An online round-table meeting for parliamentarians and parliamentary officials to discuss key disarmament issues for the Pacific region and to introduce Assuring Our Common Future: A Parliamentary Handbook on Disarmament for Security and Sustainable Development

 

Effective policies and parliamentary actions to address issues of peace, disarmament and warfare in the use of cyberspace.

Webinar event: Wednesday 27 January 2021. 4pm-6pm Central Europe Time (10am-12noon Eastern Time US/Canada)

This handbook focuses on parliamentary action to implement the disarmament agenda put forward by UN Secretary-General António Guterres in his 2018 report entitled Securing our Common Future: An Agenda for Disarmament. This agenda includes a set of goals and practical measures across the entire range of disarmament issues, including weapons of mass destruction, outer space, conventional weapons and future weapon technologies.

International parliamentary consultation to discuss Assuring our Common Future: a draft guide to parliamentary action in support of disarmament for security and sustainable development. 

This meeting was originally planned as a physical meeting in Geneva but was changed to a video conference due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Youth leaders from the climate, nuclear abolition and sustainable development movements discuss actions and initiatives.

All ages welcome. The youth campaigners highlight the importance of inter-generational dialogue and cooperation.