Youth, climate and nuclear disarmament – new initiatives
Youth movements for climate action, peace and nuclear disarmament have sprung up in Europe and around the world in the past few years as young people have become concerned about…
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Sep 26: International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
In 2013, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) declared September 26 to be the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons (Nuclear Abolition Day). The aims of the day…
UN Secretary-General reminds world of priority for Disarmament
On May 24, the International Women’s Day for Peace and Disarmament, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres released a video message highlighting the importance of disarmament, in particular nuclear disarmament. ‘Today…
Basel conference on reversing the financial interests in the nuclear arms race and fossil fuels
Money makes the world go around Cabaret by Christopher Isherwood The nuclear weapons and fossil fuel industries are making billions – if not trillions – of dollars fostering a nuclear…
French organizations commemorate UN Resolution 1 (1) rejecting nuclear weapons
[Photo: French nuclear test in Algeria] Seven major peace organisations in France released a joint statement yesterday commemorating the 73rd anniversary of the first resolution of the United Nations General…
Commemorate the 73rd Anniversary of UN Resolution 1 (1): Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
On January 24, 1946, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted by consensus its very first resolution, Res 1 (I), which established a commission of the UN Security Council to…
UN Human Rights Committee concludes that the threat or use of nuclear weapons violates the Right to Life
by Alyn Ware* On October 30, 2018, the UN Human Rights Committee adopted a new General comment No. 36 (2018) on article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and…
Can the UN Command and Security Council play roles for peace in Korea?
Photo: Lt.-Gen. Wayne Eyre, deputy commander of the United Nations Command, speaks during a ceremony on July 27, 2018, commemorating the 65th anniversary of the signing of the Korean War…
A divided UN General Assembly votes on nuclear disarmament resolutions
Oct 24-30 was UN Disarmament Week, during which member states voted on a range of disarmament decisions and resolutions. Decisions generally relate to actions to be undertaken by UN Secretariat,…
Nuclear Abolition Day: Security Council session clashes with UN High-Level Meeting
The UN General Assembly held a high level meeting on nuclear disarmament on Wednesday last week (September 26) to commemorate the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons.…
UN Secretary-General calls for dialogue on nuclear disarmament
September 26. International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons Sincere, substantive and results-oriented dialogue towards the total elimination of nuclear weapons, led by the nuclear-armed States, is urgently…
September 26: International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
September 26 is United Nations International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons (Nuclear Abolition Day). It was established to enhance ‘public awareness and education about the threat posed…