The year 2015 marks the 70th anniversary of the first and last use of a nuclear weapon in war. The norm against the use of nuclear weapons – the most destructive weapons ever created, with potentially unparalleled human costs – has stood strong for seven decades. But the only absolute
Leaders of nuclear-armed States should use the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons to commence a process for the controlled elimination of nuclear weapons, says UN General Assembly President Mogens Lykketoft, in a video interview with UNFOLD ZERO. Lykketoft, a former Foreign Minister of Denmark and a
Member countries of the United Nations will meet for a month this October at the UN General Assembly First Committee to discuss and adopt resolutions on disarmament and international security issues. One initiative they will likely discuss is the proposal to establish a UN Open Ended Working Group (OEWG) to
September 21 is the International Day for Peace. September 26 is the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. These days occur as world leaders gather in New York for the opening session of the United Nations General Assembly and for the UN Summit on Sustainable Development. The
On the night of September 26, 1983, Stanislav Petrov disobeyed military protocol and probably prevented a nuclear holocaust. He says that he is not a hero. ‘I was just in the right place at the right time.’ Watch the new movie ‘The Man who Saved the World’ and then you
The States Parties to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty failed spectacularly to reach agreement on a final conference document on 22 May after four weeks of negotiations at the United Nations in New York. The failure masks the fact that some real gains were made during the course of the negotiations.
We cordially invite you to an NPT Review Conference side event “United Nations Initiatives for Nuclear Abolition” on Thursday, May 14, 2015 in Conference Room C, UN New York. The event will explore initiatives and proposals in various UN bodies to promote and facilitate nuclear disarmament. PANELLISTS Virginia Gamba Director
With anti-nuclear countries joining the Security Council for the next two years, does the proposal for the UN to ban nuclear targeting of populated areas have a chance of success? At the 3rd International Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons, held in Vienna in December last year, Jonathan
THE UNITED NATIONS AND A NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE WORLD: NEW APPROACHES AND INITIATIVES Tuesday Oct 28, 2014 13:15 – 14:30 United Nations, New York, Conference Room A Sponsored by UNFOLD ZERO and the Permanent Mission of Indonesia to the United Nations. Co-sponsored by the Permanent Missions of Costa Rica, Finland and Kazakhstan,
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