First Committee of the UN General Assembly 2020

Calendar of events for First Committee 2020

Due to COVID-19, in-person side events at the UN headquarters in New York will not be permitted in 2020. If your organisation or mission is planning a virtual or off-site in-person side event, please email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to have it posted on this page. 

Calendar last updated 27 October 2020. See also the events calendar published by UNODA.

October 2020
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New horizons for victim assistance and environmental remediation: the TPNW's positive obligations

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Permanent Mission of Kiribati, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Harvard Law School's International Human Rights Clinic, Centre for International Security and Policy, and ICAN France


13 October 9:00-11:00 EDT 15:00-17:00 CEST
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Nuclear risk Which scenarios most worry us?

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UNIDIR


14 October 8:30–9:45 EDT 14:30-15:45 CEST
Nuclear risk: Which scenarios most worry us?

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UNIDIR


13 October 9:00-11:00 EDT 15:00-17:00 CEST
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IEDs: Past, present, and future

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Action on Armed Violence (AOAV)


15 October 8:15–9:45 EDT 14:15–15:45 CEST
IEDs: Past, present, and future

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Action on Armed Violence (AOAV)


15 October 8:15–9:45 EDT 14:15–15:45 CEST
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Innovations in life sciences

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UNIDIR


19 October 8:30–9:45 EDT 14:30–15:45 CEST
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Nukes, climate change, black lives matter: what's the connection?

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NYU IR Society, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation,Peace Action New York State,Peace Boat US,

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New technological opportunities to bolster treaty compliance

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UNIDIR


21 October 8:30–9:45 EDT 14:30–15:45 CEST
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Multilateralism and armed drones: escaping the gridlock

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Stimson Center and PAX


22 October 8:30-10:00 EDT
Launch of ME WMD Free Zone Documents Depository

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UNIDIR


22 October
40 years Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons: past, present and future perspectives

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Permanent Mission of the Netherlands and UNODA


22 October 09:30–11 EDT 15:30–17:00 CEST
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The TPNW–a game changer in nuclear disarmament

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Permanent Missions of Austria, Brazil, Costa Rica, Indonesia, Ireland, Mexico, New Zealand, Nigeria, South Africa and Thailand, and ICAN


23 October 08:30–9:45 EDT 14:30–15:45 CEST
Report launch on military expenditures and humanitarian disarmament

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Nonviolence International Canada


23 October 14:00–15:00 EDT 20:00–21:00 CEST
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Webinar on technological aspects of LAWS

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UNIDIR and UNODA


26 October 08:00-10:00 EDT 13:00-15:00 CEST
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Webinar on military aspects of LAWS

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UNIDIR and UNODA


27 October 08:00-10:00 EDT 13:00-15:00 CEST
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Webinar on legal aspects of LAWS

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UNIDIR and UNODA


28 October 08:00-10:00 EDT 13:00-15:00 CEST
Connecting the Women, Peace and Security agenda, and the disarmament agendas

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UNIDIR


28 October 13:00–14.45 EDT 19:00–20:45 CEST
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Transparency and reporting in the Arms Trade Treaty: Trends and challenges in the age of Covid-19

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Control Arms and the Stimson Centre


29 October 09:00-10:30 EDT 15:00-16:30 CEST
Launch of the UNODA briefing paper: Gender dimensions of the life-cycle management of ammunition

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UNODA and Small Arms Survey


29 October 10:00–11:45 EDT 16:00–17:45 CEST
The state of ballistic missile proliferation today

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The Foundation for Strategic Research


29 October 9:00–11:30 CEST AND 9:30–11:00 EDT 15:30–17:00 CEST
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Supporting gender mainstreamed policies, programmes and actions in the fight against small arms trafficking and misuse, in line with the Women, Peace and Security agenda

Online



European Union and UNODA


30 October 10:00–11.30 EDT 15:00–16:30 CET
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November 2020
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Navigating disarmament education: the Peace Boat Model

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Control Arms


2 November 09:00–10:30 ET 16:00–17:30 CET
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Navigating disarmament education: the Peace Boat Model

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Peace Boat and the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs


3 November 09:00-09:45 ET
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