Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon
Background of the Day
First proposed in October 2013, resolution A/RES/ 68/32 was meant as a follow-up to the high-level meeting on nuclear disarmament held on 26 September 2013 in the UN General Assembly.
The resolution, approved by the First Committee of the UN General Assembly, which deals with nuclear disarmament, inter alia calls for the “urgent commencement of negotiations in the Conference on Disarmament for the early conclusion of a comprehensive convention on nuclear weapons to prohibit their possession, development, production, acquisition, testing, stockpiling, transfer and use or threat of use, and to provide for their destruction.”
The resolution “declares 26 September as the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons devoted to furthering this objective [the total elimination of nuclear weapons], including through enhancing public awareness and education about the threat posed to humanity by nuclear weapons and the necessity for their total elimination, in order to mobilize international efforts towards achieving the common goal of a weapon” and furthermore “decides to convene, no later than 2018, a United Nations high-level international conference on nuclear disarmament to review the progress made in this regard.”
The resolution was approved by a vote of 129-28 with 19 abstentions. The United Nations General Assembly adopted the resolution on 5 December 2013 with a vote of 137-28 with 20 abstentions.
U.N. General Assembly: International Day for the Total elimination of Nuclear Weapons 2014 - Informal meeting of the plenary, at the ministerial level
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Documents
- Report of the Secretary-General (A/69/172): Follow-up to the 2013 high-level meeting of the General Assembly on nuclear disarmament
- Resolution A/RES/67/39 : High-level meeting on nuclear disarmament
- Resolution A/RES/68/32 : Follow-up to the 2013 high-level meeting on nuclear disarmament
- The seventh CTBT Ministerial Meeting - CTBTO
- Connecting, Collaborating and Communicating Globally on Nuclear Safety and Security -IAEA
- The United Nations Art for Peace Exhibit supports the first observance of the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons - UNODA
- Global Network to eliminate Nuclear Weapons - Abolition 2000.
- The powerful Civil society presentation to the UN General Assembly on eliminating all weapons of mass destruction.
- The United Nations General Assembly takes new action for nuclear disarmament - BASEL Peace Office
the
powerful Civil society presentation to the UN General Assembly on
eliminating all weapons of mass destruction. - See more at:
http://www.abolition2000.org/?page_id=3084#sthash.N5Aduc0G.dpuf
the
powerful Civil society presentation to the UN General Assembly on
eliminating all weapons of mass destruction. - See more at:
http://www.abolition2000.org/?page_id=3084#sthash.N5Aduc0G.dpuf
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