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UN PhotoHigh-level plenary meeting to commemorate and promote the International Day against Nuclear Tests - General Assembly: 100th plenary meeting, 76th session
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The high-level meeting in observance of the International Day against Nuclear Tests raises awareness "about the effects of nuclear weapon test explosions or any other nuclear explosions and the need for their cessation as one of the means of achieving the goal of a nuclear-weapon-free world."
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General and complete disarmament - Item 100: High-level plenary meeting to commemorate and promote the International Day against Nuclear TestsInternational cooperation on access to justice for survivors of sexual violence - Item 133
Draft resolution - A/76/L.80
Draft amendments - A/76/L.81, A/76/L.82, A/76/L.83, A/76/L.84
Statements after adoption (continuation)
The annual commemoration of the International Day against Nuclear Tests (29 August) serves to create awareness of the dangers of nuclear testing and weapons and the need to abolish them. The day was established by UN General Assembly resolution 64/35 to increase awareness and education "about the effects of nuclear weapon test explosions or any other nuclear explosions and the need for their cessation as one of the means of achieving the goal of a nuclear-weapon-free world." The resolution was initiated by the Republic of Kazakhstan, together with a large number of sponsors and cosponsors, with a view to commemorating the closure of the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test site on 29 August 1991.
View moreView lessDraft resolution - A/76/L.80
Draft amendments - A/76/L.81, A/76/L.82, A/76/L.83, A/76/L.84
Statements after adoption (continuation)
The annual commemoration of the International Day against Nuclear Tests (29 August) serves to create awareness of the dangers of nuclear testing and weapons and the need to abolish them. The day was established by UN General Assembly resolution 64/35 to increase awareness and education "about the effects of nuclear weapon test explosions or any other nuclear explosions and the need for their cessation as one of the means of achieving the goal of a nuclear-weapon-free world." The resolution was initiated by the Republic of Kazakhstan, together with a large number of sponsors and cosponsors, with a view to commemorating the closure of the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test site on 29 August 1991.