A roundtable event for parliamentarians to discuss strategic risks and existential threats - such as armed conflict, climate change and nuclear war - and ways to address and resolve these through common security and international law.

The event follows-up the Luanda Declaration on peace and international conflict resolution which was adopted at the 147th IPU Assembly. It will consider, in particular, opportunities arising from the UN Summit of the Future to be held in September 2024.

A high-level delegation of parliamentarians from Japan and South Korea will hold roundtable meetings with legislators in Washington DC on the issue of Denuclearization in North-East Asia and with think tanks/NGOs on parliamentary action for nuclear-risk-reduction and disarmament.

The visit is being organized by PNND, the 3+3 Coalition for a North-East Asia Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone and Citizens for Global Solutions.

A roundtable dialogue on using common security approaches and mechanisms to resolve conflicts and prevent war. The event includes introductions to the Youth Hotline project and to peace and security proposals being discussed for the UN Summit of the Future (September 2024).

The UN will hold a Summit for the Future in 2024. Nuclear weapons and climate change pose existential threats to current and future generations. How should these two issues be addressed in the Summit and the Pact for the Future to be adopted at the Summit?

A discussion on nuclear risk reduction and disarmament measures that were proposed by governments at the NPT Review Conference last month, and which could be raised again at the current session of the UN General Assembly.