friday, 17 October 13:15-14:30 |
Gender and disarmament | Conference Building Conference Room E |
Permanent Mission of Denmark to the UN, Reaching Critical Will Contact: Ray Acheson |
Friday, 17 October 13:15-14:30 |
Ending the use of cluster munitions: the urgency of the global ban | Conference Building Conference Room A |
Permanent Mission of Costa Rica to the UN, Cluster Munition Coalition Contact: Alexandra Hiniker |
Friday, 17 October 13:15-14:30 |
An International Code of conduct as a contribution to transparency and confidence-building measures in outer space | General Assembly Building Conference Room 4 |
Delegation of the European Union |
Monday, 20 October 13:15-14:30 |
Behind the curve: new technologies and small arms control | Conference Building Conference Room A |
Small Arms Survey and the Permanent Mission of Germany to the UN Contact: Benjamin King |
Monday, 20 October 13:15-14:30 |
Towards Vienna: the role of education to further advance the discussion on the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons | Church Center for the UN, 7th Floor 777 UN Plaza |
Ban All Nukes generation, NGO Committee on Disarmament, Peace and Security, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Peace Boat Contact: [email protected] |
Monday, 20 October 18:00 |
"50 celebrating 50" photo exhibition and reception |
UN basement exhibition area (near the Vienna Cafe) | Control Arms and the Governments of Australia, Finland, and Mexico Contact: Raluca Muresan |
Tuesday, 21 October 13:15-14:30 |
Addressing concerns over fully autonomous weapons | Conference Room A Conference Building |
Permanent Mission of Croatia to the UN and the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots Contact: Mary Wareham |
Tuesday, 21 October 15:00-17:00 |
Nuclear weapons lawsuit in the International Court of Justice / NGOCDPS Annual Meeting |
Church Center for the United Nations Boss Room, 8th Floor |
NGO Committee on Disarmament, Peace and Security |
Tuesday, 21 October 15:15-16:30 |
UNODA's regional / subregional initiatives | Conference Building Conference Room A |
UNODA Contact: [email protected] |
Wednesday, 22 October 13:15-14:30 |
The impact of explosive weapons in populated areas | Conference Building Conference Room A |
Permanent Mission of Austria to the UN and the International Network on Explosive Weapons Contact: Andreas Riecken |
Wednesday, 22 October 13:15-14:30 |
Introduction to the iTrace Global Weapons Reporting System | Conference Building Conference Room 4 |
Delegation of the European Union |
Wednesday, 22 October 13:15-14:30 |
Building blocks approach for a world without nuclear weapons | Conference Room 6 | Permanent Missions of Japan and the Netherlands to the UN, Global Security Institute Contact: Aviva Kushner |
Thursday, 23 October 13:15-14:30 |
Effective measures for nuclear disarmament | Conference Room 9 | Reaching Critical Will and Article 36 Contact: Ray Acheson |
Thursday, 23 October 13:15-14:30 |
Depleted uranium weapons: new research from the laboratory and the battlefield | General Assembly Building Conference Room E |
Permanent Mission of Norway to the UN, International Coalition to Ban Uranium Weapons, PAX |
Thursday, 23 October 6:30-9:00 |
Keep Calm & Ban All Nukes: Happy-Hour Social | Turtle Bay NYC 987 2nd Ave |
Ban All Nukes generation |
Friday, 24 October 13:15-14:30 |
How to strengthen international peace and security in cyberspace? |
General Assembly Building Conference Room 8 |
Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the UN Contact: Marieke Vreeken |
Tuesday, 28 October 13:15-14:30 |
The United Nations and a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World: New approaches and initiatives | Conference Building Conference Room A |
Permanent Mission of Indonesia to the United Nations and UNFOLD ZERO Contact: Alyn Ware |