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International Day For The Total Elimination Of Nuclear Weapons

Kumari Sonali

International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons:

The International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons is celebrated on September 26th every year to raise awareness about the threat of nuclear weapons and to promote their elimination. It was declared by the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in 2013.

  • The first Special Session of the UNGA devoted to disarmament, held in 1978, reaffirmed the preeminence of nuclear disarmament.
  • The Atomic Energy Commission (1946) to propose measures for controlling nuclear energy and eliminating weapons of mass destruction.
  • Other Initiatives of UNGA:
    • Comprehensive disarmament in 1959
    • Special Session on Disarmament in 1978
    • Supported the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW)

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