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2014 NPT PrepCom Calendar of Events

Written by Poorbesh

Calendar last updated 6 May 2014

Monday, 28 April

When	What	Where	Who
10:00-13:00	Plenary	Trusteeship Council Chamber
10:00-13:00	Nuclear Weapons in Europe – stop concepts of modernization – start steps of disarmament	Room C Conference Building	IPB, INES, IALANA, Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung—New York Office Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
13:15-14:45	Nuclear Zero Lawsuits: Enforcing article VI obligations	Room C Conference Building	Nuclear Age Peace Foundation and IALANA Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
13:15-14:30	Too close for comfort: cases of near nuclear use and policies for today	Room B Conference Building	Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
13:15-14:30	Practical steps towards nuclear disarmament	Room 5 North Lawn Building	UNIDIR and IPFM Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
13:15-14:30	20 years of renunciation of nuclear weapons by Ukraine: Lessons learned and prospects of nuclear disarmament	Trusteeship Council Chamber	Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the UN Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
15:00-18:00	Plenary	Trusteeship Council Chamber
15:00-17:50	Trident	Room C Conference Building	Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Tuesday, 29 April

When	What	Where	Who
8:00-8:50	Abolition Caucus	Room C	Abolition 2000 Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
9:00-9:50	Government briefing for NGOs: Mexico	Room C Conference Building	Reaching Critical Will Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
10:00-13:00	Plenary	Trusteeship Council Chamber
11:00-12:30	Mayors for Peace Youth Forum	Room C Conference Building	Mayors for Peace Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
13:15-14:45	Don't Bank on the Bomb: Divestment from nuclear weapons	Room C Conference Building	PAX Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
13:15-14:45	Hibakusha Testimony: The Humanitarian Voice in the Global Movement to Abolish Nuclear Weapons	Room B Conference Building	Permanent Mission of El Salvador to the UN, Peace Boat, and Hibakusha Stories Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
13:15-14:45	The revolution in nuclear technology: nuclear weapons and automatization	Church Center for the United Nations 777 UN Plaza	IPB, INES, WSLF, IALANA, Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung—New York Office Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
15:00-18:00	Civil society presentations	Trusteeship Council Chamber	Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Wednesday, 30 April

When	What	Where	Who
8:00-8:50	Abolition Caucus	Room C	Abolition 2000 Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
9:00-9:50	Government briefing for NGOs: United States	Room C Conference Building	Reaching Critical Will Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
10:00-13:00	Plenary	Trusteeship Council Chamber
10:00-13:00	For a nuclear weapons and weapons of mass destruction free zone in the Middle East; an historic new Israeli citizens' initiative	Room C Conference Building	International Association of Peace Messenger Cities Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
13:15-14:45	After Fukushima: Time to phase out nuclear power and move to sustainable energy	Room C Conference Building	Abolition 2000 Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
13:15-14:30	Civil society activities toward the 2015 NPT Review Conference: Putting Hiroshima's experience into action for the future	Room B Conference Building	Hiroshima Prefectural Government Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
13:15-14:45	Nuclear weapons and the moral compass	Trusteeship Council Chamber	Permanent Mission of the Philippines and the Global Security Institute Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
13:15-14:30	Presentation of PIR Center’s White Paper “NPT Article VI and Implementation of the 2010 Review Conference Decisions”	Room 9 North Lawn Building	PIR Center (The Russian Center for Policy Studies) Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
13:15-14:45	Strategies for a world without nuclear weapons – how to reach an international draft agreement and a start of negotiations?	Church Center for the United Nations 777 UN Plaza	IPB, INES, IALANA, Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung—New York Office Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
13:15-14:45	Preparing for deep cuts: overcoming the gridlock in nuclear arms control	German House First Avenue at 49th Street	The Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
15:00-18:00	Plenary	Trusteeship Council Chamber
15:00-17:50	Time for action to establish a Northeast Asia nuclear weapon free zone	Room C Conference Building	Peace Depot Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
19:00	Stories From Atomic Bomb Survivors: Hibakusha Speak	Goddard Riverside Community Center 88th Street & Columbus Ave	Peace Action Manhattan Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Thursday, 1 May

When	What	Where	Who
8:00-8:50	Abolition Caucus	Room C	Abolition 2000 Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
9:00-9:50	Government briefing for NGOs: Austria	Room C Conference Building	Reaching Critical Will Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
10:00-13:00	Plenary	Trusteeship Council Chamber
10:00-13:00	Accidental apocalypse: Probabilistic approaches to accidental nuclear war and human survival	Room C Conference Building	Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
13:15-14:30	NPT Article VI implementation	Room B Conference Building	Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
13:15-14:30	Peacemakers: How people around the world are building a world free of war	Room 9 Conference Building	Permanent Mission of Holy See to the UN Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
13:15-14:30	UK-Norway initiative: development of new educational inspection simulations	Room 5 North Lawn Building	Governments of the United Kingdom and Norway Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
13:15-14:45	Burn the NPT	Room C Conference Building	Geneva Nuclear Disarmament Initiative (Wildfire>_) Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
13:15-14:45	Nuclear weapons and nuclear energy: abolish both	Church Center for the United Nations 777 UN Plaza	CND, INES, IALANA, WSLF, Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung—New York Office Contact: Tabea Schmengler
15:00-18:00	Plenary	Trusteeship Council Chamber
15:00-17:50	Current status of rebuilding and modernizing the United States warheads and nuclear weapons complex	Room C Conference Building	Alliance for Nuclear Accounability, WILPF Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Friday, 2 May

When	What	Where	Who
8:00-8:50	Abolition Caucus	Room C	Abolition 2000 Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
9:00-9:50	Government briefing for NGOs: United Kingdom	Room C Conference Building	Reaching Critical Will Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
10:00-13:00	Plenary	Trusteeship Council Chamber
10:00-13:00	The future of the B-61: Perspectives from the U.S. and Europe	Room C Conference Building	Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
13:15-14:45	Effective measures for nuclear disarmament	Room C Conference Building	Reaching Critical Will and Article 36 Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
13:15-14:30	NPDI and the NPT: What now? What next?	Room 9 North Lawn Building	PAX Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
13:15-14:30	Nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation education	Room B Conference Building	Permanent Mission of Austria, NAPF, CNS, SGI, Peace Boat, Hibakusha Stories, IPPNW Costa Rica Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
13:15-14:30	US-UK: Technical challenges in verifying nuclear disarmament	Room 5 North Lawn Building	US Department of State Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
15:00-18:00	Plenary	Trusteeship Council Chamber
15:00-17:50	WMD free zone in the Middle East: where is it heading?	Room C Conference Building	Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Saturday, 3 May

When	What	Where	Who
9:00-18:00	Facing the Dangers of 21st Century Great Power War	Assembly Hall Judson Memorial Church 229 Thompson St	IALANA, AFSC, IPB, Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung—New York Office Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Sunday, 4 May

When	What	Where	Who
9:00-18:00	Abolition 2000 Annual General Meeting	320 Studios 320 W 37th St, 14th Floor	Abolition 2000 Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Monday, 5 May

When	What	Where	Who
8:00-8:50	Abolition Caucus	Room C	Abolition 2000 Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
9:00-9:50	Government briefing for NGOs: South Africa	Room C Conference Building	Reaching Critical Will Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
10:00-13:00	Plenary	ECOSOC Chamber
10:00-13:00	Simulated negotiations for a nuclear weapons convention	Room C Conference Building	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
13:15-14:45	Arctic nuclear weapons free zone	Room C Conference Building	Canadian Pugwash Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
13:15-14:30	Briefing on HEU Purchase Agreement	Room B Conference Building	US Department of State Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
13:15-14:30	International panel on fissile material	Room 7 North Lawn Building	Japanese Mission to the UN and by the Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the UN Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
15:00-14:30	Plenary	ECOSOC Chamber
15:00-18:00	Simulated negotiations for a nuclear weapons convention	Room C Conference Building	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Tuesday, 6 May

When	What	Where	Who
8:00-8:50	Abolition Caucus	Room C	Abolition 2000 Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
9:00-9:50	Government briefing for NGOs: Egypt	Room C Conference Building	Reaching Critical Will Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
10:00-13:00	Plenary	Trusteeship Council Chamber
10:00-13:00	The WMD Free Zone in the Middle East: Constructive Proposals for the Helsinki Process	Room C Conference Building	Academic Peace Orchestra Middle East, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt, Germany Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
10:00-12:40	Simulated negotiations for a nuclear weapons convention	Room E North Lawn Building	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
13:15-14:45	All in the Timing: The WMD Zone in the Middle East	Room C Conference Building	Ireland
13:15-14:30	Reinforcing international cooperation for the aims of developing nuclear energy	Room 6 North Lawn Building	Permanent Mission of France to the UN Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
13:15-14:30	EU efforts to strengthen nuclear security	Room B Conference Building	European Union (EEAS) Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
15:00-18:00	Thinking about disarmament in the 21st century; which lessons from history?	Room C Conference Building	Western States Legal Foundation Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
15:00-18:00	Simulated negotiations for a nuclear weapons convention	Room E North Lawn Building	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Wednesday, 7 May

When	What	Where	Who
8:00-8:50	Abolition Caucus	Room C	Abolition 2000 Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
9:00-9:50	Government briefing for NGOs: New Agenda Coalition	Room C Conference Building	Reaching Critical Will Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
10:00-13:00	Belief in the WMD Free Zone - Designing the corridor to Helsinki and beyond	Room C Conference Building	PAX, BASIC, Israeli Disarmament Movement Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
13:15-14:45	Advancing UN approaches to nuclear disarmament	Room C Conference Building	Basel Peace Office, PragueVision Institute Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
13:15-14:30	Nuclear security summit 2014 The Hague, The Netherlands	Room 7 North Lawn Building	Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the UN Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
15:00	Plenary	Trusteeship Council Chamber
15:00-18:00	The NPT and NATO: Implications of Alliance Membership for the NPT	Room C Conference Building	Canadian Pugwash and Western University Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
16:00-18:00	Nuclear weapon free zone treaty preparatory meeting	ECOSOC Chamber

Thursday, 8 May

When	What	Where	Contact
8:00-8:50	Abolition Caucus	Room C	Abolition 2000 Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
9:00-9:50	Government briefing for NGOs: Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiaitve	Room C Conference Building	Reaching Critical Will Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
10:00-13:00	Plenary	ECOSOC Chamber
10:00-13:00	Change in Action- Overcoming Barriers to Non-Proliferation in the Middle East	Room C Conference Building	Heinrich Böll Foundation North America, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, and Nuclear Threat Initiative Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
13:15-14:45	Nuclear disarmament through inter-parliamentary forums	Room C Conference Building	Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
13:15-14:30	International cooperation for the implementation of the United Nations Security Council resolution 1540 (2004)	Room B Conference Building	Permanent Mission of Spain to the UN and the Permanent Mission of Mexico to the UN Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
13:15-14:30	Innovating verification – briefing on the findings of NTI’s verification pilot project	Room 7 North Lawn Building	Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) and the US Department of State Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
15:00-18:00	Plenary	ECOSOC Chamber
15:00-18:00	New ideas and initiatives	Room C Conference Building	Canadian Pugwash and Western University Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Friday, 9 May

When	What	Where	Contact
8:00-8:50	Abolition Caucus	Room C	Abolition 2000 Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
10:00-13:00	Plenary	ECOSOC Chamber
15:00-18:00	Plenary	ECOSOC Chamber

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Monday, 11 January 2021 00:00

2014 NPT Preparatory Committee: Information for civil society participation

Written by Poorbesh

The 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.

1/4 page ad: $40
1/2 page ad: $60
full page ad: $130

Discounts are available for multiple ads. Run your ad twice and get $5 off. Run your add three times and get $10 off. Run your ad four times and get $15 off.

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..

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Thursday, 24 April 2014 00:00

2014 NPT Briefing Book out now

Written by Poorbesh

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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Thursday, 06 November 2014 00:00

2014 No. 5 | Final Edition

Written by Poorbesh

Editorial: The cost of “consensus”
Ray Acheson | Reaching Critical Will of WILPF

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Sunday, 26 October 2014 00:00

2014 No. 4

Written by Poorbesh

Editorial: How we learned to stop playing with blocks and ban nuclear weapons
Ray Acheson | Reaching Critical Will of WILPF

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Monday, 20 October 2014 00:00

2014 No. 3

Written by Poorbesh

Editorial: The courage to
Ray Acheson | Reaching Critical Will of WILPF

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Monday, 20 October 2014 00:00

2014 No. 3

Written by Poorbesh

Editorial: The courage to
Ray Acheson | Reaching Critical Will of WILPF

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Monday, 13 October 2014 00:00

2014 No. 2

Written by Poorbesh

Editorial: Mighty rivers and “seemingly impenetrable stones”
Ray Acheson | Reaching Critical Will of WILPF

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Tuesday, 07 October 2014 00:00

2014 No. 1 | Preview

Written by Poorbesh

Editorial: Silence is not an option
Ray Acheson | Reaching Critical Will of WILPF

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Monday, 11 January 2021 00:00

2014 Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW)

Written by Poorbesh

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

2014 CCW Meeting of Experts on lethal autonomous weapon systems

2014 CCW Meeting of High Contracting Parties

To recieve Reaching Critical Will´s CCW report via email, please sign up here.

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Monday, 11 January 2021 00:00

2014 CCW Meeting of High Contracting Parties

Written by Poorbesh

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

Statements

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

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Monday, 11 January 2021 00:00

2014 Biennial Meeting of States on Small Arms

Written by Poorbesh

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

Small Arms Monitor (subscribe here)

BMS5 documents

Background information

Other resources

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Monday, 11 January 2021 00:00

2013 NPT Preparatory Committee Calendar of Events

Written by Poorbesh

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

When	What	Where	Contact
10.00 - 18.00	ICAN Campaigners Meeting	Villa La Pastorale, 106 Route de Ferney	International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons

Sunday, 21 April

When	What	Where	Contact
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

When	What	Where	Contact
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

When	What	Where	Contact
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

When	What	Where	Contact
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

When	What	Where	Contact
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

When	What	Where	Contact
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

When	What	Where	Contact
19:00	Concert for a world free of nuclear weapons	Room Franklin Martin Rue de Vallée 3, 1204 Geneva

Monday, 29 April

When	What	Where	Contact
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

When	What	Where	Contact
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

When	What	Where	Contact
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

When	What	Where	Contact
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

When	What	Where	Contact
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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Monday, 11 January 2021 00:00

2013 NPT Preparatory Committee

Written by Poorbesh

The Second Preparatory Committee for the 2015 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) met from 22 April–3 May 2013 in Geneva, Switzerland. The chair of the meeting was Ambassador Cornel Feruta of Romania.