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
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3 October
9:00 - 10:00 EST |
Group of Scientific and Technical Experts on Nuclear Disarmament Verification
See event recording here.
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Virtual event Register here. |
Organised by NPSGlobal Foundation and VERTIC (contact: [email protected])
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9 October
13:15 - 14:30 EST |
Conference room D Register here. |
Organised by Austria, Arms Control Association and DeepCuts (contact: [email protected])
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10 October
13:15 - 14:30 EST |
Conference room 9 |
Organised by UNIDIR and Malta |
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15 October
13:15 - 14:30 EST |
Conference room 6 |
Organised by UNIDIR (contact: mailto:[email protected])
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15 October
13:15 - 14:30 EST |
Conference Room A |
Organised by Princeton University’s Program on Science and Global Security and Austria
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15 October
13:15 - 14:30 EST |
The Role of Export Controls in Strengthening Global Prosperity
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Conference Room 8 |
Organized by Panama and the United States (contact: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected])
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| 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]) |
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17 October |
The Future Won’t Wait: Youth Policy Pathways on Nuclear Weapons and Emerging Technologies | Conference Room 8 | Organised by UNODA (contact: [email protected]) |
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17 October |
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. |
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22 October |
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]) |
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22 October |
The Scientific Future of Nuclear War |
Online Register here |
Youth Fusion (contact: [email protected]) |
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22 October |
Secretary-General’s Campaign on Humanitarian Disarmament and Mine Action | Conference Room 7 | Organized by UNODA and UNMAS (contact: [email protected]) |
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23 October |
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]) |
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24 October |
Charting the Road to the 2026 Review Conference of the Convention on Cluster Munitions | Conference Room A | Organized by the Philippines (contact: [email protected]) |
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24 October |
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]) |
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27 October |
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]) |

