The 76th session of the UN General Assembly opened on September 14, with the General Debate to run from Sep 21 until Sep 28. This is the time that world leaders address the United Nations putting forward their priorities for UN action on key international issues. During this week and
At their Summit Meeting in Geneva on June 16, President’s Joseph Biden and Vladimir Putin adopted a U.S.-Russia Presidential Joint Statement on Strategic Stability in which they reaffirmed ‘the principle that a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought’ and announced that they will embark together on
June 15, 2021. In an Open Letter to US President Joseph Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin, sent prior to their June 16 Summit in Geneva, Switzerland, the two leaders are urged to use the opportunity of their meeting to reduce tensions between the two countries and lower the risks
Photo: Jaurocks. The nuclear weapons policies of Canada and France have recently been challenged in the UN Human Rights committee as being in violation of the Right to Life, a right enshrined in Article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Politicial Rights (ICCPR). The challenges have come from
Event organized by: UNFOLD ZERO, Basel Peace Office, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, The Right Livelihood Foundation, World Future Council, Abolition 2000 Youth Network and Youth Fusion. On 24 January 1946, the United Nations adopted its very first resolution. It was approved by consensus and established the UN goal
World Future Council members and Right Livelihood Laureates release a joint statement on the occasions of the Entry-into-Force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and the 75th anniversary of UN Resolution 1 (1) Stockholm/Hamburg/New York: January 19, 2021 In a joint statement released today, 57 members of
UN Res 1 (1) Commemoration event: January 25. Click here for information. On January 22, 2021, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) will enter-into-force, making it illegal for States Parties to develop, test, produce, manufacture, acquire, possess, use or threaten to use nuclear weapons. This is an
On UN Human Rights Day, 10 December 2020, students, young professionals and young activists from around the world joined together to launch Youth Fusion, a new platform for youth-led actions and initiatives to achieve a nuclear-weapon-free world. The connection with Human Rights Day was not arbitrary. In 2018, the UN
Summary There are a number of recent calls, made by non-nuclear governments and civil society to the nuclear armed and allied countries, to commit to achieving the global elimination of nuclear weapons by 2045. This appears to be far into the future for those who believe that nuclear disarmament can
On September 26, UN Secretary-General António Guterres issued a warning to the world about the growing threat from nuclear weapons and expressed deep concern that the increasing strategic competition between nuclear-armed states could lead to a nuclear catastrophe. He reminded UN Member states of their obligations to achieve nuclear disarmament.