A treaty to ban the production of fissile materials has been an important element of efforts to advance nuclear disarmament and strengthen the nuclear non-proliferation regime for more than two decades. Despite significant support for commencing negotiations on a fissile material cut-off treaty (FMCT), progress remains deadlocked.

To explore options and opportunities to revitalize the FMCT process, UNIDIR organized a panel event to provide States with a range of strategies that could help revitalize the debate and address some of the issues that have stifled progress towards the start of negotiations.

The event included the presentation of a UNIDIR working paper on unblocking the FMCT, followed by a panel discussion and a question-and-answer session with participants.

SPEAKERS
H.E. Amb. Ichikawa Tomiko, Permanent Representative of Japan to the Conference on Disarmament (Welcome Remarks)
Dr. Pavel Podvig, Senior Researcher in the WMD Programme at UNIDIR
Mr. Thomas Fetz, Deputy Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament, Permanent - Mission of Canada to the United Nations
Mr. Alonso Martinez Ruiz, Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Mexico to the United Nations
Prof. Nishida Michiru, Professor at the School of Global Humanities and Social Sciences, Nagasaki University

The event was moderated by Dr. James Revill, Head of the WMD Programme, UNIDIR.

WHEN & WHERE
26 March 2024 | 13:15 – 14:45 CEST | Room VIII, A Building, Palais des Nations, Geneva and Online.

For more about our WMD programme: https://unidir.org/wmd