H.E. Mr. Yerzhan Ashikbayev
First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones in a Changing Security Environment
Strengthening Regional Mechanisms and Advancing the NPT
- 1:15 – 2:30 pm ET
- United Nations Headquarters CR.8New York, NY
Nuclear-weapon-free zones (NWFZs) are one of the most successful and enduring elements of the global effort to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons. They also show how non-nuclear-weapon states actively help to reduce nuclear risks. Together, the five existing zones—Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa, Southeast Asia, the South Pacific, and Central Asia—span much of the Global South and have helped keep large regions of the world free of nuclear weapons activities.
Together with the Kazakh Mission to the United Nations and the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), NTI is hosting a side event on strengthening nuclear-weapon-free zones at the 11th Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.
The event will be livestreamed via UN Web TV here.
Speakers
Chris King
Chief, Weapons of Mass Destruction Branch, UN Office for Disarmament Affairs
Dr. Robin Geiss
Director, United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)
Sarah Ruth Opatowski
Associate Researcher, United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR)
Maria Cecilia Barcelos Cavalcante Vieira
Head of the Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil, and Chair of the Group of Governmental Experts to Prepare a Comprehensive Study on Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones
Dr. Olamide Samuel
Network and Engagement Specialist, Open Nuclear Network (Moderator)