Logistics

The Twelfth Conference of States Parties to the ATT (CSP12) will be held from 24 - 28August 2026 at Room D, Rue de Varembé 17,1202 Geneva, Centre International de Conférences Genève (CICG).

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Accommodation

Please note that delegates are responsible for booking their own accommodation.

The ATT Secretariat would like to encourage delegates to book accommodation as soon as possible.

The following websites offer information and assistance on finding accommodation in Geneva:

• Geneva Info (EN)
• Geneva Welcome Centre (CAGI) (EN, FR)
• Geneva Tourism (EN, FR)

Speakers' List

The Speakers’ List for the Twelfth Conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty (CSP12) will open on 18 August 2026.

How to be included in the Speakers’ List  

Participants wishing to be included in the list of speakers for one or more agenda items should submit a request to the ATT Secretariat at info@thearmstradetreaty.org with the following information:

1. Subject title: CSP12 Speakers’ List.

2. Name of the State or organization wishing to speak.

3. Name of the delegate who will speak on behalf of the State or organization (if known).

4. The Day(s) or Date(s) the State or organization wishes to speak (information regarding the dates and times of agenda items will be available in the CSP12 Provisional Programme of Work (coming soon).

5. The Agenda item(s) the State or organization wishes to speak under (e.g., Agenda item 5, General Debate).

General debate

The CSP12 Provisional Agenda makes provision for General Debate. Accordingly, it is possible to make a statement under this agenda item by submitting a request. In addition, delegations that are fully accredited to CSP12 can submit general statements to the ATT Secretariat at info@thearmstradetreaty.org for publication on the ATT website under ‘General Statements’, along with all other statements of the Conference.

Publication of the Speakers’ List

The ATT Secretariat will make available in the meeting room a list of speakers on the morning of each day of CSP12, indicating the order in which participants inscribed on the list will be called on to speak under the relevant agenda item(s). 

Anyone wishing to speak must submit a request to the ATT Secretariat at info@thearmstradetreaty.org by 18:30 (CEST) the day before they wish to speak.

Participants who submit a request to speak after this time, will not be included in the published list of speakers for the day in question and instead will need to request to speak during the meeting or by approaching the ATT Secretariat desk in the meeting room.

Participants who have not requested to be included in the list of speakers will still be able to request to take the floor during the meetings by approaching the ATT Secretariat desk in the meeting room requesting to take the floor and indicating the name of the State or organization that wishes to speak, as well as the name of the delegate who will speak (if known).

Participants who have not requested to be included in the list of speakers will still be able to request to take the floor during the meetings by approaching the ATT Secretariat desk in the meeting room requesting to take the floor and indicating the name of the State or organization that wishes to speak, as well as the name of the delegate who will speak (if known).

The Speakers’ List shall be drawn according to the provisions of the ATT Rules of Procedure. Accordingly, observers States shall be invited to speak only after the list of speakers of States Parties and signatory States has been exhausted and other observers may speak thereafter. When a statement is delivered on behalf of a group of States Parties and signatory States, this statement will be given priority.

Time limit

For reasons of time management, the President (in accordance with Rule 20(4) of the ATT Rules of Procedure) requests that participants limit their general statements to 4 minutes, and general interventions to 2.5 minutes.

Copies of statements

To facilitate interpretation, participants delivering a prepared written statement should submit an electronic copy of this statement at least 1 hour in advance of the relevant session of the meeting  by emailing them to info@thearmstradetreaty.org. If you wish your statement to be published on the ATT website, please also indicate this clearly in your e-mail.

The speakers list shall be drawn according to the provisions of the ATT Rules of Procedure quoted below:

Rule 20 – Statements (extract from ATT Rules of Procedure)

1. No representative may address the Conference without having previously obtained the permission of the President. The President shall call upon speakers in the order in which they signify their desire to speak.

2. The Secretariat shall be in charge of drawing up a list of speakers. Unless otherwise decided by the President for each specific session, observers States shall be invited to speak only after the list of speakers of States Parties and signatory States has been exhausted and other observers may speak thereafter. When a statement is delivered on behalf of a group of States Parties and signatory States, this statement is pronounced in priority.

3. The debate shall be confined to the item before the Conference, and the President may call a speaker to order if his/her remarks are not relevant to the item under discussion. Speakers who continue to make remarks not relevant to the item under discussion shall have their speaking rights withdrawn for the duration of the debate.

4. The President may limit the time allowed to each speaker and the number of times each representative may speak on any question. When a limit has been set and a speaker exceeds the allotted time, the President shall call him/her to order without delay.

During the course of a debate, the President may announce the list of speakers and, with the consent of the Conference, declare the list closed.