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Calendar of events for First Committee 2025

This is a indicative schedule. We are posting information about side events (in-person, hybrid, or online) as details become available. To have your First Committee side event included here, please email [email protected].

Calendar last updated 21 October 2025

When What Where Who
3 October
9:00 - 10:00 EST
Group of Scientific and Technical Experts on Nuclear Disarmament Verification
 
See event recording here.
Virtual event
Register here.
Organised by NPSGlobal Foundation and VERTIC (contact: [email protected])
9 October 
13:15 - 14:30 EST
Conference room D
Register here.
Organised by Austria, Arms Control Association and DeepCuts (contact:  [email protected])
10 October 
13:15 - 14:30 EST
Conference room 9

Organised by UNIDIR and Malta

15 October 
13:15 - 14:30 EST
Conference room 6
Organised by UNIDIR (contact: mailto:[email protected])
15 October 
13:15 - 14:30 EST
Conference Room A
Organised by Princeton University’s Program on Science and Global Security and Austria
15 October 
13:15 - 14:30 EST
The Role of Export Controls in Strengthening Global Prosperity
Conference Room 8
Organized by Panama and the United States (contact: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected])
16 October 
13:15 - 14:30 EST
Responsible By Design: A Conversation with the Global Commission on Responsible AI in the Military Domain Conference Room 6
RSVP
Organized by the Netherlands, GC REAIM and Hague Center for Strategic Studies (contact: [email protected])
16 October 
13:15 - 14:30 EST
Gender & Nuclear Weapons Conference Room 9 Kazakhstan, Kiribati and Malta
(contact: Christian N. Ciobanu, [email protected])

17 October 
13:15 - 14:30 EST

The Future Won’t Wait: Youth Policy Pathways on Nuclear Weapons and Emerging Technologies Conference Room 8 Organised by UNODA (contact: [email protected])

17 October 
13:15 - 14:30 EST 

Briefing on the ICT workstream of the Global Initiative to Galvanize Political Commitment to International Humanitarian Law  Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the UN, 633 3rd Avenue, 29th floor.  
RSVP to [email protected] by Tuesday, October 14th, 2025, with a limit of one member per delegation. 
  

22 October
08:30 - 09:45 EST

Making the Vital Connection: Disability and Disarmament in the UN First Committee ICRC Delegation to the United Nations, 801 2nd Avenue, 18th Floor Disability Rights and Disarmament Initiative, Cape Breton University and the International Committee of the Red Cross (contact: Sean Howard, [email protected])

22 October
10:00 EST

The Scientific Future of Nuclear War

Online
Register here
Youth Fusion
(contact: [email protected])

22 October 
13:15 - 14:30 EST

Secretary-General’s Campaign on Humanitarian Disarmament and Mine Action Conference Room 7 Organized by UNODA and UNMAS (contact: [email protected])

23 October 
13:15 - 14:30 EST

Briefing by the Chair of the CCW GGE on LAWS Conference Room E Organized by the Netherlands (contact: [email protected])
23 October 
13:15 - 14:30 EST
Silencing the Guns by 2030: Lessons and Perspectives from Africa Amnesty Month Implementation Conference Room 7
and Online
RSVP for online
participation
Organized by Ireland, Germany and Permanent Observer Mission of the African Union (contact: [email protected]; [email protected])

24 October 
13:15 - 14:30 EST

Charting the Road to the 2026 Review Conference of the Convention on Cluster Munitions Conference Room A Organized by the Philippines (contact: [email protected])

24 October 
13:15 - 14:30 EST

Unlocking Progress on PAROS: Innovative Proposals Towards a Global Space Security Regime Conference Room D Organized by the United Kingdom and Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP) (contact: [email protected])

27 October 
13:15 - 14:30 EST

Legal and Humanitarian Implications of Bias in Military AI Conference Room 9 Organized by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) and the Permanent Mission of Germany to the UN
27 October 
13:15 - 14:30 EST
UNIDIR “Science and Technology Watchtower” Project Launch Event Conference Room 8
RSVP
Organised by UNIDIR (contact: mailto:[email protected])
27 October
12:00-1:15 EST
Strengthening regional and national weapons and ammunition management in Africa 12:00-1:15
Virtual event
RSVP
Organised by UNIDIR (contact: [email protected])
27 October 
13:15 - 14:30 EST
No longer science fiction: Emerging technologies and emerging threats in space Conference Room E Organised by UNIDIR (contact: [email protected])
27 October 
13:15 - 14:30 EST
Science and technology monitoring in the context of disarmament Conference Room 8
RSVP
Organized by UNIDIR (contact: [email protected])
28 October 
13:15 - 14:30 EST
Artificial Intelligence proliferation Conference Room 9 Organised by UNIDIR (contact: mailto:[email protected])
28 October
13:15 - 14:45 EST
World Future Policy Award winners: Effective policies for Peace and Future Generations Online and in-personBahá'í International Community UN Office, 866 UN Plaza, New YorkRegistration required Organized by the World Future Council.  Cosponsored by All For One and Parliamentarians for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament (contact: [email protected])
28 October
13:14 - 14:30 EST
Towards Multilateral Policy on Autonomous Weapon Systems Conference Room A Organised by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), the Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the UN, and the Permanent Mission of the Netherlands to the UN
29 October 
13:15 - 14:30 EST
Empowering Change: The Role of Women in WMD Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Conference Room 8
RSVP
Organized by Slovenia and UNIDIR (contact: [email protected])
30 October 
12:00-1:15 EST
Pathways to nuclear disarmament verification Virtual event
RSVP here
Organised by UNIDIR (contact: [email protected])