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2002 Disarmament Calendar

 

Date

Description

Issue

Location

21 January - 29 March

Conference on Disarmament (1st 2002 session)

Various

Geneva

28 January - 1 February

Mine Ban Treaty, Inter-sessional work programme

Mines

Geneva

30 January - 1 February

Secretary General's Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters

Various

New York

11 - 15 March

UN Expert Group on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Education (3rd meeting)

Disarmament Education

Geneva

1 - 5 April

UN Expert Group on Missiles (2nd meeting)

Missiles

New York

8 - 19 April

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Preparatory Committee

Nuclear weapons

New York

22 April - 10 May

UN Disarmament Commission

Various

New York

13 May - 28 June

Conference on Disarmament (2nd 2002 session)

Various

Geneva

20 - 24 May

Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) Convention, Meeting of the Group of Governmental Experts on "mines other than anti-personnel mines" and on "explosive remnants of war"

Inhumane weapons

Geneva

1 -5 July

Group of Governmental Experts on tracing small arms (1st meeting)

Small Arms

Geneva

1 - 12 July

UN Expert Group on Missiles (3rd meeting)

Missiles

New York

15 - 26 July

Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) Convention, Meeting of the Group of Governmental Experts on "mines other than anti-personnel mine" and on "explosive remnants of war"

Inhumane weapons

Geneva

17 - 19 July

Secretary General's Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters

Various

Geneva

22 -26 July

UN Expert Group on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Education (4th meeting)

Disarmament Education

New York

29 July - 13 September

Conference on Disarmament (3rd 2002 session)

Various

Geneva

19 - 22 August

Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization Preparatory Commission (18th session)

Nuclear weapons

Vienna

26 August - 13 September

Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization Preparatory Commission, Working Group B and Informal Expert Meetings

Nuclear weapons

Vienna

9 - 18 September

Wassenaar Arrangement Expert Group

Export Controls

Vienna

10 - 13 September

Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), meeting of the Executive Council

Chemical Weapons

The Hague

16 - 20 September

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference

Nuclear Energy

Vienna

16 - 20 September

Mine Ban Treaty, 4th Meeting of States Parties

Mines

Geneva

23 - 27 September

Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Plenary Meeting

Missiles

Warsaw

1 - 4 October

Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization Preparatory Commission, Working Group A and Informal Expert Meetings

Nuclear Weapons

Vienna

7 October - 8 November

UN General Assembly First Committee

Various

New York

7 - 11 October

Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), 7th Session of the Conference of the States Parties

Chemical Weapons

The Hague

11 - 15 November

Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization Preparatory Commission, 19th Session

Nuclear Weapons

Vienna

11 - 22 November

Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC), resumed 5th Review Conference

Biological Weapons

Geneva

2 - 13 December

Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) Convention, Meeting of the Group of Governmental Experts on "mines other than anti-personnel mines" and on "explosive remnants of war." To Be Followed by the 4th Annual Conference of State Parties to Amended Protocol II of the Convention

Inhumane Weapons

Geneva

10 - 13 December

Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), Executive Council Meeting

Chemical Weapons

The Hague

11 - 12 December

Wassenaar Arrangement Plenary

Export Controls

Vienna

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