Conference of States Parties and Signatories of Treaties

that establish Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones

Tlatelolco , Mexico , April 26 - 28, 2005

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DRAFT PROGRAMME

( March 9, 2005 )

Tuesday April 26, 2005

15:00 - 17:00     Register of Participants

17:00 - 19:00      OPENING CEREMONY

      PRESIDED BY MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS

      AMBASSADOR ALFONSO GARCÍA ROBLES AUDITORIUM

•  Message by a Representative of the Tlatelolco Treaty

•  Message by a Representative of the Rarotonga Treaty

•  Message by a Representative of the Bangkok Treaty

•  Message by a Representative of the Pelindaba Treaty

•  Message by the United Nations Secretary-General

•  Message by the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (confirmed)

•  Message by the Chairman of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization

•  Message by Mayors for Peace

19:00        Reception offered by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Wednesday, April 27, 2005

10:00 - 13:00      BENITO JUAREZ CONFERENCE ROOM

•  Adoption of the Agenda

•  Adoption of the Rules of Procedure

•  Election of the Bureau of the Conference

•  General Debate

9:00 - 11:00   SALA MAGNA / CONFERENCE ROOM 1

Side Event organized by Mayors for Peace and the Parliamentarian Network for Nuclear Disarmament

13:00 - 15:00      Luncheon

15:00 - 18:00      BENITO JUAREZ CONFERENCE ROOM

•  Contribution of the Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones for a genuine non- proliferation of nuclear weapons regime

Thursday, April 28, 2005

10:00 - 12:00      BENITO JUAREZ CONFERENCE ROOM

•  Mechanisms to strengthen the political coordination among Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones

•  Presentation of the Report of the Side Event organized by Mayors for Peace and the Parliamentarian Network for Nuclear Disarmament

12:00 - 13:00      AMBASSADOR ALFONSO GARCÍA ROBLES AUDITORIUM

•  Adoption of the Final Declaration of the Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones Conference

•  Closing Ceremony