The Permanent Mission of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Nations and the New York
Office of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) invite you to a side event during the 2015 Review Conference
of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation on Nuclear Weapons (Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Treaty – NPT):
“Towards a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World:
An Exchange between German Parliamentarians and International Civil Society in Support of a
Successful NPT Review Conference”
Tuesday, May 12, 2015, 1:00 – 2:45 p.m
Restaurant, 23rd floor
Permanent Mission of Germany to the UN
871 United Nations Plaza (1st Avenue between 48th and 49th Street)
Lunch will be served
Progress at the NPT Review Conference will not come easily and require that joint efforts of all Parties to
the Treaty will be aided by other initiatives. This informal discussion event will provide an opportunity for a
frank exchange between the Bundestag’s leading parliamentarians on nuclear disarmament – representatives
of government as well as opposition parliamentary groups – and disarmament experts from international civil
society organizations. They will be able to address a number of key challenges for nuclear disarmament and
Germany’s potential role towards that end.
The discussion will be opened by Ambassador Susanne Baumann, Deputy Federal Commissioner for
Disarmament, Arms control and nonproliferation.
The delegation is led by Mr. Robert Hochbaum (Member of the German Parliament, CDU/CSUChristian Democratic Union, Chair of the Subcommittee for Disarmament Affairs). He will be
accompanied by the following members of the German Parliament:
Dr. Ute Finckh-Krämer (SPD - Social Democratic Party of Germany, Vice Chair of the Subcommittee for
Disarmament Affairs)
Dr. Katja Leikert (CDU/CSU- Christian Democratic Union)
Ms. Inge Hoeger (The Left Party)
Ms. Agnieszka Brugger (Alliance 90/The Greens)