This calendar lists key dates relevant to the work of humanitarian disarmament. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, many events have been postponed or delayed as organizers determine alternative meeting formats. We will endeavor to keep this calendar up to date as we learn about changes, so continue to check back and see the links below for additional details.
For more information on these and other disarmament events, see the calendars hosted by the UN Office of Disarmament Affairs and Reaching Critical Will.
2022
February 15-16 | Arms Trade Treaty, Working Group on Effective Treaty Implementation |
February 16 | Arms Trade Treaty, Working Group on Treaty Universalization |
February 17 | Arms Trade Treaty, Working Group on Transparency and Reporting |
February 18 | Arms Trade Treaty, First Informal Preparatory Meeting of the Eighth Conference of States Parties (CSP8) |
March 7-11 | Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW), Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems, Geneva |
April 4 | International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action |
April 26 | Arms Trade Treaty, Working Group and CSP8 Preparatory Meetings |
April 26-27 | CCW, Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems, Informal Consultations, virtual |
May 16-17 | Convention on Cluster Munitions, Intersessional Meeting, Geneva/hybrid |
June 1 and 3 | CCW, Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems, Informal Consultations, virtual |
June 18-19 | International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), Civil Society Forum on Nuclear Weapons, Vienna |
June 20 | Austria, Conference on Humanitarian Impacts of Nuclear Weapons, Vienna |
June 21-23 | Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, First Meeting of States Parties, Vienna |
June 23-25 | Mine Ban Treaty, Intersessional Meetings |
June 27-28 | CCW, Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems, Informal Consultations, virtual |
July 25-29 | CCW, Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems, Geneva |
August 1-26 | Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, 10th Review Conference (dates on hold and to be finalized) |
August 22-26 | Arms Trade Treaty, Eighth Conference of States Parties (CSP8) |
August 29 | International Day against Nuclear Tests |
August 30-September 2 | Convention on Cluster Munitions, 10th Meeting of States Parties |
September 26 | International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons |
October 3- November 4 | UN General Assembly, First Committee on Disarmament and International Security, 77th Session |
November 21-25 | Mine Ban Treaty, 20th Meeting of States Parties |