2014 NPT Preparatory Committee: Information for civil society participation
Written by PoorbeshThe NGO coordinator for the 2014 PrepCom is Ray Acheson, Director of Reaching Critical Will. All information regarding the NPT PrepCom is available on this website and is updated regularly. In addition, please subscribe to the Reaching Critical Will E-News, which is distributed monthly by email, in order to keep up to date with the latest news. If you cannot find an answer to your question on the website or in the E-News, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
NGO accreditation and registration
Please see the information note from the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs on civil society participation for details on accreditation and registration.
The deadline for accreditation has passed. Organizations that are provisionally accredited to the meeting must pre-register representatives they expect to attend by 11 April 2014. Information on acquistion of grounds passes on acceptance of pre-registration will be provided at a later date.
For questions related to accreditation, registration, and issuance of badges, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Side events
NGOs have Conference Room C reserved for their use in the UN. It seats approximately 70 people. Booking the NGO side event room is done on a first come, first serve basis. Please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to book the room. The calendar of events will be updated regularly.
There is no interpretation available during side events. A projector and screen will be available for use in Room C during the conference but any other equipment must be provided by the organizer of the event.
NGO materials
There will be a table at the PrepCom for NGO materials. Please be sure to send the NGO coordinator a copy of your material before placing it on the table. Please bring your materials in boxes or other carrying containers that are small enough to be carried and to go through the airport-type screening facilities at the UN.
Civil society presentations
Whether or not you are planning to attend the PrepCom, consider getting involved in drafting civil society presentations to the meeting. NGOs are have been allocated Wednesday, 30 April from 10:00 AM-1:00 PM to address PrepCom delegates in an official meeting. You can subscribe to the listserv we use to draft presentations by going to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/npt_presentations. Email traffic on this list will be quite heavy between February and April.
NPT News in Review
The NPT News in Review is a daily publication produced during NPT Preparatory Committee and Review Conferences. It features analysis of the day's events, feature articles from NGOs around the world, interviews with diplomats and NGO representatives, nuclear facts, announcements, cartoons, a calendar of events, and more. You can subscribe to receive in your inbox each day during the PrepCom.
We also encourage you to submit to the 2014 NPT News in Review. The guidelines are as follows:
Feature articles: In addition to the daily analysis of the proceedings of the PrepCom, the NPT News in Review also contains feature articles that cover a range of nuclear disarmament issues. We welcome submissions from NGO experts around the world, regardless of whether or not you will be in Geneva. Articles should be between 500-1000 words. Please submit in .doc format and the body of the email. Articles will be attributed to the author and may be edited for length.
Advertising: You can use the NPT News in Review to publicize an important announcement, event, or project hosted by your organization. NIRs are hand-distributed to all of the delegates at the PrepCom, sent by email to more than 1000 subscribers, and are archived on our website.
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Cartoons, photos, artwork, poetry: The NPT News in Review wouldn't be complete without its fill of poignant, satirical, and beautiful artwork. We are accepting all forms of anti-nuclear artwork, to be sent in either a .jpg, .gif, or .pdf file. Photos, paintings, doodles, cartoons, collage, mixed media, and drawings are all welcome.
Please send all submissions to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
In advance of the 2014 NPT Preparatory Committee, Reaching Critical Will has produced a briefing book that highlights a number of critical issues that states must take into consideration during the 2014 PrepCom.
The briefing book looks at the current status and recommendations for the 2010 NPT Action Plan, on-going modernization plans of nuclear arsenals, the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons and the potential for negotiations of a treaty banning nuclear weapons.
For more information about the 2014 NPT Preparatory Committee, and Reaching Critical Will's resources, please see our NPT pages here.
You can download the briefing book here.
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The Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) held two meetings in 2014. The first, held 13-14 May 2014, was the Meeting of Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) that discussed the special mandate on LAWS. The second meeting was the annual Meeting of the States parties held from 13-14 November 2014 at the United Nations in Geneva
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The 2014 Meeting of the High Contracting Parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons was held from 13-14 November 2014 at the United Nations in Geneva. The Chairperson-designate was Ambassador Remigiusz A. Henczel of Poland.
Reaching Critical Will's report and analysis
Documents
Provisional programme of work
Timetable
Draft final report
Report by GICHD and SIPRI on the 'Humanitarian and Developmental Impact of Anti-Vehicle Mines'
Other resources
UN website
Campaign to Stop Killer Robots website
Calendar of events
| When | What | Where | Who |
| Wednesday, 12 November 14.00 - 15.00 |
Recent developments on Incendiary Weapons and Cluster Munitions in Ukraine, Syria and elsewhere | Palais des Nations Room XXIV |
Human Rights Watch |
| Thursday, 13 November 13.15 - 14.45 |
New Warfare Challenges: Drone Operations and Protection of Civilians |
Palais des Nations Room XXV |
Geneva Forum |
| Thursday, 13 November 14.00 - 15.00 |
Adressing Concerns Over Fully Autonomous Weapons | Palais des Nations Room XXIV |
Campaign to Stop Killer Robots |
More...
The Fifth Biennial Meeting of States to Consider the Implementation of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat, and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons In All Its Aspects met at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City from 16–20 June 2014.
Chair: Ambassador Zahir Tanin (Afghanistan)
Reaching Critical Will resources
BMS5 documents
- Provisional agenda
- Provisional programme of work
- Draft outcome document, version 5
- Draft outcome document, final
- Statements
- National Reports
- Documents
- Side events calendar
Background information
- 2012 Review Conference
- 2012 Preparatory Committee for the Review Conference
- 2011 Meeting of Governmental Experts (MGE)
- 2010 Biennial Meeting of States (BMS4)
- 2008 Biennial Meeting of States (BMS3)
- Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons
- International Tracing Instrument
Other resources
NGOs will have one conference room reserved for their use in the Palais. It will seat approximately 300 people. Booking the NGO side event room is done on a first come, first serve basis. Please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to book the room. If you require technical equipment (e.g. projector) for your event, please let us know. The provision of some technical equipment and services will need to be paid for by the requesting NGO.
If you book a different room for your event, let us know and we will add it to this calendar.
Calendar last updated 2 May 2013
Saturday, 20 April
| 10.00 - 18.00 | ICAN Campaigners Meeting | Villa La Pastorale, 106 Route de Ferney | International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons |
Sunday, 21 April
| 09.00 - 17.00 | ICAN Campaigners Meeting | Villa La Pastorale, 106 Route de Ferney | International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons |
| 18.30 - 20.30 | NGO Reception | La Buvette des Bains, 30 Quai du Mont-Blanc, 1201 Geneva | Reaching Critical Will |
Monday, 22 April
| 8:00-8:50 | Abolition Caucus | Room XVI | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Abolition 2000 |
| 9:00–9:50 | Government Briefing for NGOs: Mexico | Room XVI | Beatrice Fihn Reaching Critical Will |
| 10:00-13:00 | Plenary: General debate | Assembly Hall | |
| 10:00-13:00 | Nuclear weapons in Europe including Germany | Room XVI | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. IALANA, INES, INESAP |
| 13:15-14:45 | Beyond International Humanitarian Law | Room XVI | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy |
| 13:15-14:45 | Nuclear weapons: the state of play | Assembly Hall | Centre for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament and the Geneva Centre for Security Policy |
| 15:00-18:00 | Plenary: General debate | Assembly Hall | |
| 15:00-17:50 | Scrapping Trident: Political Perspectives on Disarmament from the UK | Room XVI | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament |
| 18:00-19:00 | Preparing for simulated negotiations of a nuclear weapons convention | Room XVI | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. INESAP |
| TBA | Opening Ceremony of the Exhibition "For a Nuclear Weapon-Free World: Hiroshima & Nagasaki Speak" | Hall XIV | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Japan Council against A & H Bombs (Gensuikyo) |
| 20:00 | International youth meeting // Welcome party | La Taverne de la République, Rue de Carouge 44 | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. BANG |
Tuesday, 23 April
| 7:45 | Interfaith prayer vigil | Pregny Gate | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Christian CND |
| 8:00-8:50 | Abolition Caucus | Room XVI | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Abolition 2000 |
| 9:00–9:50 | Government Briefing for NGOs: United States | Room XVI | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Reaching Critical Will |
| 9:00-17:00 | International Day of Action for Nuclear Disarmament | Place des Nations | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. International Peace Bureau |
| 10:00-13:00 | Plenary: General debate | Assembly Hall | |
| 10:00-13:00 | Entente Nucleaire? The 'Teutates' Treaties between UK and France | Room XVI | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Christian Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament |
| 10:00-17:00 | Exhibition "For a Nuclear Weapon-Free World: Hiroshima & Nagasaki Speak" | Hall XIV | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Japan Council against A & H Bombs (Gensuikyo) |
| 13:15-14:45 | Film screening: "The Ultimate Wish: Ending the Nuclear Age" and discussion | Room XVI | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Nagasaki Youth Delegation |
| 13:15-14:45 | Reducing the role of nuclear weapons: why it matters | Assembly Hall | Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative (NPDI) |
| 13:15-14:45 | Practical steps towards transparency in nuclear disarmament | Room XI | UNIDIR |
| 13:00-14:45 | Advances in nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation education | Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Auditorium Jaques-Freyond, 132 Rue de Lausanne | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Ban All Nukes generation |
| 15:00-18:00 | Plenary: General debate | Assembly Hall | |
| 15:00-17:50 | Modernisation and New Weapons Systems |
Room XVI | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. INES, IPB, WFC |
| 18:00-19:30 | Everything You Treasure: For a World Free of Nuclear Weapons: Opening Reception for Exhibit | Hall XIV (Assembly Hall entrance) | UNIDIR, ICAN, and Soka Gakkai International This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
| 18:00-19:00 | Preparing for simulated negotiations of a nuclear weapons convention | Room XVI | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. INESAP |
| 18:15-21:30 | International NGO meeting | Maison des Associations 15 Rue des Savoises |
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. International Peace Bureau |
Wednesday, 24 April
| 8:00-8:50 | Abolition Caucus | Room XVI | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Abolition 2000 |
| 9:00–9:50 | Government Briefing for NGOs: Costa Rica | Room XVI | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Reaching Critical Will |
| 10:00-13:00 | NGO presentations | Assembly Hall | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Reaching Critical Will |
| 10:00-13:00 | Strategy of the anti-nuclear weapons movement | Room XVI | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. IALANA, INES, IPB |
| 13:15-14:45 | Civil society's role in banning nuclear weapons | Room XVI | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., ICAN |
| 13:15-14:45 | Reducing alert rates of nuclear weapons | Assembly Hall | Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs |
| 13:15-14:45 | Joint US/Russia New START Implementation Briefing | Room XI | Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance, US Department of State |
| 15:00-18:00 | Plenary: Cluster one issues | Assembly Hall | |
| 15:30-17:30 | Increasing transparency of nuclear-warhead and fissile-material stocks as a step toward disarmament | Room XVI | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. International Panel on Fissile Materials |
| 18:00-19:00 | Preparing for simulated negotiations of a nuclear weapons convention | Room XVI | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. INESAP |
Thursday, 25 April
| 8:00-8:50 | Abolition Caucus | Room XVI | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Abolition 2000 |
| 9:00–9:50 | Government Briefing for NGOs: Netherlands | Room XVI | Ray Acheson Reaching Critical Will |
| 10:00-13:00 | Plenary: Cluster one issues | Assembly Hall | |
| 10:00-13:00 | Denuclearization and Framework for Peace of Northeast Asia | Room XVI | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Peace Depot |
| 13:15-14:45 | Moral and Ethical Imperative for Nuclear Abolition | Room XVI | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. IKV Pax Christi |
| 13:15-14:45 | UK-Norway Initiative | Room XI | UK Ministry of Defence and Norway Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 15:00-18:00 | Plenary: Cluster one specific issue (nuclear disarmament and security assurances) | Assembly Hall | |
| 15:00-17:00 | The Iranian nuclear crisis and steps toward a Middle East zone free of nuclear weapons and all other WMD | Room XVI | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Program on Science and Global Security, Princeton University |
| 16:30 | Ten steps towards a WMD free zone in the Middle East | UNOG Library Events Room (B-135) | RSVP to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by Wednesday, 24 April |
| 18:00-19:00 | Preparing for simulated negotiations of a nuclear weapons convention | Room XVI | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. INESAP |
| 18:30 | Vers l'interdiction des armes nucléaires? Conférence publique avec témoignage de survivants d'Hiroshima (Event in French) | Uni Mail (Boulevard du Pont-d'Arve 40, Salle MR280) | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. BANG |
Friday, 26 April
| 8:00-8:50 | Abolition Caucus | Room XVI | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Abolition 2000 |
| 9:00–9:50 | Government Briefing for NGOs: Ambassador Cornel Feruta of Romania, Chair of the PrepCom | Room XVI | Ray Acheson Reaching Critical Will |
| 10:00-13:00 | Plenary: Cluster one specific issue (nuclear disarmament and security assurances) | Assembly Hall | |
| 10:00-13:00 | A time for boldness | Room XVI | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Nuclear Age Peace Foundation |
| 13:15-14:45 | DU and ecological consequences | Room XVI | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. IALANA and ICBUW |
| 13:15-14:45 | Beyond verification, definitions, and scope: other issues to be addressed in an FMCT | Room XI | UNIDIR and Canada |
| 15:00-18:00 | Plenary: Cluster two issues | Assembly Hall | |
| 15:00-17:50 | Nuclear weapons and human survival | Room XVI | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
| 18:00-19:00 | Preparing for simulated negotiations of a nuclear weapons convention | Room XVI | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. INESAP |
Saturday, 27 April
| 19:00 | Concert for a world free of nuclear weapons | Room Franklin Martin Rue de Vallée 3, 1204 Geneva |
Monday, 29 April
| 8:00-8:50 | Abolition Caucus | Room XVI | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Abolition 2000 |
| 9:00–9:50 | Government Briefing for NGOs: South Africa | Room XVI | Ray Acheson Reaching Critical Will |
| 10:00-13:00 | Plenary: Cluster two issues | Assembly Hall | |
| 10:15-12:45 | Simulating negotiations on a Nuclear Weapons Convention | Room XI | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
| 13:15-14:45 | Engaging Legislators in Building the Framework for a Nuclear Weapons Free World | Room XVI | Alyn Ware Parliamentarians for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament |
| 13:15-14:45 | Looking toward 2015: Options for strengthening the review process | Room XI | Canada |
| 15:00-18:00 | Plenary: Cluster two specific issue (regional issues, including the Middle East) | Assembly Hall | |
| 15:00-18:00 | Simulating negotiations on a Nuclear Weapons Convention | Room XI | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
Tuesday, 30 April
| 8:00-8:50 | Abolition Caucus | Room XVI | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Abolition 2000 |
| 9:00–9:50 | Government Briefing for NGOs: United Kingdom | Room XVI | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Reaching Critical Will |
| 10:00-13:00 | Plenary: Cluster two specific issue (regional issues, including the Middle East) | Assembly Hall | |
| 10:00-12:00 | NGO discussion with Ambassador Laajava on the Conference on a WMD Free Zone in the Middle East |
Room XVI |
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Geneva Centre for Security Policy |
| 10:15-12:45 | Simulating negotiations on a Nuclear Weapons Convention | Room XI | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
| 13:14-14:45 | Unspeakable suffering: humanitarian dimension of nuclear weapons | Room XI | Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs and Reaching Critical Will of WILPF |
| 13:15-14:45 | A WMD Free Zone in the Middle East: Would an NGO mock conference expedite the convening of the Helsinki Conference? | Room XVI | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs |
| 15:00-18:00 | Plenary: Cluster three issues | Assembly Hall | |
| 15:00-18:00 | Simulating negotiations on a Nuclear Weapons Convention | Room XI | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
Wednesday, 1 May
| 8:00-8:50 | Abolition Caucus | Room XVI | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Abolition 2000 |
| 9:00–9:50 | Government Briefing for NGOs: Switzerland | Room XVI | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Reaching Critical Will |
| 10:00-13:00 | Plenary: Cluster three issues | Assembly Hall | |
| 13:15-14:45 | Creating the Conditions for General and Complete Disarmament | Room XVI | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. SCRAP |
| 13:15-14:45 | Regional nuclear material accountancy and control mechanisms, the European model | Assembly Hall | European Union and Euratom |
| 13:15-14:45 | UK plans to set-up new nuclear programme | Room XI | UK Department of Energy and Climate Change |
| 15:00-18:00 | Plenary: Cluster three specific issue (nuclear energy and other issues) | Assembly Hall |
Thursday, 2 May
| 8:00-8:50 | Abolition Caucus | Room XVI | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Abolition 2000 |
| 9:00–9:50 | Government Briefing for NGOs: Germany and NPDI | Room XVI | Ray Acheson Reaching Critical Will |
| 10:00-13:00 | Plenary: Cluster three specific issue (nuclear energy and other issues) | Assembly Hall | |
| 13:15-14:45 | Safeguards, safety, and security when planning new nuclear reactors | Room XI | Finland and Canada |
Friday, 3 May
| 10:00-13:00 | Plenary: Consideration of the draft report | Assembly Hall | |
| 15:00-18:00 | Plenary: Consideration and adoption of the draft report | Assembly Hall |
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- NPT News in Review
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- National reports
- Calendar of events
- Information for civil society
Also see the official UN website.
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