Today, selected participants of the Youth Leader Fund for a World without Nuclear Weapons begin their week-long study visit to Japan. There, they will meet with survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and host their own youth-led conference.
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the International Day against Nuclear Tests, observed on 29 August:
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message, delivered by Izumi Nakamitsu, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, to the Peace Memorial ceremony on the seventy-ninth anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, held today:
In Libya, the United Nations Mission there expressed its concern at the recent mobilization of forces in various parts of the country, particularly in the southern and western regions.
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message, to be read by Izumi Nakamitsu, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, on the seventy-ninth anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima, in Hiroshima, Japan, today:
Supplying weapons to Ukraine is legitimate and in line with the Charter of the United Nations, as it will help that country defend itself against the Russian Federation’s aggression, the Security Council heard today, as members presented diverging perspectives on the West’s approach to achieving a just and lasting settlement to the war.
From 25 to 28 June, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) and the Government of China hosted the fourth “Training Course for UN Security Council resolution 1540 Points of Contact in the Asia-Pacific Region” in Beijing, China.
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
Amid a deepening strategic alignment between the Russian Federation and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, numerous speakers observed that Moscow’s veto of the Panel of Experts’ mandate renewal served as a cover-up for its unlawful arms transfers from Pyongyang, while others warned about the establishment of the Washington, D.C.-Tokyo-Seoul military alliance in the Asia-Pacific region.
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters, in New York today:
