Geneva Forum: Disarmament Calendar (Current)

Date	Description	Issue	Location
	January
1 January	Beginning of a 4th Disarmament Decade website	Various	Global
11-15 January	Group of Governmental Experts on Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of International Security: Second Session	Various	Geneva
18 January - 26 March	Conference on Disarmament: First Session website	Various	Geneva
	February
18-19 February	United Nations Regional Seminar on Enhancing International and Regional Cooperation to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate Illicit Brokering in Small Arms and Light Weapons in East and Southeast Asia website	Small Arms and Light Weapons	Bangkok
24-26 February	Fifty-third session of the Secretary-General's Advisory board on Disarmament Matters website	Various	New York
	March
1-5 March	International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA): Board of Governors Meeting website	Nuclear Weapons, Energy & Technology	Vienna
15-19 March	United Nations Mine Action Program Directors Meeting	Cluster Munitions	Geneva
25-25 March	Regional Meeting on the Convention on Cluster Munitions	Cluster Munitions	Pretoria, South Africa
29 March - 16 April	United Nations Disarmament Commission website	Various	New York
	April
4 April	International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action	Landmines	Global
12-16 April	Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW): Group of Governmental Experts, First Session	Cluster Munitions	Geneva
19-20 April	Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW): Group of Governmental Experts, Amended Protocol II	Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices	Geneva
19-23 April	Group of Governmental Experts on Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of International Security: Third Session	Various	Geneva
21-23 April	Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW): Group of Governmental Experts, Protocol V	Explosive Remnants of War	Geneva
30 April	Second Conference of States Parties and Signatories of Treaties that Establish Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones	Nuclear Weapons	New York
	May
3-28 May	Non-Proliferation Treaty of Nuclear Weapons Review Conference website	Nuclear Weapons	New York
31 May – 16 July	Conference on Disarmament: Second Part website	Various	Geneva
	June
7-8 June	Global Conference on the Convention on Cluster Munitions website	Cluster Munitions	Santiago, Chile
7-11 June	International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors Meeting website	Nuclear Weapons, Energy & Technology	Vienna
14-18 June	Fourth Biannual 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	Small Arms	New York
21-25 June	Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention: Meeting of Standing Committees website \| contact	Landmines	Geneva
28-29 June	Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization: Thirty-fourth Session website	Nuclear Weapons	Vienna
	July
7-9 July	Fifty-fourth session of the Secretary-General's Advisory board on Disarmament Matters website	Various	New York
12-16 July	Group of Governmental Experts on Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of International Security: Fourth and Final Session	Various	Geneva
12-23 July	First and Second Prepatory Committees towards an Arms Trade Treaty	Conventional Arms Trade	New York
	August
1 August	Entry into force of the Convention on Cluster Munitions	Cluster Munitions	Global
9 August-24 September	Conference on Disarmament: Third Part	Various	Geneva
23-27 August	Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction: Meeting of Experts website	Biological Weapons	Geneva
29 August	International Day for a World Free of Nuclear Weapons website	Nuclear Weapons	Global
30 August - 3 September	Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW): Group of Governmental Experts, Second Session	Cluster Munitions	Geneva
	September
13-17 September	International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors Meeting website	Nuclear Weapons	Vienna
20-24 September	International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference	Nuclear Weapons	Vienna
24 September	Ministerial Meeting for promoting the entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty website	Nuclear Weapons	New York
27 September	International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors Meeting website	Nuclear Weapons	Vienna
	October
4 October - 1 November	First Committee on Disarmament and International Security (United Nations General Assembley, 65th session website	Various	New York
	November
8-10 November	Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization: Thirty-fifth Session website	Nuclear Weapons	Vienna
8-12 November	First Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions website	Cluster Munitions	Vientiane, Lao PDR
9-10 November	Symposium on International Safeguards: Preparing for Future Verification Challenges (IAEA) website	Nuclear Weapons, Energy & Technology	Vienna
22-23 November	Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW), Protocol V, Fourth Conference	Explosive Remnants of War	Geneva
24 November	Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW), Amended Protocol II, Twelfth Conference	Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices	Geneva
25-26 November	Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW): Meeting of States Parties website	Inhuman Weapons	Geneva
29 November - 3 December	Tenth Meeting of States Parties to the Mine Ban Convention contact	Landmines	Geneva
29 November - 3 December	Conference of States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention: 15th Session	Chemical Weapons	The Hague
	December
2-3 December	International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors Meeting website	Nuclear Weapons	Vienna
6-10 December	Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC): Annual Meeting of the States Parties website	Biological Weapons	Geneva

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