“Progressive Measures to Prevent a New Nuclear Arms Race”
Side event at the Second Preparatory Committee Meeting for the 2020 NPT Review Conference
Date: May 3, 2018
Time: 9:00 – 10:00 a.m.
Conference Room XVI in the Palais de Nations
The Arms Control Association invites you to join us for a briefing and discussion on a common strategy to address key challenges to the NPT regime, including: the accelerating U.S.-Russian arms race and uncertain future of key bilateral nuclear arms reduction agreements; North Korean nuclear and missile testing; and U.S. threats to withdraw from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, through effective measures to advance key disarmament-related goals and objectives of the treaty, including the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
Panelists:
Daryl G. Kimball, executive director of the Arms Control Association
Beatrice Fihn, executive director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
Opening remarks from:
Jamie Walsh, deputy director for disarmament and nonproliferation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ireland