Civil society global event on the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons.
September 26, 2020
Online event in two parts:
Part 1: Timed to suit people in Asia/Pacific. Click here to register.
Part 2: Timed to suit people in the Americas/Europe/Africa. Click here to register. Or watch on facebook.
Click here for program summary with timezones.
7am – 8:30am CET
(Central Europe Time)
2pm-3:30pm Tokyo/Seoul time
Vice-Chair, PragueVision Institute for Sustainable Security
Director of the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific (live)
Honorary Ambassador, The ATOM Project (video message)
Poem No Ordinary Sun (live)
Disarmament Program Manager, Peoples Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (live)
President of Korea International Cooperation Agency (video message)
11 times world surfing champion (video message)
Trailer for a special screening on September 28, 2020 of an award winning feature film about the incident on September 26, 1983 when Stanislav Petrov prevented a nuclear false alarm from leading to a holocaust.
People for Nuclear Disarmament, The Human Survival Project (live)
Secretary-General, Religions for Peace. (video message)
Founder, Afghan Women Welfare and Development Association (video message)
Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change, World’s Youth for Climate Justice (live)
Youth messages from nuclear test sites. Introduced by Shereen Nanish & Cris Cruz. Assisted by Atomic Reporters (video compilation)
Ena Manuireva is a nuclear refugee from Mangareva, which is close to the French nuclear test sites in Moruroa and Fangataufa (video message)
Founder Gandhi Development Trust. Grand-daughter of Mahatma Gandhi (video message)
UNFOLD ZERO introduces an action call to governments and an online appeal (live)
8:30am CET
(Central Europe Time)
3:30pm Tokyo/Seoul Time
Makana and the Kwassui Girls Choir, Nagasaki (recorded)
Roger Waters (Pink Floyd) 2020 remake (recorded). With message from Roger Waters.
Makana. Recorded in a Cold War nuclear bomb shelter deep underground in Moscow.
Midnight Oil original release, with a message from Peter Garrett, lead singer and songwriter and also former Australian Minister for the Environment.
Round 1
8:45am – 9:30am CET
(Central Europe Time)
3:45pm – 4:30pm
Seoul/Tokyo Time
Laurie is member of the Peace Foundation. Liz is NZ Coordinator for World Beyond War.
Neshan and Matt are board members of the International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms
Nuriya is Coordinator of Kazakhstan Youth Peace Week. Michaela is Executive Member of the UN Youth Association of Denmark.
Round 2
9:30am – 10:15am CET
(Central Europe Time)
4:30pm – 5:15pm
Seoul/Tokyo Time
Vanda and Alyn are coordinators of the Move the Nuclear Weapons Money campaign
John is Chair of the Abolition 2000 Working Group on Nuclear-Risk Reduction. Michaela is a member of the UN Youth Association of Denmark.
Jennifer is Executive Director of Real Innovative Connections and a member of the Peace Crane Project.
10:30am – 12noon CET
(Central Europe Time)
5:30pm – 7pm
Seoul/Tokyo Time
Global Coordinator of Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament
Convenor, Asia-Pacific Leadership Group for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament. Former Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs.
Co-President of Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament (PNND). Honorary President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.
Chair of the Rajiv Gandhi Action Plan Group for a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World. Former parliamentarian, government minister and foreign ministry diplomat.
Convener, Abolition 2000 Youth Network. PNND Coordinator for CIS (former Soviet) Countries. Member CTBTO Youth Group.
Vice-Chair, PragueVision Institute for Sustainable Security
11am-12:30 EDT
(Eastern Time US/Canada)
5pm-6:30pm CET
(Central Europe Time)
Youth Ambassador for the World Future Council. Founder and President of Green Hope Foundation. Former UNEP Global Coordinator for Children & Youth. Winner of the 2016 International Children’s Peace Prize.
Under-Secretary-General & High Representative for Disarmament Affairs. (video message)
Executive Director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation USA. (live)
Vice-President, Initiatives pour le Désarmement Nucléaire. Former Air Defense Commander and Air Combat Commander of the French Air Force (video message).
Head of Canadian Parliament delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCEPA) and Special Representative of the OSCEPA on Gender Issues (live)
Trailer for a special screening on September 28, 2020 of an award winning feature film about the incident on September 26, 1983 when Stanislav Petrov prevented a nuclear false alarm from leading to a holocaust. Introduced by Michaela Sorensen.
Poet and Patron of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (live)
Music video written by Pato Banton and The Rt. Reverend William E. Swing, United Religions Initiative
Vice-President, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. Former Leader UK Labour Party (live)
Founder Gandhi Development Trust. (video message)
Author of The Last Cherry Blossom. Daughter of a survivor of the Hiroshima nuclear bomb. (live)
German Peace Society. (video message)
Executive Director, Western States Legal Foundation. Co-founder, Abolition 2000. North America Coordinator for Mayors for Peace (live)
Chair, Nuclear Free Local Authorities. Executive Member Mayors for Peace Europe. (video message)
Secretary-General, Religions for Peace. (video message)
Convener of the Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Nuclear Disarmament (video message)
UNFOLD ZERO introduces an action call to governments and an online appeal (live)
12:30pm EDT
(Eastern Time USA/Canada)
6:30pm CET
(Central Europe Time)
Makana and the Kwassui Girls Choir, Nagasaki (recorded)
Roger Waters (Pink Floyd) 2020 remake (recorded). With message from Roger Waters.
Makana. Recorded in a Cold War nuclear bomb shelter deep underground in Moscow.
Midnight Oil original release, with a message from Peter Garrett, lead singer and songwriter and also former Australian Minister for the Environment.
Round 1
12:45pm-1:30pm EDT
Eastern Time USA/Canada
6:45pm – 7:30pm CET
(Central Europe Time)
Founder of the Peace Crane Project.
Eric and Michaela are leaders in the United Nations Youth Network (UNYNET)
Ariana Smith, John Burroughs, and Danielle Samler are from the Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy. Andrew Lichterman is from the Western States Legal Foundation.
Wolfgang is founder of Detente Now and former advisor to Egon Bahr. Ute is PNND Council Member and former Member of the Bundestag. Christine is PNND Co-President and Former President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly.
Round 2
1:30pm – 2:15pm EDT
Eastern Time USA/Canada
7:30pm – 8:15pm CET
(Central Europe Time)
Jonathan is President of Global Security Institute and Ambassador for Peace, Security and Nuclear Disarmament of the Parliament of the Worlds Religions. Monica is Representative to the United Nations for the United Religions Initiative (URI)
Marc is Senior Advisor and Head of Arms Proliferation at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy. Michaela is a leader in the United Nations Youth Association of Denmark.
Vanda and Alyn are coordinators of the Move the Nuclear Weapons Money campaign
2:30pm – 4pm EDT
Eastern Time USA/Canada
8:30pm – 10pm CET
(Central Europe Time)
Vice-Chair, PragueVision Institute for Sustainable Security
Member of the World Future Council. President of the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly (2018-2019). Former Foreign Minister of Ecuador. Former Ecuador Ambassador to the UN.
Former Senator, Member of Parliament and Canadian Disarmament Ambassador.
Partnerships Director, Beyond the Bomb
Shadow Minister for Peace and Disarmament
Global Coordinator, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament