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Nobel peace laureates support UN initiatives for nuclear abolition

Nobel peace laureates meeting in Barcelona for their 15th World Summit on 13-15 November 2015, adopted the Barcelona Declaration in which they: oppose terrorism and war, support refugees from conflict regions; call on governments to implement the Sustainable Development Goals; propose a 10% reduction in military budgets to pay for

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Time to implement UN Resolution 1 (1)

On January 24, 1946, the United Nations General Assembly adopted by consensus its very first resolution, Resolution 1 (I): which established a commission of the UN Security Council to ensure: the ‘control of atomic energy to ensure its use only for peaceful purposes,’ and ‘the elimination from national armaments of

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UN re-opens the door to a nuclear-weapon-free world

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

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UN to vote on nuclear disarmament resolutions

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

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OPANAL statement on Nuclear Abolition Day

“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

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UN Secretary-General’s Message for Sep 26, 2015

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

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UNFOLD ZERO interviews UN General Assembly President

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

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