Host: Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF) & Arms Control Negotiation Academy (ACONA)
The TPNW has provided important impetus for the multilateralization of arms control and disarmament. However, nuclear-weapon states and their allies, following a traditional arms control understanding, did not respond to that offer of cooperation. As geopolitical rivalries return and militaristic nationalism rises, this means stagnation or even further erosion of the nuclear order and international arms control. The Arms Control Negotiation Academy (ACONA) aims to break this deadlock by training the arms control negotiators of the future. These include participants from different geopolitical “camps” as well as emerging leaders from the ranks of the Humanitarian Initiative and the Global South. At the TPNW Meeting of State Parties, we want to discuss with representatives of states and civil society what this second-track training endeavor was able to achieve despite the war in Ukraine and how we can best meet the challenges ahead together.
Speakers
- Dr. Cristian Wittmann – Associate Professor at the Federal University of Pampa (UNIPAMPA), SEHLAC's member and representative at ICAN's International Steering Group
- Dr. Sascha Hach – ACONA Associate, Researcher, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF)
- Aleksandra Zubenko (she/her) – ACONA Fellow '25, MA Candidate, Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies (MIIS-MGIMO), Marie Sklodowska-Curie IAEA Program Fellow
- Timothee Hillier-Davis, ACONA Associate, Researcher, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt (PRIF)
When: March 7, 10:00 am – 11:15 am
Where: Conference Room A, United Nations Headquarters, New York