During the meeting of the NPT Preparatory Committee (28 April - 9 May 2008 at the UN in Geneva), Abolition 2000 Europe and Mayors for Peace 2020 Vision Campaign organise a conference on "The European Union and the Nuclear Weapon Convention".

When: 1:15-2:45pm , Monday, 28 April 2008
Where: NGO room
Contact: Dominique Lalanne, Abolition 2000-Europe; co-sponsored by Mayors for Peace 2020 Vision Campaign
e-mail :
Website: abolition2000europe.org

Panel:
Tadatoshi Akiba, Mayor of Hiroshima, welcome address

H.E. Mrs Laura Thompson, ambassador of Costa Rica: an introduction to the Nuclear Weapon Convention

Patrik Vankrunkelsven, Senator & Mayors for Peace 2020 Vision: US nuclear weapons in Europe and the Nuclear Weapon Convention

Bill Kidd, Member of the Scottish Parliament: The UK and the Nuclear Weapon Convention

Michel Rocard, Member of the European Parliament, former Prime Minister of France, Member of the Canberra Commission: France and the Nuclear Weapon Convention