To observe
the International Day, the United Nations is supporting
events both in New York and Geneva. United Nations Information Centres around
the world are encouraged to raise awareness to the observance of International
Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons.
🌺Notable Events
1945
The two atomic bombs destroyed the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and
are estimated to have killed a total of 213,000 people immediately.
1946
In its very first resolution, the General Assembly identified nuclear
disarmament as a leading goal of the United Nations.
1959
The General Assembly included nuclear disarmament as part of the more
comprehensive goal of general and complete disarmament under effective
international control (resolution 1378(XIV)). It is the first General Assembly
resolution ever to be sponsored by the entire membership of the United Nations.
1963
The Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space
and Under Water, also known as the Partial Test Ban Treaty, was opened for
signature. Years-long discussions between the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom
and the United States had been given a renewed sense of urgency by the Cuban
Missile Crisis in 1962.
1967
The nuclear arms race and the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis prompted Latin
American Governments to negotiate the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear
Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco), which
established the first nuclear weapons-free zone in a highly populated area.
1978
The General Assembly held its first Special Session Devoted to
Disarmament. In the Final Document, Member States affirmed that their common
ultimate objective is “general and complete disarmament under effective international
control” and that “effective measures of nuclear disarmament and the prevention
of nuclear war have the highest priority.”
1985
The South Pacific became the second nuclear-weapon-free zone (Treaty of
Rarotonga).
1991
South Africa voluntarily renounced its nuclear weapons programme.
1992
By the Lisbon Protocol to the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START I),
Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine voluntarily renounced nuclear weapons in their
possession following the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
1995
At the 1995 NPT Review and Extension Conference, States parties adopted
without a vote the decisions on the indefinite extension of the Treaty,
"Strengthening the review process for the Treaty" and
"Principles and objectives on nuclear non-proliferation and
disarmament", as well as a "Resolution on the Middle East".
Southeast Asia became the third nuclear-weapon-free zone (Bangkok Treaty).
1996
Africa became the fourth nuclear-weapon-free zone (Pelindaba
Treaty).
At the request of the General Assembly, the International Court of Justice
provided an advisory opinion on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear
Weapons.
The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty opened for signature.
2000
At the 2000 NPT Review Conference, States parties adopted thirteen
practical steps for systematic and progressive efforts for nuclear disarmament.
2006
Central Asia became the fifth nuclear-weapon-free zone (Treaty on a
Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in Central Asia).
2008
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced his five-point plan
towards nuclear disarmament.
2010
At the 2010 NPT Review Conference, States parties adopted a 64-point
action plan across all three pillars of the Treaty – nuclear disarmament, nuclear
non-proliferation and the peaceful uses of nuclear energy – and practical steps
to implement the 1995 Resolution on the Middle East.
2013
The General Assembly held its first-ever high-level meeting on nuclear disarmament. The General
Assembly, through its resolution 68/32, declared that 26 September will be the
International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons.
The General Assembly, pursuant to resolution 67/56, convenes an open-ended
working group on taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations.
2016
The General Assembly, pursuant to resolution 70/33, convenes a second
open-ended working group on taking forward multilateral nuclear
disarmament negotiations.
2017
On 7 July, the Treaty on the Prohibition of
Nuclear Weapons is adopted. It is the first multilateral legally binding instrument for
nuclear disarmament to have been negotiated in 20 years.
2018
The Secretary-General launched “Securing Our Common Future: An Agenda for Disarmament.” The
Agenda addresses the elimination of nuclear weapons in the framework of
“disarmament to save humanity.”
2020
Fiftieth Anniversary of the entry- into force of the Treaty on the
Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).
2021
Entry-into-force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons on 22
January.
On 3 February, the Parties agreed to extend the Treaty between the United
States of America and the Russian Federation on Measures for the Further
Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (“new START”) until 4
February 2026.
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#DPCW
Nuclear weapons benefit no one. HWPL’s DPCW (Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War), with its 10 articles and 38 clauses, has proposed one of the most effective ways to prohibit the manufacture of nuclear arms. Any world leader who refuses to ratify it as international law at the UN will, simply put, expose their desire for war. Once it IS ratified by member states, nuclear weapons will become a thing of the past.
ReplyDeleteMany heads of state - both existing and former - have publicly declared their support for HWPL's Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War (DPCW), citing it as the only solution to ceasing all conflict and achieving peace on a global scale. The words of H.E. Viktor Yushchenko, former President of Ukraine, sums up the importance of the DPCW very well: “The DPCW is a perfect and balanced document that can be the basis of solidarity for peacekeeping in all countries of the world. I think all the leaders of the countries should support the DPCW.”
May the words, 'We are One!' ring true in 2021 and into 2022✌️