The Calendar of Events of the meeting of the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs

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February 25-28 Arms Trade Treaty, Working Group Meetings to the 11th Conference of States Parties (CSP11), Geneva March 3-7 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), Third Meeting of States Parties, New York March 3-7 Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW), First Session of the Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems April 4 International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action April 28-May 9 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), Third Session of the Preparatory Committee for the 11th Review Conference, New York May 12-13 Informal UN General Assembly meeting on autonomous weapons systems, New York May 20-21 Arms Trade Treaty, CSP11 Informal Preparatory Meeting, Geneva August 1 15th anniversary of the entry into force of the Convention on Cluster Munitions August 11-22 Sixth Session of Biological Weapons Convention — Working Group on the strengthening of the Convention August 25-29 Arms Trade Treaty, 11th Conference of States Parties (CSP11), Geneva August 29 International Day against Nuclear Tests September 1-5 CCW, Second Session of the Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems, Geneva September 8 CCW, Protocol V Meeting of Experts, Geneva September 9-10 CCW, Amended Protocol II Group of Experts, Geneva September 16-19 Convention on Cluster Munitions, 13th Meeting of States Parties, Geneva October 6-November 7 UN General Assembly, 80th Session of the First Committee on Disarmament and International Security, New York November 10 CCW, Protocol V Annual Conference, Geneva November 11 CCW, Amended Protocol II Annual Conference, Geneva November 12-14 CCW, Meeting of High Contracting Parties, Geneva November 24-28 30th Conference of State Parties of the Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, OPCW, Hague, Netherlands December 8-12 Seventh Session of the Working Group to Strengthening the Biological Weapons Convention December 15-19 2025 Biological Weapons Convention Meeting of State Parties, Geneva

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