EVENT: UN SecGen Ban Ki-Moon on Nonpro

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.