First Committee of the UN General Assembly 2017

Calendar of events for First Committee 2017

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Calendar last updated 16 October 2017

October 2017
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Nuclear Discussion Forum: The Effect of Emerging Technologies on Nuclear Disarmament and Non-proliferation

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A draft treaty for a WMD Free Zone in the Middle East: time to envisage the practical

United States Nuclear Policy and Programs

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Verified Declarations of Fissile Material Stocks

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The humanitarian impact of armed drones

15th Anniversary of the Hague Code of Conduct

Nuclear disarmament verification

Control Arms ATT Monitor: Annual Report Launch

Nuclear disarmament verification

Civil society presentations (to be confirmed)

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Pathways to banning autonomous weapons

Hibakusha’s Testimony and Call

Pathways to banning autonomous weapons

Hibakusha’s Testimony and Call

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Everywhere the bombing followed us: forced displacement and the use of explosive weapons in populated areas

Under Stress: The Security of Space in 2017

Arms Trade Treaty

Scrapping the Surplus: Failures and successes in destroying excess SALW and ammunition

Under Stress: The Security of Space in 2017

Arms Trade Treaty

Scrapping the Surplus: Failures and successes in destroying excess SALW and ammunition

The Drone Dialogues: New challenges for States on armed drones use and proliferation

Humanitarian initiative to prohibit nuclear weapons

The importance and possibilities of establishing a WMD Free Zone in the Middle East

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GIS - Focal Point Africa

Group of Interested States in Practical Disarmament Measures: Curbing Arms Flows from a Field Perspective: The Case of Latin America and the Caribbean

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Gender and Nuclear Weapons

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Report from the ATT Conference of States Parties 2017 and Prospects for the Conference of States Parties 2018

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CCW-GGE on Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems (LAWS)

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Achieving Peace, Security and Sustainable Development: Practical links between ATT, UNPoA and SDGs

Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM)

Japan and the Ban Treaty

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Launch of the UNODA publication on "Rethinking General and Complete Disarmament in the 21st Century"

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April 2017
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