The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) commemorated the first International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons on September 26 by adopting a declaration supporting the day and calling for action to achieve a word free of nuclear weapons. NAM, which comprises 120 member countries and 17 observer countries, proposed the
Report from the UN commemoration for the first International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, organized by UNODA and UNFOLD ZERO and co-sponsored by Permanent Missions of Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Zealand and nearly 100 non-governmental organisations. (See invitation) ‘To disarm’ must be in present tense, says senior UN Disarmament
Thore Vestby is the Mayor of Frogn (Norway) and Vice-President of Mayors for Peace. In an interview for the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, we asked him how mayors can promote September 26 and what’s the role of cities and citizens in nuclear disarmament. Mayors for
Parliamentarians around the world took action this week to support the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. In the European Parliament, members from six of the seven political groups in parliament signed a joint statement initiated by PNND European Parliament Section welcoming the day, highlighting ‘the risk
UNFOLD ZERO and the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs cordially invite you to the UN commemoration of the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons Kazakh Room (Cinema Room XIV), Palais des Nations Thursday September 25, 2014. 16:00 – 17:30 followed
15 September, 2014 H.E. John W. Ashe President of the United Nations General Assembly Mr Ban Ki-moon United Nations Secretary-General Your Excellencies, The Abolition 2000 Global Council commends the United Nations General Assembly for establishing 26 September as the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, and we
In the eve of the first International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, we interviewed the United Nations High Representative for Disarmament, Angela Kane. Watch the interview to learn what opportunities she sees in nuclear disarmament and what is the role of the UN. 2020 Nike Air Jordan
UN SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN KI-MOON Message for the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons “The world has long recognized that nuclear disarmament offers the only absolute guarantee against the use of nuclear weapons, and that any such use would have catastrophic humanitarian consequences. Nuclear disarmament is therefore not