© Unsplash/Alessandro Stech | The Peace Park in Hiroshima. The UN Secretary-General called for nuclear disarmament on Tuesday as the world marked 79 years since the bombing of Hiroshima, promising that the UN will “spare no effort to ensure the horrors of that day are never repeated.” On 6 August 1945, the United States dropped a bomb […]
The UN Security Council held a briefing and discussion on March 18 about nuclear disarmament and nonproliferation. The session, which can be watched live on UNTV, was being held during the UNSC Presidency of Japan. The objective of the discussion was to promote dialogue between nuclear and non-nuclear weapon States. “Conducting discussions towards a world without […]
Warning that nuclear weapons pose catastrophic risks to human life and the environment, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday called on the international community to make a reinvigorated push to rid the world of such weapons. “Countries persist in the mistaken idea that nuclear weapons make the world safer,” said the Secretary-General, addressing the […]