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

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2014 Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW)

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

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2014 CCW Meeting of High Contracting Parties

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.

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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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2014 Biennial Meeting of States on Small Arms

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)

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Small Arms Monitor (subscribe here)

BMS5 documents

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2013 NPT Preparatory Committee Calendar of Events

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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2013 NPT Preparatory Committee

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.