A side event and reception held in conjunction with the Third Meeting of States Parties to the U.N. Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
Municipalities play important roles in building public support for the abolition of nuclear weapons. From joining Mayors for Peace to adopting a Back from the Brink and ICAN Cities Appeal resolutions, divesting from nuclear weapons or becoming a Nuclear Weapons Free zone, cities and towns throughout the world are speaking out and taking action. Today, with rising global tensions amid a new arms race, local and state leadership on nuclear disarmament is more important than ever.
Join us for a roundtable discussion framed by research on city-level organizing and policy advocacy for nuclear disarmament conducted by Hirokazu Miyazaki, Professor at Northwestern University, and the Mapping Nuclear Legacies project team. The event will be moderated by Denise Duffield, Physicians for Social Responsibility-Los Angeles and Back from the Brink: Bringing Communities Together to Abolish Nuclear Weapons.
The event will be followed by a reception that will provide opportunities to engage with city officials and campaigners and discuss local organizing models and campaigns.
FEATURING
U.N. SIDE EVENT | 1:15 – 2:30 pm ET
UN headquarters, Conference Room 12
405 E 45th St New York, NY 10017
Registration requested:
https://bit.ly/3MSP-Cities
RECEPTION | 3:30 – 5:30pm ET
The Church Center 777 United Nations Plaza, 8th floor
New York, NY 10017 (across the street from the UN)
Registration required:
https://bit.ly/3MSP-Cities-Reception
Sponsored by the Austrian Permanent Mission to the UN.
Cosponsored by Northwestern University, Back From the Brink, Mayors for Peace, ICAN, International Physicians for the Prevent of Nuclear War, and Physicians for Social Responsibility.
Funding provided by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and Northwestern University.
Please also join us on March 4 for “Voices of Civil Society for a Nuclear-Weapons-Free-World” from 10:00 – 11:00 am ET at UN Headquarters, Conference Room A, 405 E 45th St, New York, NY 10017. This event will feature presentations by mayors, hibakusha, and young activists, followed by an intergenerational dialogue and is sponsored by Mayors for Peace and ICAN. Registration is not required.
