Calendar of events for First Committee 2023

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 16 October 2023.

When	What	Where	Who
2 October 1:15–2:45 p.m. ET	Responsible Artificial Intelligence in the Military Domain		Permanent Missions of the Netherlands and the Republic of Korea (contact: [email protected])
5 October 1:15–2:45 p.m. ET	Creating an Environment for Nuclear Disarmament		Permanent Mission of the United States (contact: [email protected])
10 October 1:15–2:30 p.m. ET	A Declaration to Prevent Harm: Strengthening the protection of civilians from explosive weapons in populated areas	Conference Room 7	Permanent Missions of Ireland and Norway with the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (contact: [email protected])
10 October 1:00–3:00 p.m. ET	Mapping and Addressing the Security Risks Arising from Military Uses of Artificial Intelligence	Conference Room 11	Permanent Mission of Pakistan ([email protected])
10 October 1:30–2:30 p.m. ET	IEDs - What lessons can be learnt from other mass explosive incidents and be applied to hot- spots where IEDs are prevalent?	Conference Room 8	Permanent Mission of France (contact: [email protected])
11 October 1:15–2:15 p.m. ET	The International Partnership for Nuclear Disarmament Verification (IPNDV)	Conference Room 11	Permanent Mission of the United States (contact: [email protected])
11 October 1:15–2:30 p.m. ET	Explosive Weapons and the Arms Trade Treaty	Conference Room E and online	United Nations Trust Facility Supporting Cooperation on Arms Regulation and Office for Disarmament Affairs with Action on Armed Violence (contact: [email protected])
13 October 1:15–2:30 p.m. ET	Assessing Options for the Future of International Peace and Security	Conference Room 8 and online	United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (contact: [email protected])
16 October 1:15–2:30 p.m. ET	Publication Launch: The Application and Impact of Artificial Intelligence Beyond Weapons RSVP here	Conference Room 8 and online	United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (contact: [email protected])
16 October 1:15–2:45 p.m. ET	10 Years on from Syria’s Accession to the Chemical Weapons Convention	Conference Room 6	Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom (contact: [email protected])
17 October 1:15–2:30 p.m. ET	Addressing the threat posed by nuclear terrorism to international peace and security: EU sup- port to the UN for the universalization and effective implementation of the International Conven- tion for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (ICSANT) RSVP here	Conference Room 7	United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre (contact: [email protected])
17 October 1:15–2:30 p.m. ET	Establishing an International Agency for Biological Safety and Security	Conference Room E	Permanent Mission of Kazakhstan (contact: [email protected])
17 October 1:15–2:30 p.m. ET	Autonomous Weapons Systems and human control – What are the challenges and how to overcome them?	Conference Room 9	Permanent Mission of Austria (contact: [email protected])
17 October 1:15–2:30 p.m. ET	Publication Launch: Risks of AI RSVP here	Conference Room 8 and online	United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (contact: [email protected])
18 October 1:15–2:45 p.m. ET	In the crosshairs? Addressing military drone use and proliferation	Conference Room 8 and online	PAX, United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, Stimson Center and Netherlands (contact: [email protected])
18 October 1:15–2:45 p.m. ET	Autonomous weapons: state positions and trends in weapons systems	Conference Room 9	Permanent Mission of Belgium (contact: [email protected])
18 October 1:15–2:30 p.m. ET	Digital Tools for Disarmament: UNIDIR Portals and Databases	Conference Room 6	United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (contact: [email protected])
18 October 1:00–2:30 p.m. ET	Preventing the re-emergence of chemical weapons in the 21st century	Conference Room 4	Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (contact: [email protected])
19 October 1:15–2:30 p.m. ET	Advocating for Nuclear Justice	Conference Room E	Permanent Missions of Kazakhstan and Kiribati. Co-sponsors: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation and Reverse The Trend: Save Our People, Save Our Planet (contact: [email protected])
19 October 1:15–2:30 p.m. ET	Working to Strengthen the NPT Review Process	Conference Room 7	Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative (contact: [email protected])
19 October 1:15–2:45 p.m. ET	Strengthening weapons and ammunition management in Africa	Conference Room 9	United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research and Office for Disarmament Affairs (contact: [email protected])
19 October 1:15–2:45 p.m. ET	Regional consultations on the Programme of Action to Advance Responsible State Behaviour in the Use of Information and Communications Technologies in the context of International Security pursuant to General Assembly resolution 77/37	Conference Room 11 and online	Permanent Missions of Egypt and France with the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (contact: [email protected])
20 October 1:15–2:30 p.m. ET	Exploring the Space-Nuclear Nexus RSVP here	Conference Room 8	Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) and the Permanent Mission of the Netherlands (Contact: [email protected])
20 October 1:15–2:45 p.m. ET	Water and Conflict: Addressing water insecurity issues in fragile and conflict-affected countries RSVP here	Conference Room 7	PAX (Contact: [email protected])
20 October 1:15–2:30 p.m. ET	Military Expenditures and Arms Transfers: From Opacity to Transparency	Conference Room E	United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research and the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs with the Henry L. Stimson Center (contact: [email protected])
20 October 1:15–2:30 p.m. ET	Reducing Space Threats through Norms, Rules and Principles of Responsible Behaviours: a new approach to preventing an arms race in outer space	Conference Room 6	Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom (contact: [email protected])
23 October 1:15–2:45 p.m. ET	Legal Alternatives to War (LAW not War): Increasing the universality and effectiveness of the International Court of Justice Registration required for building security.	Bahá'i International Community United Nations Office, 866 UN Plaza, Suite 120, New York City and online	Citizens for Global Solutions, World Federalist Movement and World Future Council. Cosponsors: Aotearoa Lawyers for Peace, Basel Peace Office, UNFOLD ZERO.
23 October 1:15–2:30 p.m. ET	The ATT Voluntary Trust Fund (VTF): How to apply for VTF funding	Conference Room 6	Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom and Arms Trade Treaty Secretariat (contact: Alessia. [email protected])
23 October 1:15 p.m. ET	10 Years of EU Support for ATT Implementation and Universalization: Taking Stock and Moving Forward	Conference Room 7	European Union in cooperation with the German Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control (BAFA) and Expertise France (EF) (contact: [email protected])
23 October 1:15–2:30 p.m. ET	Generation Z(ero): role of youth in achieving a world without nuclear weapons	Conference Room 8	United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (contact: [email protected])
24 October 1:15–2:30 p.m. ET	Book Launch - “It is Possible: A future without nuclear weapons”	Conference Room 9	United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (contact: [email protected])
24 October 1:15–2:30 p.m. ET	Exploring the Complementarity of Existing Approaches for the Future of Outer Space Security RSVP here	Online	United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research and United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (contact: [email protected])
25 October 1:15–2:45 p.m. ET	SALIENT: Saving-Lives Entity Trust Fund	Location TBD	United Nations Development Programme and United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (contact: [email protected])