What’s on in Geneva this week? (27-31 January)
This week, the Conference on Disarmament continues with business as usual in the Council Chamber. A plenary meeting is scheduled for Tuesday morning, the full schedule of this week’s meetings is available here. To catch up on ‘what happened’ during the opening plenary of the CD, see UNOG press release or , if you feel like it, you may listen to the recordings.
Meanwhile, on Monday, UNOG is hosting a briefing on disarmament trends in the current international context (3.30-5pm, room IX). And on Wednesday and Thursday, ODA and the European Union are holding a seminar on NPT disarmament pillar that will cover the following topics: ways to advance nuclear disarmament; nuclear risk reduction efforts; negative security assurance; P5 process; gender and youth; and mechanisms and initiatives to support the implementation of the treaty.
On 29-30 January, ODA and the EU are hosting a thematic seminar on NPT pillar 1 (disarmament), the "must-go" event of this week for the Geneva disarmament community. Photo: UN Photo/Rick Bajornas
14 Apr 2020
The Geneva Disarmament Platform is closing down
After three and a half years of promoting disarmament work and trying to inject new perspectives and working methods into the sector, the Geneva Disarmament Platform will be closing down on 30 April 2020.
06 Apr 2020
What’s on in Geneva this week? (6-10 April)
In the past few weeks we have certainly experienced interesting and challenging times as countries have taken stringent measures to address the COVID-19 global pandemic. Geneva enters its fourth week of the "stay-at-home" policy, here is a quick overview of what is no longer happening in disarmament this week
30 Mar 2020
What’s on in Geneva this week (30 March – 3 April)
In the course of a few weeks, the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the world political agenda, has had tragic human consequences and put severe strain on the global economy. It is quite hard to talk and/or think about anything else these days
