Promoting the CTBT at Regional and Global Levels

Promoting the CTBT at Regional and Global Levels

March 2012

  • IAEA Board of Governors, Vienna, Austria (5 March)

  • Wilton Park – Africa and the NPT, Johannesburg, South Africa (4-7 March 2011)

  • CSCAP Study Group on Countering the Proliferation of WMD in Asia-Pacific, Sydney, Australia (5-7 March)

  • 4th ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Inter-Sessional Meeting on Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, Sydney, Australia (8-9 March)

  • 2012 Seoul Nuclear Security Summit, Seoul, Republic of Korea (26-27 March)
  • 126th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly, Kampala, Uganda (31 March-5 April)

  • Arab League Summit, Baghdad, Iraq (29 March)
  • Conference on Disarmament, Part One, Geneva, Switzerland (23 Jan-30 March)

April 2012

  • Sixth Summit of the Americas (OAS), Cartagena, Colombia (14-15 April)

  • 19th ASEAN-EU Ministerial Meeting (AEMM), Brunei-Darussalam (26-27 April)

  • Fourth Ministerial Meeting of the Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative (NPDI), Istanbul, Turkey (27 April)

May 2012

  • First Preparatory Committee for the 2015 NPT Review Conference, Vienna, Austria (30 April-11 May)

  • G-8 Summit, Chicago, USA (15-19 May)

  • Working Group A, 41st Session, Vienna, Austria (23-25 May)

  • 2nd CARICOM-Mexico Summit, Barbados (14-15 May)

  • Joint Session WGA & WGB, Vienna, Austria (16 May)

  • Conference on Disarmament, Part Two, Geneva, Switzerland (14 May-29 June)

June 2012

  •  2012 OAS General Assembly, Cochabamba, Bolivia (3-5 June)

  • Pan-African Parliament (PAP) Speakers Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa (4-5 June)

  • ARF Defence Officials Dialogue (ARF DoD) and 9th ARF Security Policy Conference (ASPC), Phnom Penh, Cambodia (4-6 June)

  • IAEA Board of Governors, Vienna, Austria (4-8 June)

  • Conference on “Nuclear Safety and Security in the Asia-Pacific Region: Challenges and Opportunities,” Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (6-8 June)

  • European Union-Latin America and the Caribbean (EU-LAC) Summit, Santiago, Chile (7-8 June)
  • World Economic Forum on Europe, the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia: Roadmaps for Reform, Pathways to Inclusive Growth, Istanbul, Turkey (4-6 June 2012)

  • ACUNS Annual Meeting, New York, USA (13-15 June)

  • CTBTO Preparatory Commission, 38th Session, Vienna, Austria (14-15 June)

  • G-20 Summit, Los Cabos, Mexico (18-19 June)

  • Rio+20 – United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (20-22 June)

  • OSCE Annual Security Review Conference, Vienna, Austria (dates TBC)
  • 22nd EU & Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and Ministerial Meeting (dates and venue TBC)

  • CARICOM-USA Foreign Ministers Meeting, The Bahamas (dates TBC)

  • 17th NAM Ministerial Conference, Iran (dates TBC)

July 2012

  • CARICOM 33rd Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, Saint Lucia (First week of July; specific dates TBC)

  • 45th AMM/PMCs/19thARF, ASEAN+3 Foreign Ministers Meeting and EAS Foreign Ministers Meeting, Phnom Penh, Cambodia (9-13 July)

  • Capacity Development Initiative Intensive Policy Course, Multilateral Verification, Collective Security: The Contribution of the CTBT, Vienna, Austria (16-20 July)

  • 45th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting, Phnom Penh, Cambodia (9-13 July)

  • Conference on Disarmament, Part Three, Geneva, Switzerland (30 July-14 September)

August 2012

  • Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony, Hiroshima, Japan (6 August)

  • Nagasaki Memorial Day Ceremony, Nagasaki, Japan (9 August 2012)

  • 43rd Pacific Islands Forum, Rarotonga, Cook Islands (27-31 August)

  • Working Group B, 39th Session, Vienna, Austria (13-31 August)

  • Joint Session WGA & WGB, Vienna, Austria (27 August)

September 2012

  • IAEA Board of Governors, Vienna, Austria (10 & 24 September)

  • IAEA General Conference, Vienna, Austria (17-21 September)

  • Working Group A, 42nd Session, Vienna, Austria (26-28 September)

  • Opening of the general debate of the 67th regular session of the UN General Assembly, New York, USA (high-level segment on 25-28 September)

  • CTBT Ministerial Meeting at UN General Assembly, New York, USA (27 September)

October 2012

  • UN General Assembly First Committee, New York, USA (1 October-2 November; specific dates TBC)

  • 127th IPU Assembly, Quebec, Canada (21-26 October)

  • Preparatory Commission, 39th Session, Vienna, Austria (22-24 October)

  • Working Group A, Vienna, Austria (TBC)

  • 7th Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM) Plenary Session, Malta (25-27 October; specific dates TBC)

  • World Economic Forum Summit on the Global Agenda (venue and date TBC)

November 2012

  • Executive Secretary’s biennial report to the United Nations General Assembly (dates TBC)

  • 22nd Ibero-American Summit, Cadiz, Spain (16-17 November)

  • Capacity Development Initiative Advanced Science Course, Around the Globe and Around the Clock: The Science and Technology of the CTBT, Vienna, Austria (12-24 November)

  • OPCW Conference of the States Parties, The Hague, the Netherlands (26-30 November)

December 2012

  • 19th Meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council, Dublin, Ireland (6-7 December)