Calendar of events for First Committee 2017
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Calendar last updated 16 October 2017
| When | What | Where | Who |
| 4 October 13:15-14:30 |
Nuclear Discussion Forum: The Effect of Emerging Technologies on Nuclear Disarmament and Non-proliferation | CR 4 | Permanent Mission of Kazakhstan and Office for Disarmament Affairs |
| 5 October 13:15-14:30 |
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty: Legal and political aspects of their interaction | CR A | Permanent Missions of Austria, Algeria, Thailand, and Guatemala; Arms Control Association |
| 5 October 13:15-14:30 |
Autonomous Weapon Systems: Understanding Learning Algorithms and Bias | CR 12 | UNIDIR |
| 6 October 13:15-14:30 |
A draft treaty for a WMD Free Zone in the Middle East: time to envisage the practical | CR 9 | Permanent Mission of Ireland to the UN, BASIC, American Iranian Council |
| 9 October 13:15-14:30 |
Verified Declarations of Fissile Material Stocks | CR 12 | UNIDIR |
| 11 October 09:30-14:30 |
Annual Cyber Stability Conference | RSVP for location | UNIDIR (r2unidir[at]unog.ch) |
| 12 October 13:15-14:30 |
Positive obligations in the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons | CR A | Mines Action Canada, Article 36, Harvard's Human Rights Clinic, Pace University, FES, and the Permanent Mission of Trinidad and Tobago to the UN |
| 12 October 13:15-14:30 |
From vision to measurable change on the ground: Mine action and Sustainable Development Goals | CR 8 | Permanent Mission of Switzerland |
| 12 October 13:15-14:30 |
Joint briefing on the NPT review cycle | CR 7 | RSVP to Permanent Missions of the Netherlands and Poland (contact: cynthia.lakerveld[at]minbuza.nl) |
| 12 October 15:00-17:00 |
Various Aspects of Landmines Destruction and Interconnection between Disarmament and Development | CR 8 | Permanent Mission of Belarus |
| 13 October 13:15-14:30 |
The humanitarian impact of armed drones | CR 9 | WILPF, Article 36, International Disarmament Institute |
| 13 October 13:15-14:30 |
15th Anniversary of the Hague Code of Conduct | CR 4 | Permanent Mission of Poland |
| 13 October 13:15-14:30 |
Nuclear disarmament verification | CR 6 | Permanent Missions of Chile, Norway, Switzerland and the United Kingdom |
| 16 October 13:15-14:30 |
Pathways to banning autonomous weapons | CR 8 | Campaign to Stop Killer Robots and the Permanent Mission of Mexico |
| 16 October 13:15-14:30 |
Hibakusha’s Testimony and Call | CR A | Peace Boat and the Permanent Mission of Austria to the United Nations |
| 16 October 13:15-14:30 |
Control Arms ATT Monitor: Annual Report Launch | TBC | Control Arms |
| 17 October 13:15-14:30 |
Everywhere the bombing followed us: forced displacement and the use of explosive weapons in populated areas | CR 12 | Permanent Mission of Ireland to the United Nations and Handicap International |
| 17 October 13:15-14:30 |
Under Stress: The Security of Space in 2017 | CR 7 | Government of Canada and the Space Security Index |
| 17 October 13:15-14:30 |
Arms Trade Treaty | German House Auditorium | Permanent Mission of Germany (contact: [email protected]) |
| 17 October 15:15-17:00 |
Scrapping the Surplus: Failures and successes in destroying excess SALW and ammunition | CR A | Permanent Mission of Ghana with IANSA |
| 18 October 13:15-14:30 |
Strengthening the protection of civilians from the use of explosive weapons in populated areas | CR A | Permanent Mission of Germany (contact: [email protected]) |
| 18 October 13:15-14:30 |
GIS - Focal Point Africa | German House Auditorium | Permanent Mission of Austria, International Network on Explosive Weapons |
| 20 October 13:15-14:30 |
Addressing Armed UAVs: Next Steps for the International Community | CR 7 | UNIDIR |
| 20 October 13:15-14:30 |
Broader Benefits of the Arms Trade Treaty | CR 11 | Permanent Mission of Australia and Centre for Armed Violence Reduction |
| 23 October 13:15-14:30 |
Practitioners share their experience on promoting disarmament and non-proliferation education | CR F | Office for Disarmament Affairs |
| 23 October 13:15-14:50 |
Building Capacity to Manage Small Arms and Light Weapons in Conflict-affected and Fragile Settings | CR A | UNIDIR |
| 24 October 13:15-14:50 |
Report from the ATT Conference of States Parties 2017 and Prospects for the Conference of States Parties 2018 | CR 8 | Permanent Missions of Finland and Japan, Control Arms |
| 25 October 13:15-14:50 |
CCW-GGE on Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems (LAWS) | German House Auditorium | Permanent Mission of Germany (contact: [email protected]) |
| 26 October 13:15-14:50 |
Achieving Peace, Security and Sustainable Development: Practical links between ATT, UNPoA and SDGs | CR A | Trinidad and Tobago, Control Arms, and SIPRI |
| 26 October 13:15-14:50 |
Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) | German House Auditorium | Permanent Mission of Germany (contact: [email protected]) |
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26 October
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Japan and the Ban Treaty | New York University, Kimmel Building Room KC406 | Global Security Institute, NYU Japan Cultural Association, PEAC Institute, Peaceboat, Peace Action, Gensuikyo, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Ban All Nukes Generation |
