Itinerary for Geneva Delegation
Itinerary of Mayors for Peace Delegation to the 2nd NPT Review Conference Preparatory Committee Meeting, 28-30 April 2008
[final draft]
FINAL VERSION? Yes, unless the General Debate at the NPT PrepCom extends beyond Tuesday morning, thereby pushing the afternoon NGO Presentation over to Wednesday morning. The Chairman of the PrepCom has assured us that he is working to ensure this does NOT happen. Let’s us hope he has his way with the conferees.
LANGUAGES: Simultaneous interpretation between Italian and English will be provided on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings and Wednesday lunchtime only. (French and German have been canceled due to lack of demand.) At other times, delegates are expected to make their own arrangements for interpretation. The Appeal and Protocol will be available in English, French, German, and Italian. (All official PrepCom sessions, including the NGO Presentation session on Tuesday afternoon, will have simultaneous interpretation into Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.)
PARTICIPATION: All events are open to disarmament diplomats and NGO representatives unless otherwise stated.
INQUIRIES: These activities are being organized by the 2020 Vision Campaign; address all inquiries to the International Campaign Secretariat: aaron@2020visioncampaign.org .
FURTHER INFORMATION: This itinerary is now posted on the Campaign website www.2020visioncampaign.org . In the course of this week many if not all of the underlined names, words and phrases this text will connect to additional information and background on events, people, and organizations.
The Delegation Itinerary (as of
Airport arrival: Contact the City of
Hotel arrival: ask reception for Delegation Info-Packet (a packet will NOT be waiting for you if you do not tell us WHERE you are staying)
1600-1800: Tour of
0800: Orientation and strategy session
London Room, Mezzanine, Hotel Intercontinental; 7-9 chemin du Petit-Saconnex
0930: Meeting of the Board of Directors of the 2020 Vision Campaign
Hotel Intercontinental, London Room, Mezzanine; 7-9 chemin du Petit-Saconnex
This will be the first meeting of the Board since the 2020 Vision Campaign Association was created by decision of the Executive Conference of Mayor for Peace in November 2007. The meeting will be conducted in English. Observers are welcome.
1200: Bus to the Palais des Nations for registration of delegates
Obtain your UN security pass at the Pregny Gate, which is on Avenue de la Paix across from the Red Cross.
[Option for those not on the Board
1000: Observe opening of 2nd Preparatory Committee Meeting for the 2010 NPT Review Conference (28 April – 9 May)
Assembly Hall, Building A, Palais des Nations
Message from UN Secretary General; adoption of Agenda; beginning of General Debate
You will need to enter the Palais des Nations grounds through the Pregny Gate to obtain your UN security pass. It is a ten minute walk from the InterContinental Hotel to the Pregny Gate.]
1315 Lunchtime:
NGO Meeting Room, Room XXV, Building E, Palais des Nations
Co-organized with Abolition 2000 Europe; Mayor Akiba and Senator Vankrunkelsven (member of the 2020 Vision Campaign Board) will address the workshop, as well as former French Prime Minister Michel Rochard. Members of the delegation are encouraged to participate in the discussion
1500: Lobby meetings with government delegates and PrepCom officials
‘Mayors Corner’, Lobby of Assembly Hall, Building A, Palais des Nations
We will divide into English- and Italian-speaking groups which will each meet with three or four government delegations (selection of governments TBD).
1815: Bus from Pregny Gate to Palais Eynard
1845: Reception/buffet in honor of delegation hosted by the Executive Council of the City of
Palais Eynard, 4 Rue de Croix-Rouge (Bus #5, toward center, stop rue de Croix-Rouge)
The theme Human Rights and
2030: Bus to hotels (optional)
0900: Newly arrived delegates obtain security passes at Pregny Gate
0930: Official opening ceremony for delegation at the Palais des Nations
NGO Meeting Room, Room XXV, Building E, Palais des Nations
n Welcome by Mayor Patrice Mugny,
n Remarks by Chairman of 2nd Preparatory Committee Meeting,
H.E. Mr. Volodymyr Yelchenko, Ukrainian
n ‘Two facets of Cities Are Not Targets: Illegitimacy of weapon and target’
Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba, City of
1000: City and civil society good-faith initiatives in
NGO Meeting Room, Room XXV, Building E, Palais des Nations
n Chaired by Mayor Luc Dehaene, Chairman of the 2020 Vision Campaign
n Panel on current and future local, national, and regional campaigning
o Mayor Wolfgang Leidig,
o Mayor Stefano Del Cont-Bernard,
o Mayor Luciano Monticelli,
o Mayor Jan Neoral,
Discussion among city representatives and civil society activists.
1315: Briefing on the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
Council Chamber, Building C, Palais des Nations
Co-sponsored by the Russian and US Delegations, open to NGOs
First ever Russia-United States cosponsored NPT event. They may raise the challenge of ‘globalizing’ the bilateral INF Treaty, which raises a number of profound questions.
1500: Formal NGO Presentation to PrepCom
Assembly Hall, Building A, Palais des Nations
At every NPT PrepCom meeting, NGO are allocated a three-hour session in which to present their views on nonproliferation and disarmament; an hour of that time is for Q&A. By agreement the NGO have allocate 15 minutes to Mayors for Peace. A few mayors will share this time in a coordinated presentation (details to be announced).
1800: Reception/buffet in connection with Nuclear Dilemma Photo Exhibition
Cafeteria Area, Museum of the International Red Cross; 17 Avenue de la Paix
1830: Public Roundable: Why should nuclear weapons be abolished?
Auditorium, Museum of the International Red Cross; 17 Avenue de la Paix
n Welcome to public by Vice Mayor Manuel Tornare, City of
n ‘1954 at the Red Cross: Mayor of
City Council President, Eros Cruccolini,
n Roundtable and discussion
Organized in conjunction with the Nuclear Dilemma Photo Exhibition and INES.
1000 Protecting Cities from the Scourge of War
Auditorium, Museum of the International Red Cross; 17 Avenue de la Paix
n ‘Reviewing the legal status of cities in wartime’
Speaker to be announced
n ‘Spotlighting the Use of Explosive Force in Cities’
Dr. Robin Coupland, International Red Cross
n ‘Promoting more effective international law and rules of war’
Speaker to be announced
The workshop will consider the draft text of a possible UN General Assembly resolution on “The stake and role of cities in international peace and security.”
1315: 2010 and 2020: from Survival to Success
Assembly Hall, Building A, Palais des Nations
n ‘Recommendation arising from the meetings of the Article VI Forum’
Senator Douglas Roche, Middle Powers Initiative
n ‘The Hiroshima-Nagasaki Protocol: Nuclear Disarmament within the NPT Framework’
Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba, Mayors for Peace
n One or two other featured speakers, to be announced
n Concluding remarks,
H.E. Sr. Luis Alfonso de Alba, Mexican Mission to UN,
‘Brown-bag-lunch’ dialog with diplomats and NGOs, co-organized with Middle Powers Initiative, and sponsored by the Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations,
1500-1800: Lobby meetings with government delegates and PrepCom officials
‘Mayors Corner’, Lobby of Assembly Hall, Building A, Palais des Nations
Same as on Monday afternoon.
