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| Date |
Description |
Issue |
Location |
| January | |||
| 22 January - 30 March | Conference
on Disarmament: 1st part http://www.unog.ch/disarmament |
Various | Geneva |
| February | |||
| 6-8 February | International
Atomic Agency (IAEA): Seminar on Nuclear Science and Technology for
Diplomats http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/Meetings/Announcements.asp?ConfID=33250 |
Nuclear Power | Vienna |
| 22-23 February | International
Conference on Cluster Munitions http://tsforum.event123.no/UD/osloccm/ |
Cluster Munitions | Oslo |
| 28 February | Launch
of the first English edition of the journal "Security Index" (Centre
russe d'études politiques) http://www.crep.ch/ |
Various | Geneva |
| March | |||
| 8 March | Anti-Personnel Land Mine Convention:
8th Anniversary of the Entry into Force |
Landmines | Geneva |
| 12-30 March |
Human
Rights Council:
Session 4 http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/specialsession/4/ |
Human Rights | Geneva |
| 12-13 March | Workshop: SALW Issue from the Perspective of Protecting and Building the Peaceful Community | Small Arms | Tokyo |
| 13-16 March | Organisation for the Prohibition
of Chemical Weapons (OPCW): 48th session of the Executive Council |
Chemical Weapons | The Hague |
| 19-22 March | 10th International Meeting
of Mine Action Programme Directors and UN Advisors |
Landmines | Geneva |
| 19-23 March | Group of Governmental Experts
on SALW Brokering: 2nd Session http://disarmament2.un.org/casa/casaindex.html |
Small Arms | New York |
| April | |||
| 9-27 April | United
Nations Disarmament Commission: Annual Meeting http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2006/dc3056.doc.htm |
Various | New York |
| 14-20 April | World Nuclear Association
(WNA) and Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI): World Nuclear Fuel Cycle Conference |
Nuclear Power/Weapons | Budapest |
| 18-20 April | International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC): International Expert Meeting on cluster munitions | Cluster Munitions | Montreux (Switzerland) |
23-27 April |
Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention:
Meetings of the Standing Committees isu@gichd.ch | www.apminebanconvention.org |
Landmines | Geneva |
| 29 April | Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) : 10th Anniversary of the Entry into Force | Chemical Weapons | The Hague |
| 29 April-4 May | Inter-Parliamentary Union
(IPU): 116th IPU Assembly http://www.ipu.org/conf-e/116agnd.htm |
Various | Bangkok |
| 30 April-11 May | Treaty
on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT): First Preparatory Committee for the 2010 Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) review conference http://disarmament.un.org/wmd/npt/ |
Nuclear Weapons | Vienna |
| May | |||
| 9 May | Celebration
of the 10th Anniversary of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention:
New Perspectives for a mine-free
world |
Landmines | Brussels |
| 14-16 May | International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA): International Seminar on Non-Proliferation
of Nuclear Weapons:
The Strengthened Safeguards System |
Nuclear Weapons | Vienna |
| 14-18 May | UN Standing Advisory Committee
on Security Questions in Central Africa: 25th ministerial meeting http://disarmament.un.org/rdb/sac-25.html |
Various | São Tomé |
| 14-18 May | Defence
Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTl): 10th International Chemical
Weapons Demilitarisation Conference and Exhibition http://www.dstl.gov.uk/conferences/cwd/2007/index.php |
Chemical Weapons | Brussels |
| 14 May-29 June | Conference on Disarmament:
2nd part http://www.unog.ch/disarmament |
Various | Geneva |
| 21-23 May | Frauenhofer
Institut für Chemische Technologie (ICT): 4th European Symposium
on Non-Lethal Weapons http://www.non-lethal-weapons.com |
Non-Lethal Weapons | Ettlingen (Germany) |
| 23-25 May | International
Conference on Cluster Munitions Press release |
Cluster Munitions | Lima |
| 24 May | International
Women's Day for Peace and Disarmament |
Various | Global |
| June | |||
| 4-8 June | Group of Governmental Experts
on SALW Brokering: 3rd Session http://disarmament2.un.org/casa/casaindex.html |
Small Arms | New York |
| 6 June | Launch of the Biological and
Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC) Implementation Support Unit |
Biological Weapons | Geneva |
| 6-8 June | G8 Summit http://www.g8.utoronto.ca/evaluations/2007heiligendamm/2007agenda.html |
Various | Heiligendamm (Germany) |
| 9-15 June | United
Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (OOSA): Committee on Peaceful
Uses of Outer Space,
50th session www.oosa.unvienna.org | oosa@unvienna.org |
Outer Space | Vienna |
| 11-18 June | Human Rights Council: Session
5 http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/specialsession/5/ |
Human Rights | Geneva |
| 18 June | Convention on Certain Conventional
Weapons (CCW): Preparatory Committee for the first Conference of the
High Contracting Parties to Protocol V on Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) http://www.unog.ch/disarmament |
Inhumane Weapons | Geneva |
| 19-22 June | Preparatory
Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization
(CTBTO): 28th
session http://pws.ctbto.org/ | liaison@ctbto.org |
Nuclear Weapons | Vienna |
| 19-22 June | Convention on Certain Conventional
Weapons (CCW): Group of Governmental Experts http://www.unog.ch/disarmament |
Inhumane Weapons | Geneva |
| 25-26 June | Carnegie Endowment: International
non-proliferation Conference http://www.carnegieendowment.org/npp/ |
Nuclear Weapons | Washington |
| 25-29 June | Open-ended
working group for the fourth special session to the General Assembly
devoted to disarmament: 1st session http://conf.un.org/DGAACS/Meetings.nsf/wByDate?OpenForm&Start=3.27&Count=30&Expand=3&Seq=2 |
Various | New York |
| 26-29 June | Organization
for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW): 49th session of the
Executive Council http://www.opcw.org/ |
Chemical Weapons | The Hague |
| July | |||
| 5-6 July | United Nations Global Compact
Summit http://www.globalcompactsummit.org/ |
Corporate Responsibility | Geneva |
| 16-18 July | The UN Secretary General's Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters | Various | New York |
| 26-29 July | Organisation for the Prohibition
of Chemical Weapons (OPCW): 49th session of the Executive Council www.opcw.org |
Chemical Weapons | The Hague |
| 30 July- 3 August | Open-ended working group for
the fourth special session of the General Assembly devoted to disarmament:
2nd session http://conf.un.org/DGAACS/Meetings.nsf/wByDate?OpenForm&Start=1&Count=30&Expand=4&Seq=2 |
Various | New-York |
| 30 July-14 September | Conference on Disarmament:
3rd part http://www.unog.ch/disarmament |
Various | Geneva |
| August | |||
| 20-24 August | Biological
and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC): Meeting
of Experts http://www.unog.ch/disarmament | www.opbw.org |
Biological Weapons | Geneva |
| 27-31 August | Informal meeting of States on Small Arms Transfer Controls | Small Arms | Geneva |
| 27-31 August | Open-ended
working group for the fourth special session to the General Assembly
devoted to disarmament: 3rd session http://conf.un.org/DGAACS/Meetings.nsf/wByDate?OpenForm&Start=1&Count=30&Expand=5&Seq=1 |
Various | New York |
| September | |||
| 5-7 September | World Nuclear Association
(WNA): 32nd Annual Symposium www.wna-symposium.org | enquiries@wna-symposium.org |
Nuclear Power/Weapons | London |
| 10-28 September | Human Rights Council: Session
6 http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/6session/ |
Human Rights | Geneva |
| 17-18 September | Comprehensive Nuclear test
ban Treaty (CTBT): Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force http://www.ctbto.org/ |
Nuclear Weapons | Vienna |
| 17-21 September | International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA): General Conference http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/Meetings/Meetings.asp |
Nuclear Weapons | Vienna |
| 18 September | Celebration of the 10th Anniversary
of the adoption of the Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel
Mines http://www.apminebanconvention.org/tenth-anniversary/overview/ |
Landmines | Oslo |
| 25-28 September | Organisation for the Prohibition
of Chemical Weapons (OPCW): 50th session of the Executive Council www.opcw.org |
Chemical Weapons | The Hague |
| October | |||
| 1-31 October (TBC) | UN General Assembly: First
Committee Meeting http://www.un.org/ga/61/first/first.shtml |
Various | New York |
| 2-4 October | The
Belgrade Conference on States Affected by Cluster Munitions http://www.affectedstatesbelgrade2007.org/ |
Cluster Munitions | Belgrade |
| October-December (TBC) | International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA): International Seminar on Nuclear Security http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/Meetings/Meetings.asp |
Nuclear Weapons | Argonne |
| November | |||
| 5 November | Convention
on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW): 1st Conference of the High Contracting
Parties to Protocol
V on Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) http://www.unog.ch/disarmament |
Inhumane Weapons | Geneva |
| 5-9 November | Organization
for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW): 12th session of the
Conference of the State Parties www.opcw.org |
Chemical Weapons | The Hague |
| 6 November | Convention on Certain Conventional
Weapons (CCW): 9th Annual Conference of the high Contracting Parties
to Amended Protocol II http://www.unog.ch/disarmament |
Inhumane Weapons | Geneva |
| 7-13 November | Convention
on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW):
8th Meeting of the High Contracting Parties http://www.unog.ch/disarmament |
Inhumane Weapons | Geneva |
| 12-15 November | Preparatory
Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization
(CTBTO): 29th
session http://pws.ctbto.org/ | liaison@ctbto.org |
Nuclear Weapons | Vienna |
| 18-22 November |
Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention:
8th Meeting of States Parties isu@gichd.ch | www.apminebanconvention.org |
Landmines | Jordan |
| 19-22 November | International
Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA): International Conference on Illicit Trafficking http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/Meetings/Announcements.asp?ConfID=154 |
Nuclear Weapons | Edinburgh |
| 26-30 November | International Committee of
the Red Cross (ICRC): 30th International Conference http://www.icrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/html/30th-international-conference-events-250507 |
Various | Geneva |
| 26
November-7 December |
Human
Rights Council: Session 7 http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/7session/index.htm |
Human Rights | Geneva |
| 27-30 November | Organization
for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW): 51st session of the
Executive Council www.opcw.org |
Chemical Weapons | The Hague |
| November-December (TBC) | Disarmament Commission | Various | New York |
| December | |||
| 3-4 December | Celebration of the 10th Anniversary
of the Convention's signing Conference http://www.apminebanconvention.org/tenth-anniversary/overview/ |
Landmines | Ottawa |
| 5-7 December | IInternational Conference on Cluster Munitions | Cluster Munitions | Vienna |
| 10-14 December | Biological
and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC): Annual Meeting of the States Parties www.opbw.org |
Biological Weapons | Geneva |
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