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This Nuclear Calendar was made by Friends Committee on National Legislation and edited by Sinae, Hyun
Dec. 31 Deadline for countries to make a nomination for general director of the International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA. (Mohamed ElBaradei, the current general director whose term expires in 2005, is seeking reappointment.)
Jan. 4 Congress convenes.
Jan. 19 Afternoon, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, vote on Condoleeza Rice to be Secretary of State. 216 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN or C-SPAN2, and webcast on CapitolHearings.org.
Jan. 24 - April. 1 Conference on Disarmament, first session. Geneva
Jan. 31 - Feb. 2 Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission meeting. Cairo, Egypt
Jan. 31 - Feb. 4 International Atomic Energy Agency, Forum on Experience of Possible Relevance to the Creation of a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone (NWFZ) in the Middle East. Vienna, Austria
Early Jan. Britain, France, and Germany continue talks with Iran on limiting its nuclear program. Tehran, Iran
Late Jan. Six-party (China, Japan, North Korea, Russia, South Korea, and United States) talks on North Korea's nuclear program (possible). Beijing
Feb. 7 President submits the federal budget and a supplemental appropriations request to Congress.
Feb. 20 Atomic Testing Museum opens. Las Vegas, NV
Feb. 22 - 24 President Bush attends NATO summit (Feb. 22, Brussels, Belgium), meets with British Prime Minister Tony Blair and French President Jacques Chirac (London), meets with German Chancellor Gerhard Schrvder (Germany), and meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin (Feb. 24, Slovakia).
Feb. 25-27 Swedish Network for Nuclear Disarmament, "Reaching Nuclear Disarmament: New Challenges and Possibilities" Stockholm, Sweden
Feb. 28 - March ? International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria
Feb. or March Missile Defense Agency reports to Congress on the results of Integrated Flight Test 13C (IFT-13C) (House Report 108-553, pp. 340-1) (possible; was due Aug. 15).
Feb. or March Missile Defense Agency declares the missile defense system operational (possible). Fort Greely, AK and Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA
March 5 35th anniversary of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)entering into force
March 16 - 18 International Atomic Energy Agency, International Conference on Nuclear Security: Global Directions for the Future . London
April 11 - 28 UN Disarmament Commission annual meeting. United Nations
Spring Missile Defense Agency conducts Integrated Flight Test 14 (IFT-14) (estimate). Kodiak Island, AK and Reagan Test Site, Marshall Islands
Spring International Atomic Energy Agency, Convention on Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (tentative)international conference to amend the Convention on Physical Protection of Nuclear Material. Vienna, Austria
May 1 Abolition Now and United for Peace and Justice, rally and march for nuclear disarmament. Central Park's Great Lawn (location tentative), New York
May 2 - 27 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference. United Nations
May 13 Iranian presidential election
May 30 - July 15 Conference on Disarmament, second session. Geneva
May House Armed Services Committee, markup of the defense authorization bill, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department (estimate)
May or June NATO foreign ministers meeting
June 13-? International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria. Selection of the director general is on the agenda.
June 13 - 24 Biological Weapons Convention meeting of experts. Geneva
June 27 - July 2 Washington and Lee University, “Teaching Nonproliferation Summer Institute: Integrating Science and Politics in the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction. Lexington, VA. Apply by April 1 online.
June NATO defense ministers meeting. Brussels, Belgium
July 6 - 8 G8 summit. Perthshire, Scotland
July 9 50th anniversary of Russell-Einstein Manifesto
July 16 60th anniversary of "Trinity," the first nuclear test. Alamogordo, NM
July Peace Action annual national congress. Detroit
Aug. 1 Tibor Toth of Hungary becomes the executive secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization. Vienna, Austria
Aug. 6 60th anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing
Aug. 8 - Sept. 23 Conference on Disarmament, third session. Geneva
Aug. 9 60th anniversary of the Nagasaki atomic bombing
Sept. 11 Fourth anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon
Sept. 19 - ? International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria
Sept. 25 - 27 WAND/WiLL(Women’s Action for New Directions) inational conference. Washington Court Hotel, Washington
Sept. 26 ~10 a.m., President addresses the UN General Assembly (estimate). United Nations
Sept. 26 - 30 International Atomic Energy Agency general conference. Vienna, Austria
Sept. Missile Defense Agency completes upgrades of the early warning radars at RAF Fylingdales, U.K.
Sept. Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. United Nations
Oct. 1 Federal budget year begins
Oct. 3 - ? International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria
Oct. 14 Nobel Peace Prize announced. Oslo, Norway
Oct. 24 United Nations Day
Nov. 7 - 8 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference. Reagan Building, Washington
Nov. 7 - 11 Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons annual meeting. The Hague, Netherlands
Nov. 15 - 16 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation foreign ministers meeting. Busan, Korea
Nov. 18 - 19 APEC(Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) summit. Busan, Korea
Nov. 24 - ? International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria
Dec. 5 - 9 Biological Weapons Convention annual meeting. Geneva
Dec. 18 35th anniversary of "Baneberry," the underground nuclear test at the Nevada Test Site which released a large cloud of radioactivity 10,000 feet above the ground
Dec. NATO foreign ministers meeting. Brussels, Belgium
Dec. NATO defense ministers meeting. Brussels, Belgium
Original Calendar
Dec. 31 Deadline for countries to make a nomination for general director of the International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA. (Mohamed ElBaradei, the current general director whose term expires in 2005, is seeking reappointment.)
Jan. 4 Congress convenes.
Jan. 19 Afternoon, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, vote on Condoleeza Rice to be Secretary of State. 216 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington. Broadcast and webcast on C-SPAN or C-SPAN2, and webcast on CapitolHearings.org.
Jan. 24 - April. 1 Conference on Disarmament, first session. Geneva
Jan. 31 - Feb. 2 Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission meeting. Cairo, Egypt
Jan. 31 - Feb. 4 International Atomic Energy Agency, Forum on Experience of Possible Relevance to the Creation of a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone (NWFZ) in the Middle East. Vienna, Austria
Early Jan. Britain, France, and Germany continue talks with Iran on limiting its nuclear program. Tehran, Iran
Late Jan. Six-party (China, Japan, North Korea, Russia, South Korea, and United States) talks on North Korea's nuclear program (possible). Beijing
Feb. 7 President submits the federal budget and a supplemental appropriations request to Congress.
Feb. 20 Atomic Testing Museum opens. Las Vegas, NV
Feb. 22 - 24 President Bush attends NATO summit (Feb. 22, Brussels, Belgium), meets with British Prime Minister Tony Blair and French President Jacques Chirac (London), meets with German Chancellor Gerhard Schrvder (Germany), and meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin (Feb. 24, Slovakia).
Feb. 25-27 Swedish Network for Nuclear Disarmament, "Reaching Nuclear Disarmament: New Challenges and Possibilities" Stockholm, Sweden
Feb. 28 - March ? International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria
Feb. or March Missile Defense Agency reports to Congress on the results of Integrated Flight Test 13C (IFT-13C) (House Report 108-553, pp. 340-1) (possible; was due Aug. 15).
Feb. or March Missile Defense Agency declares the missile defense system operational (possible). Fort Greely, AK and Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA
March 5 35th anniversary of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)entering into force
March 16 - 18 International Atomic Energy Agency, International Conference on Nuclear Security: Global Directions for the Future . London
April 11 - 28 UN Disarmament Commission annual meeting. United Nations
Spring Missile Defense Agency conducts Integrated Flight Test 14 (IFT-14) (estimate). Kodiak Island, AK and Reagan Test Site, Marshall Islands
Spring International Atomic Energy Agency, Convention on Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (tentative)international conference to amend the Convention on Physical Protection of Nuclear Material. Vienna, Austria
May 1 Abolition Now and United for Peace and Justice, rally and march for nuclear disarmament. Central Park's Great Lawn (location tentative), New York
May 2 - 27 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference. United Nations
May 13 Iranian presidential election
May 30 - July 15 Conference on Disarmament, second session. Geneva
May House Armed Services Committee, markup of the defense authorization bill, which includes the nuclear weapons programs of the Energy Department (estimate)
May or June NATO foreign ministers meeting
June 13-? International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria. Selection of the director general is on the agenda.
June 13 - 24 Biological Weapons Convention meeting of experts. Geneva
June 27 - July 2 Washington and Lee University, “Teaching Nonproliferation Summer Institute: Integrating Science and Politics in the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction. Lexington, VA. Apply by April 1 online.
June NATO defense ministers meeting. Brussels, Belgium
July 6 - 8 G8 summit. Perthshire, Scotland
July 9 50th anniversary of Russell-Einstein Manifesto
July 16 60th anniversary of "Trinity," the first nuclear test. Alamogordo, NM
July Peace Action annual national congress. Detroit
Aug. 1 Tibor Toth of Hungary becomes the executive secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization. Vienna, Austria
Aug. 6 60th anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bombing
Aug. 8 - Sept. 23 Conference on Disarmament, third session. Geneva
Aug. 9 60th anniversary of the Nagasaki atomic bombing
Sept. 11 Fourth anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon
Sept. 19 - ? International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria
Sept. 25 - 27 WAND/WiLL(Women’s Action for New Directions) inational conference. Washington Court Hotel, Washington
Sept. 26 ~10 a.m., President addresses the UN General Assembly (estimate). United Nations
Sept. 26 - 30 International Atomic Energy Agency general conference. Vienna, Austria
Sept. Missile Defense Agency completes upgrades of the early warning radars at RAF Fylingdales, U.K.
Sept. Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. United Nations
Oct. 1 Federal budget year begins
Oct. 3 - ? International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria
Oct. 14 Nobel Peace Prize announced. Oslo, Norway
Oct. 24 United Nations Day
Nov. 7 - 8 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference. Reagan Building, Washington
Nov. 7 - 11 Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons annual meeting. The Hague, Netherlands
Nov. 15 - 16 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation foreign ministers meeting. Busan, Korea
Nov. 18 - 19 APEC(Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) summit. Busan, Korea
Nov. 24 - ? International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors meeting. Vienna, Austria
Dec. 5 - 9 Biological Weapons Convention annual meeting. Geneva
Dec. 18 35th anniversary of "Baneberry," the underground nuclear test at the Nevada Test Site which released a large cloud of radioactivity 10,000 feet above the ground
Dec. NATO foreign ministers meeting. Brussels, Belgium
Dec. NATO defense ministers meeting. Brussels, Belgium
Original Calendar
