September 26 is the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons.
Join an UP Convergence discussion on Monday September 14 (1pm-2pm EDT) about The UN Day for Nuclear Abolition: What is happening? What can we do?
Why a UN Day for nuclear abolition?
The UN General Assembly established this day in 2013 out of concern by the overwhelming majority of UN member countries at the risk of a nuclear war and the ongoing nuclear arms race. There are over 14,000 nuclear weapons in the world, many of them primed and ready for launch in minutes.
In addition, about $100 billion per year is being spent to design, develop and deploy nuclear weapons. This money should instead be spent on climate protection, sustainable development, public health and ‘building back better’ from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Why a UN Day for the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons?
The only true guarantee against the use of nuclear weapons is their total elimination. This remains the United Nations’ – and my personal – highest disarmament priority.
António Guterres, UN Secretary-General
UP Convergence
UP Convergence 2020 is an 8-Day Multi-Zoom Global Online Summit on Peace which started on September 11 and continues until the UN International Day for Peace on September 21.
The UP Convergence discussion about the UN Day for Nuclear Abolition will highlight some of the connections between peace, climate protection, sustainable development, the COVID-19 pandemic and nuclear disarmament, as well as discuss some of the actions and events for the UN Day for Nuclear Abolition.
This zoom discussion will be lead by Vanda Proskova, Vice-Chair of the PragueVision Institute for Sustainable Security and Coconvenor of the Abolition 2000 Youth Network, and Alyn Ware, Global Coordinator of Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament and Member of the World Future Council.
Click here for more information and the link to join.
