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Women Say No to Nuclear Weapons!
Annual Seminar to Mark International Women's Day
Room A, Centre International
de Conférences Genève, 9 rue de Varembé,
Genève, Switzerland, 8-10 March 2005
For more than 20 years a dedicated group of NGOs in
Geneva have organized a seminar on or around International Women’s
Day – 8 March. This year’s seminar will take place at the
Centre Internationale de Geneva and will begin at 15.00h on 8 March. We
will continue through the day on 9 March, and conclude with a presentation
to the Conference on Disarmament in the Palais des Nations on 10 March.
We invite you to join this seminar to hear women and men speak about the
challenges facing the international disarmament regimes and collaborate
on ways to move this regime forward to a sustainable peace.
Invited Speakers include:
Dr. Jack Steinberger, Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1988 (confirmed)
Ms. Jean Kimani, Permanent Mission of Kenya (confirmed)
Ms. Ann Pollack (Canada) (confirmed)
Ambassador: H.E. Mr. Volker Heinsberg (invited)
and more…
Please register early, by sending your name and contact details
to:
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
Tel: +41 22 919 7080 Fax: +41 22 919 7081 email: info@wilpf.ch
Click here to download the registration
form. (.doc)
We invite you to attend the seminar and also to note
that from the seminar a statement will be sent and read to the members
of the Conference on Disarmament (CD) which is mandated to negotiate the
steps needed to realize the goals of the NPT. Read previous year's
statements here...
| Tuesday 8
March |
| 9:30 |
Registration |
| 10:00 |
Opening Remarks
Ms. Regina Birchem, President, Women's International League
for Peace and Freedom
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| 10:15 |
“History of the NPT”
Ms. Jean Kimani, Permanent Mission of Kenya |
| 11:00 |
“The Human Security Approach in a Nuclear
World”
Mr. François Fouinat, former Executive Director,
UN Commission of Human Security |
| 12:00 |
Break for Lunch |
| 14:00-15.00 |
“Permanence with Accountability: Improving our Procedures”
Ms. Ann Pollack, Permanent Mission of Canada to the
United Nations office in Geneva
“German Proposals for NPT reform”
Ambassador Volker Heinsberg, Permanent Mission of Germany
to the United Nations office in Geneva
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| 15.00- 15.30 |
Coffee Break |
| 15.30- 17.00 |
Discussion- NPT Reform Challenges and Opportunities
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| 17.30 |
Reception
at 1, rue de Varembe, 4th floor.
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| Wednesday
9 March |
| 9:30 |
Registration |
| 10:00 |
“Nuclear Weapons, a Global Threat which
could be Removed”
Dr. Jack Steinberger, Nobel Laureate in Physics, 1988 |
| 11:00 |
"Nuclear Non-Proliferation: Women's Perspective"
Ms. Ingrid Eide, Chair of the "No to Nuclear Weapons Committee"
in Norway |
| 12:00 |
Break for Lunch |
| 14:00 |
“NPT Challenges and Opportunities
for NGOs”
Ms. Susi Snyder, Secretary General, Women’s International League
for Peace and Freedom |
| 15:00 |
Coffee break |
| 15:30 |
Approval of the Statement to the Conference on Disarmament
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Closing |
| Thursday
10 March |
| 10:00 |
Women are urged to follow the public session
of the Conference on Disarmament when the seminar's statement will
be presented.
(The Conference on Disarmament takes place in the
Council Chambers. Seminar participants will meet in the lobby inside
Door 6 at 9:50 and proceed to the Public Gallery of the Council Chambers
on the second floor). |
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