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Parliamentarians support Sep 26 through joint actions and social media

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

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UN in Geneva to hold commemorative event on September 25

              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

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Abolition 2000 Global Council writes to UN leaders, supports Sep 26

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

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Ban Ki-moon: Nuclear Disarmament ‘Not an Idealistic Dream’

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

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