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EVENT: UN SecGen Ban Ki-Moon on Nonpro

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The UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon, will speak about promoting nonproliferation at the Japan Society in New York on May 31st.  Details below.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
THURSDAY, MAY 26, 2011
Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary-General to the United Nations, to Speak on Promoting Nonproliferation
NEW YORK— Ban Ki-Moon, UN Secretary-General, will speak on Tuesday at the conference: “Promoting the Global Instruments of Nonproliferation and Disarmament: The United Nations and the Nuclear Challenge.” This conference is being hosted by the Permanent Missions of Japan, Poland, and Turkey to the United Nations, in cooperation with the Stimson Center.

This conference will consider the linkages between security challenges and development objectives, focusing in particular on how disarmament and nonproliferation can reinforce global economic development and sustainable growth.  By concentrating on challenges faced by many Member States in fully implementing relevant Security Council resolutions, this event will provide opportunities to openly discuss the role of the UN in preventing the spread of weapons of mass destruction. The development of innovative new partnerships between traditional non-proliferation instruments and other international, regional, and sub-regional organizations will also be discussed.

In addition to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Ms. Ellen Laipson, President and CEO of the Stimson Center, and Mr. George Perkovich, Vice President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace will also be speaking.

This event will be held at the Japan Society, 333 East 47th Street, New York, on Tuesday, May 31, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

If you would like to cover this event and/or find out more about the specific press opportunities, please register your name and contact information with Jane Conrad, Press Coordinator at the Permanent Mission of Japan, at 212-521-1565.
 

Author

Jodi Lieberman

Jodi Lieberman is a veteran of the arms control, nonproliferation, nuclear terrorism and nuclear safety trenches, having worked at the Departments of State, Energy and Nuclear Regulatory Commission. She has also served in an advisory capacity and as professional staff for several members of Congress in both the House and Senate as well as the Senate Homeland Security Committee. Jodi currently spends her time advocating for science issues and funding as the Senior Government Affairs Specialist at the American Physical Society. The views expressed in her posts are her views based on her professional experience but in way should be construed to represent those of her employer.


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