1 Jan
30th anniversary: United Nations Register of Conventional Arms
20th anniversary: Entry into force of the Treaty on Open Skies
THE TIMELINE
JAN
24 Jan–1 Apr
Conference on Disarmament, 1st session
Tatiana Valovaya, Director General of the United Nations in Geneva, speaks on 28 February with Alicia Victoria Arango Olmos, Permanent Representative of Colombia to the United Nations Office at Geneva and President of the Conference on Disarmament. (Credit: UN Photo/Violaine Martin)
FEB
14 Feb
55th anniversary: Opening for signature of the Treaty of Tlatelolco
17 Feb
10th anniversary: Inauguration of the Vienna Office of the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs
MAR
8 Mar
5th anniversary: Entry into force of the Kinshasa Convention
27 Mar
25th anniversary: Entry into force of the Treaty on the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon–Free Zone
APR
4–22 Apr
Disarmament Commission session
Xolisa Mfundiso Mabhongo, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Republic of South Africa to the United Nations, chairs the 2022 substantive session of the United Nations Disarmament Commission. (Credit: UN Photo/Manuel Elías)
10 Apr
50th anniversary: Opening for signature of the Biological Weapons Convention
29 Apr
25th anniversary: Entry into force of the Chemical Weapons Convention
MAY
16 May–1 Jul
Conference on Disarmament, 2nd session
18 May
50th anniversary: Entry into force of the Sea-bed Treaty
45th anniversary: Opening for signature of the Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques
28 May
30th anniversary: Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa
JUN
21–23 Jun
1st Meeting of States Parties of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
Representatives of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons attend the first Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons on 21 June 2022
JUL
7 Jul
15th anniversary: Entry into force of the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism
5th anniversary: Opening for signature of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
AUG
1–26 Aug
10th Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
1 Aug–16 Sep
Conference on Disarmament, 3rd session
30 Aug
30th anniversary: United Nations study on disarmament and non-proliferation education
SEP
10 Sep
30th anniversary: Nuclear-weapon-free status of Mongolia
29 Sep–7 Nov
77th session of the First Committee of the General Assembly
OCT
10 Oct
55th anniversary: Entry into force of the Outer Space Treaty
Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. walks on the surface of the moon near the Lunar Module in 1969. (Credit: UN Photo/National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
NOV
9 Nov
30th anniversary: Entry into force of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
14 Nov
25th anniversary: Opening for signature of the Inter-American Convention Against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and Other Related Materials
18 Nov
Adoption of the Political Declaration on Strengthening the Protection of Civilians from the Humanitarian Consequences Arising from the Use of Explosive Weapons in Populated Areas
21 Nov
20th anniversary: Entry into force of the Inter-American Convention on Transparency in Conventional Weapons Acquisitions
28 Nov–16 Dec
9th Review Conference of the Biological Weapons Convention
Izumi Nakamitsu attends the ninth Review Conference of the States Parties to the Biological Weapons Convention on 28 November. (Credit: UN Photo/Violaine Martin)
DEC
3 Dec
25th anniversary: Opening for signature of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention
Mine clearance personnel of the United Nations Mission in Eritrea and Ethiopia (Credit: UN Photo/Jorge Aramburu)
