The First Committee of the United Nations General Assembly, which focuses on Disarmament and International Security, yesterday adopted a number of resolutions including one that establishes an Open Ended Working Group to take forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations (resolution also available in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish). The Open
Starting on Monday November 2, and running for the whole week, the United Nations General Assembly in New York will vote on a number of draft resolutions on nuclear disarmament. Many of these are repeat resolutions from previous years – and countries will likely vote for them the same way
“A world without nuclear weapons is essential for the accomplishment of the priority objectives of humanity, those being peace, security and development” said the member States of OPANAL in a statement released on the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. OPANAL was established in 1968 by the
September 29, 2015 Leaders of the major religious faiths and interfaith networks, joined forces with parliamentarians and mayors from around the world to call on world leaders to “commit to nuclear abolition and to replace nuclear deterrence with shared security approaches to conflicts.” The call was made in a joint
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.