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NGO Committee on Disarmament, Peace, and Security |
For more than thirty years, the Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Committee on Disarmament, Peace and Security has provided services and facilities to hundreds of citizens' groups concerned with the peace and disarmament activities of the United Nations. Because of its distinguished efforts as conference organizer, network clearing house, newspaper publisher, and year-round UN liaison, the NGO Committee is viewed as a primary ally of the international movement for arms control, peace and disarmament, and the continuing body designated to serve this worldwide constituency.
The Committee has a crucial and expanding responsibility to inform NGOs worldwide of the status of negotiations, country positions, major obstacles and opportunities, and to help NGOs transmit their expertise and creative proposals to the appropriate decision-making fora. This website can be your first stop for access to current UN issues on disarmament, peace, and security. |
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Recent & Upcoming NGOCDPS Events: |
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Understanding the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty |
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Panel discussion presented by NGOCDPS BROWN BAG LUNCH SERIES Wednesday, April 29, 2009 * 12:30 - 2:00p.m. Presbyterian United Nations Office Conference Room, UN Church Center, 777 UN Plaza [East 44th Street at First Avenue, 7th Floor] GUEST SPEAKERS - RAY ACHESON, Reaching Critical Will - JIM WURST, Middle Powers Initiative |
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NGO Orientation to the NPT PrepCom |
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In partnership with Reaching Critical Will, a project of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Sunday, 3 May 2009 * 1:00 - 3:00p.m. UN Church Center, 2nd floor, 777 UN Plaza [East 44th Street at First Avenue] Open to all NGO delegations to the PrepCom, the NGO orientation will provide a brief introduction to the NPT, information about New York City and the United Nations, ideas for strategizing and for interacting with diplomats, important updates on logistics and more. Please note that you must RSVP to Lacy Orme (lacy(at)reachingcriticalwill.org) for reasons of building security. Light refreshments will be provided. Donations are encouraged. |
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2009 NPT Preparatory Committee |
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4-15 May 2009, New York The Preparatory Committee for the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) will hold its third session from 4-15 May 2009 at United Nations headquarters in New York. More information, including the Calendar of Events, is available at the website of Reaching Critical Will |
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Prospects, Scope and Verification of a Fissile Material (Cutoff) Treaty |
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Panel discussion presented by the INTERNATIONAL PANEL ON FISSILE MATERIALS Tuesday, May 5, 2009, 1:15 - 2:45p.m. United Nations (room TBA) GUEST SPEAKERS HAROLD FEIVESON, International Panel on Fissile Materials (IPFM)
ALEXANDER GLASER, IPFM
ZIA MIAN, IPFM
FRANK VON HIPPEL, IPFM |
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>>view flier Panel discussion presented by NGOCDPS BROWN BAG LUNCH SERIES In Partnership With THE NGO WORKING GROUP ON WOMEN, PEACE & SECURITY Friday, 6 March 2009 * 12:00–2:00p.m. Grumman Room, UN Church Centre, 777 UN Plaza [East 44th Street at First Avenue, 8th Floor] Women often have distinct experiences of conflict, and strategies to build peace—including disarmament policies—should reflect this. In this panel discussion, we seek to highlight the importance of including women and their concerns in peace processes, and how this can contribute to sustainable and durable peace. Panelists will describe their own on-the-ground experiences with conflict, weapons, and disarmament initiatives.
GUEST SPEAKERS >> view speaker bios - MS. REBECCA PETERS, Director of the International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA) - MS. LAYLA ALKHAFAJI, Al-Hakim Foundation (Iraq) >> view transcript - MS. ANNIE MATUNDU-MBAMBI, Women’s Int’l League for Peace & Freedom (DRC) >> view transcript - MS. MARIA PIA DEVOTO, Asociación para Políticas Públicas (Argentina) |
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