Achieving the Possible:
A Middle East WMD Free Zone
Date: Tuesday 9th August, 2022
Time: 13:15 New York
Location: CR-1 (Conference Room 1)
The Permanent Mission of Ireland, the Middle East Treaty Organization, and the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation are pleased to invite you to a side event on the fringes of the 2022 NPT Review Conference. This will be an opportunity to look at the developments with regards to the WMDFZ which include the results of the recent November Conference on the Zone in New York, and the latest efforts to revive the JCPOA. Relevant elements of METO’s latest Draft Treaty will also be presented, including proposed models for regional verification and mechanisms of compliance.
Speakers:
Amb. Orlaith Fitzmaurice, Director of Disarmament and Non-proliferation at the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs
Amb. Mohamed Elghitany, Head of Disarmament and Peaceful Uses of the Atomic Energy Division in Cairo
Sharon Dolev, Executive Director, Middle East Treaty Organization
Dr. Leonardo Bandarra, Senior Research Associate, Middle East Treaty Organiztion and the Centre for Integrated Interdisciplinary Nuclear Verification Research
