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| Date |
Description |
Issue |
Location |
| January | |||
| 9-20 January | UN
Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade
in Small Arms and Light Weapons: 1st Preparatory Committee for the Review
Conference. ddaweb@un.org |
Small Arms |
New York |
| 17-19 January | Weapons
of Mass Destruction Commission (Blix Commission): 9th meeting. www.wmdcommission.org |
WMD | Stockholm |
| 20 January | Open-ended Working Group for the fourth Special Session of the General Assembly devoted to disarmament: organizational session | Various | New York |
| 23 January - 31 March | Conference
on Disarmament: 1st part www.unog.ch |
Various | Geneva |
| 30 January - 3 February | Panel of Governmental Experts on Verification in All its Aspects: 1st session | Verification | New York |
| February | |||
| 8-10 February | UN Secretary-General's Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters | Various | New York |
| 13-17 February | Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries, 2nd Session | Private Security | Geneva |
| 13 February - 3 March | Preparatory
Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization
(CTBTO): Working Group
B and informal/expert meetings pws.ctbto.org/ | liaison@ctbto.org |
Nuclear Weapons | Vienna |
| 20 February - 3 March | United
Nations Office for
Outer Space Affairs (OOSA): Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space,
Scientific and Technical Subcommittee: 43rd session www.oosa.unvienna.org | oosa@unvienna.org |
Outer Space | Vienna |
| 22-23 February | Talks between the Sri Lankan Government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (round 1) | Conflict management | Geneva |
| 27 February - 3 March | Conference
on Disarmament: Debate on nuclear disarmament http://www.reachingcriticalwill.org/political/cd/cdindex.html |
Nuclear Weapons | Geneva |
| 27 February - 3 March | Group
of Governmental Experts on the Continuing Operation of the United Nations
Register of Conventional Arms http://disarmament2.un.org/cab/register.html |
Conventional weapons | Geneva |
| March | |||
| 6 March | International
Atomic Agency (IAEA): Board of Governors Official.Mail@IAEA.ORG | www.iaea.org |
Nuclear Weapons/ Power | Vienna |
| 6-10 March | Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW): 13th Group of Governmental Experts on Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) and Mines Other Than Anti-Personnel Mines (MOTAPM) and 1st Review Conference Preparatory Committee | Inhumane Weapons | Geneva |
| 14-17 March | Organization
for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW): 44th session of the
Executive Council www.opcw.org |
Chemical Weapons | The Hague |
| 31 March - 1 April (TBC) | 8th
World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion: Pre-conference
on Reducing Firearm-Related Mortality and Morbidity: Data to Action www.iss.co.za |
Small Arms | Durban |
| April | |||
| 2-5 April | 8th
World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion www.safety2006.info |
Safety/ Violence | Durban |
| 3-7 April | Open-ended Working Group for the fourth Special Session of the General Assembly devoted to disarmament: 1st session | Various | New York |
| 3-13 | United
Nations Office for
Outer Space Affairs (OOSA): Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space,
Legal Subcommitte: 45th session www.oosa.unvienna.org | oosa@unvienna.org |
Outer Space | Vienna |
| 10-28 April | United
Nations Disarmament Commission |
Various | New York |
| 19-21 April | Talks between the Sri Lankan Government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (round 2) | Conflict management | Geneva |
| 20-22 April | International
Conference: "G8
Global Security Agenda: Challenges & Interests. Towards the
St.-Petersburg Summit" www.pircenter.org |
Various | Moscow |
| 24-28 April | Biological
and Toxin Weapons Convention: Preparatory Committee of the 6th Review
Conference www.opbw.org |
Biological Weapons | Geneva |
| May | |||
| May (TBC) | Human Security Network: 8th
Ministerial Meeting www.humansecuritynetwork.org |
Various | Bangkok |
| 1-4 May | 7th Annual International Symposium on Technology and the Mine Problem |
Landmines | Monterey |
| 2 May | International
Atomic Agency (IAEA): Board of Governors, Programme and Budget Committee Official.Mail@IAEA.ORG | www.iaea.org |
Nuclear Weapons/ Power | New York |
| 7-12 May | Inter-Parliamentary
Union (IPU): 114th Assembly www.ipu.org/conf-e/114agnd.htm |
Various | Nairobi |
| 8-12 May | Group
of Governmental Experts on the Continuing Operation of the United Nations
Register of Conventional Arms http://disarmament2.un.org/cab/register.html |
Conventional weapons | New York |
| 8-12 May | Anti-Personnel
Mine Ban Convention:
Meetings of the Standing Committees isu@gichd.ch | www.apminebanconvention.org |
Landmines | Geneva |
| 15-19 May | Conference
on Disarmament: Debate on a Treaty on Fissile Material http://www.reachingcriticalwill.org/political/cd/cdindex.html |
Nuclear Weapons | Geneva |
| 15 May - 30 June | Conference
on Disarmament: 2nd part www.unog.ch |
Various | Geneva |
| 15-19 May | Panel of Governmental Experts on Verification in All its Aspects: 2nd session | Verification | Geneva |
| 15-26 May | Preparatory
Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization
(CTBTO): Working Group B and informal/expert meetings pws.ctbto.org/ | liaison@ctbto.org |
Nuclear Weapons | Vienna |
| 16-19 May | Organization
for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW): 45th session of the
Executive Council www.opcw.org |
Chemical Weapons | The Hague |
| 22-27 May | WHO, World Health Assembly: 59th session | Various | Geneva |
| 29 May - 2 June | Open-ended Working Group for the fourth Special Session of the General Assembly devoted to disarmament: 2nd session | Various | New York |
| 29 May - 2 June | United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation: 54th session | Nuclear Weapons/ Power | Vienna |
| 29 May - 2 June | Preparatory
Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization
(CTBTO): Working Group A and informal/expert meetings pws.ctbto.org | liaison@ctbto.org |
Nuclear Weapons | Vienna |
| June | |||
| June/ July (TBC) | IANSA Global Week of Action Against Small Arms | Small Arms | Global |
| June (TBC) | G8
Summit en.g8russia.ru |
Various | St. Petersburg |
| 7-16 June | United
Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (OOSA): 49th session of the
Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space www.oosa.unvienna.org | oosa@unvienna.org |
Outer Space | Vienna |
| 8-15 June | Conference
on Disarmament: Debate on Preventing an Arms Race in Outer Space (PAROS) http://www.reachingcriticalwill.org/political/cd/cdindex.html |
Outer Space | Geneva |
| 9-10 June | Workshop on Small Arms
and Light Weapons Controls for International Parliamentarians in
the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Region |
Small Arms | Tbilisi |
| 12 June | International
Atomic Agency (IAEA): Board of Governors Official.Mail@IAEA.ORG | www.iaea.org |
Nuclear Weapons/ Power | Vienna |
| 12-14 June | IBC's
4th International Conference: Radioactive Waste Management http://www.safetyevents.com/radwaste/ |
Nuclear Weapons/ Power | London |
| 12-16 June | Organisation for the Prohibition
of Chemical Weapons (OPCW): International Assistance and Protection Course.
http://www.opcw.org/ |
Chemical Weapons | Seoul |
| 18-23 June | International Youth Nuclear
Conference 2006. http://www.iync.org |
Nuclear Weapons/ Power | Stockholm |
| 19-22 June | International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA): International Conference on Management of Spent Fuel from
Nuclear Power Reactors. http://www.iaea.org/ |
Nuclear Weapons/ Power | Vienna |
| 19-23 June | Conference
on Disarmament: Debate on new types of Weapons of Mass Destruction http://www.reachingcriticalwill.org/political/cd/cdindex.html |
WMD / Radiological weapons | Geneva |
| 19-23 June | Open-ended Working Group for the fourth Special Ssession of the General Assembly devoted to disarmament: 3rd session | Various | New York |
| 19-23 June | Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW): 14th Group of Governmental Experts on Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) and Mines Other Than Anti-Personnel Mines (MOTAPM) and 2nd Review Conference Preparatory Committee | Inhumane Weapons | Geneva |
| 20-23 June | Preparatory
Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization
(CTBTO): 26th session of the Preparatory Commission http://pws.ctbto.org/ | liaison@ctbto.org |
Nuclear Weapons | Vienna |
| 21 June | U.S.-European Union Summit | Various | Vienna |
| 21-23 June | United Nations Secretary General's Advisory Board on Disarmament matters | Various | Geneva |
| 22 June | Geneva Centre for the Democratic
Control of Armed Forces (DCAF): Launch of "Women in an Insecure World" http://www.dcaf.ch/ |
Gender and Security | Brussels |
| 22-23 June | Capacity-Building Workshop
for Members of National Coordination Bodies http://www.un.org/events/smallarms2006/index.html |
Small Arms | New York |
| 23 June | Cracow Proliferation Security
Initiative, High-Level Political Meeting (HLPM). http://www.psi.msz.gov.pl/ |
Proliferation | Warsaw |
| 23-28 June | World Peace Forum 2006 |
Various | Vancouver |
| 26-30 June | European Nuclear Education
Network (ENEN): International Seminar on Dismantling Experience of Nuclear
Facilities in France. http://www.enen-assoc.org |
Nuclear Weapons/ Power | Saclay (France) |
| 26 June - 7 July | Convention
Against Transnational Organised Crime: Conference of the States Parties
(3rd session) unodc@unodc.org |
Transnational Organised Crime | Vienna |
| 26 June - 7 July | UN
Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade
in Small Arms and Light Weapons: 1st Review Conference ddaweb@un.org |
Small Arms | New York |
| 27-28 June | The
Nuclear Energy Financing Global Summit - The Role of the Private Sector
in Financing
and Building Nuclear Power Plants. http://www.cityandfinancial.com/nuc1 |
Nuclear Power | Paris |
| 27-28 June | The Organization for Security
and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE): Annual Security Review Conference http://www.osce.org/ |
Various | Vienna |
| 28 June | Geneva Centre for the Democratic
Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) – European Policy Centre (EPC): DCAF-EPC
workshop on EU-UN collaboration on Security Sector Reforms (SSR) in post-conflict
peacebuilding http://www.dcaf.ch/ |
Peacebuilding | Brussels |
| 29 June | G8 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
www.en.g8russia.ru |
Various | Moscow |
| 29-30 June | Organisation for the Prohibition
of Chemical Weapons (OPCW): 2nd Regional Seminar on the Role of the Chemical
Industry in the Implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention in
Latin America and the Caribbean. http://www.opcw.org/ |
Chemical Weapons | Santa Marta (Colombia) |
| 30 June | University
of Birmingham: Past and Future of Nuclear Power http://www.bham.ac.uk |
Nuclear Power | Birmingham |
| July | |||
| 3 July | Geneva
Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF): Experts
workshop on the Implementation of the
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Code of
Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security http://www.dcaf.ch/ |
Various | Geneva |
| 3-4 July | Civil G8: NGO International
Forum www.en.g8russia.ru |
Various | Moscow |
| 3-7 July | United Nations Mine Action
Service (UNMAS): National Directors and Technical Advisor's Meeting. |
Mines | Geneva |
| 3-13 July | Organisation for the Prohibition
of Chemical Weapons (OPCW): Basic Course for Personnel from the National
Authorities of Spanish Speaking States Parties. http://www.opcw.org/ |
Chemical Weapons | Madrid |
| 4-7 July | Organization
for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW): 46th session of the
Executive Council www.opcw.org |
Chemical Weapons | The Hague |
| 9 July | International Gun Destruction
Day http://www.iansa.org/ |
Small Arms | Global |
| 10-14 July | Organisation for the Prohibition
of Chemical Weapons (OPCW): Third International Basic Course on Assistance
and Protection. http://www.opcw.org/ |
Chemical Weapons | Krusevac (Serbia and Montenegro) |
| 15-17 July | G8 Summit http://www.en.g8russia.ru/ |
Various - Energy Security | Saint Petersburg |
| 16 July | 61st anniversary of Trinity, the first nuclear weapon test | Nuclear Weapons | Global |
| 17-28 July | Group
of Governmental Experts on the Continuing Operation of the United Nations
Register of Conventional Arms (3rd Session) http://disarmament2.un.org/cab/register.html |
Conventional weapons | New York |
| 25-27 July | Organisation for the Prohibition
of Chemical Weapons: Legal Workshop for National Authorities of States
Parties in Central and West Africa. http://www.opcw.org/ |
Chemical Weapons | Ouagadougou |
| 31 July - 4 August | Conference
on Disarmament: Debate on Negative Security Assurances http://www.reachingcriticalwill.org/political/cd/cdindex.html |
Nuclear Weapons | Geneva |
| 31 July - 15 September | Conference
on Disarmament: 3rd part www.unog.ch |
Various | Geneva |
| August | |||
| 6 August | 61st anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima | Nuclear Weapons | Global |
| 7-11 August | Conference
on Disarmament: Debate on a Comprehensive Programme of Disarmament http://www.reachingcriticalwill.org/political/cd/cdindex.html |
Various | Geneva |
| 7-11 August | Group of Governmental Experts
to the continuing Operation and further Development of the Register of
Conventional Arms http://www.unog.ch/ |
Conventional Weapons | Geneva |
| 7-11 August | Panel of Governmental Experts
on Verification in All its Aspects, including the role of the United
Nations in the field of verification (3rd session) http://disarmament.un.org |
Verification | New-York |
| 9 August | 61st anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Nagasaki | Nuclear Weapons | Global |
| 21-25 August | Conference
on Disarmament: Debate on Transparency in Armaments http://www.reachingcriticalwill.org/political/cd/cdindex.html |
Transparency | Geneva |
| 28 August - 6 September | Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW): 15th Group of Governmental Experts on Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) and Mines Other Than Anti-Personnel Mines (MOTAPM) and 3rd Review Conference Preparatory Committee | Inhumane Weapons | Geneva |
| 29 August - 8 September | Preparatory
Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization
(CTBTO): 27th Session of the Working Group B, part II, and informal/expert
meetings http://pws.ctbto.org/ | liaison@ctbto.org |
Nuclear Weapons | Vienna |
| September | |||
| September (TBC) | Commission on Human Rights: Working Group on the use of mercenaries (1 week) | Private Security | Geneva |
| 1 September | Scientific
Symposium: |
Nuclear Weapons | Vienna |
| 4-8 September | Group of Governmental Experts on illicit brokering in small arms and light weapons | Small Arms | New York |
| 4-8 September | Preparatory Commission for
the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization: 27th Session
of the Advisory Group http://pws.ctbto.org/ |
Nuclear Weapons | Vienna |
| 5-7 September | Organisation for the Prohibition
of Chemical Weapons: Fourth Regional Meeting of National Authorities of States Parties in Asia. http://www.opcw.org/ |
Chemical Weapons | Jakarta |
| 6-8 September | World
Nuclear Association: 31st Annual Symposium |
Nuclear Power | London |
| 7-10 September | International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW): 17th World Congress www.ippnw.org/Events/Past/17th.html | Various | Finland |
| 11 September | International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA): Board of Governors Official.Mail@IAEA.ORG | www.iaea.org |
Nuclear Weapons/ Power | Vienna |
| 12 September - December | General Assembly: 61st session | Various | New York |
| 18-22 September | International
Atomic Agency (IAEA):
General Conference Official.Mail@IAEA.ORG | www.iaea.org |
Nuclear Weapons/ Power | Vienna |
| 18-22 September | Anti-Personnel
Mine Ban Convention: 7th Meeting of States Parties isu@gichd.ch | www.apminebanconvention.org |
Landmines | Geneva |
| 18 September-6 October | Human
Rights Council:
2nd session http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/2session/ |
Human Rights | Geneva |
| 19-20 September | International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA): 50th General Conference New Framework for the Utilization of Nuclear Energy in the 21st Century: Assurances of Supply and Non-Proliferation http://www.iaea.org/index.html |
Nuclear Weapons/ Power | Vienna |
| 24 September | Comprehensive
Nucelar Test Ban Treaty (CTBT): 10th
Anniversary of the Signing www.ctbto.org |
Nuclear Weapons | Global |
| 25 September | International
Atomic Agency (IAEA): Board of Governors Official.Mail@IAEA.ORG | www.iaea.org |
Nuclear Weapons/ Power | Vienna |
| 27-29 September | Organisation for the Prohibition
of Chemical Weapons (OPCW): Fourth Regional Workshop for National Authorities of States Parties in Central Asia on the Practical Implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention http://www.opcw.org/ |
Chemical Weapons | Chok-Tal (Kyrgyzstan) |
| October | |||
| October (TBC) | Missile Technology Control
Regime (MTCR): Plenary meeting http://www.mtcr.info/ |
Missiles | Copenhagen |
| 1-8 October | Global Network Against Weapons
and Nuclear Power in Space " Keep Space for Peace Week: International Days of Protest to Stop the Militarization of Space" http://www.space4peace.org/ |
Outer Space | Global |
| 2-6 October | Preparatory
Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization
(CTBTO): 30th Session of the Working Group A and informal/expert meetings http://pws.ctbto.org/ | liaison@ctbto.org |
Nuclear Weapons | Vienna |
| 2-31 October | UN General Assembly's First Committee: Disarmament and International Security | Various | New York |
| 6 October | Norwegian Nobel Committee announces the Nobel Peace Prize | Various | Norway |
| 9-18 October | Conference
of the Parties to the Unites Nations Conference against Transnational
Organized Crime
(CTOC): Review of the implementation of the Protocol against the Illicit
Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components
and Ammunition. |
Small Arms | Vienna |
| 16-17 October | Organisation for the Prohibition
of Chemical Weapons (OPCW): Fourth Regional Meeting of National Authorities of States Parties in Africa http://www.opcw.org/ |
Chemical Weapons | Dar-es-Salaam |
| 16-20 October | International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA): International Safeguards Symposium on Addressing Verification Challenges www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/Meetings/Meetings2006.asp |
Verification | Vienna |
| 16-26 October |
Organisation for the Prohibition
of Chemical Weapons (OPCW): Basic Course for Personnel of National Authorities Involved in the National Implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention http://www.opcw.org/ |
Chemical Weapons | Paris |
| November | |||
| 6 November | Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW): 8th Annual Conference of the High Contracting Parties to Amended Protocol II | Inhumane weapons | Geneva |
| 7-10 November | Organization
for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW): 47th session of the
Executive Council www.opcw.org |
Chemical Weapons | The Hague |
| 7-11 November | Organization
for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW): 10th session of the
Conference of the State Parties www.opcw.org |
Chemical Weapons | The Hague |
| 7-17 November | Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW): 3rd Review Conference | Inhumane Weapons | Geneva |
| 13-17 November | Preparatory
Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization
(CTBTO): 27th session of the Preparatory Commission http://pws.ctbto.org/ | liaison@ctbto.org |
Nuclear Weapons | Vienna |
| 20 November - 8 December | Biological
and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC): 6th Review Conference www.opbw.org |
Biological Weapons | Geneva |
| 23 November | International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA): Board of Governors Official.Mail@IAEA.ORG | www.iaea.org |
Nuclear Weapons/ Power | Vienna |
| 27 November 1 December | Group
of Governmental Experts to consider further steps to enhance international
cooperation in preventing, combating and eradicating illicit brokering
in SALW |
Small Arms | Geneva |
| 27 November-8 December |
Human
Rights Council:
Session 3 http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/3session/index.htm |
Human Rights | Geneva |
| December | |||
| 5-8 December | Organization
for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW): 11th session of the
Conference of the State Parties www.opcw.org |
Chemical Weapons | The Hague |
| 10 December | Nobel Peace Prize is awarded | Various | Oslo |
| 11-15 December | International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA): International Conference on Lessons Learned from Decommissioning of Nuclear Facilities and the Safe Termination of Nuclear Activities http://www.iaea.org/index.html |
Nuclear Weapons/ Power | Athens |
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