International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons

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Unfold Zero

Un video istruttivo ed esplicativo. Che è un forte invito alla partecipazione, nell’International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, la prima Giornata Internazionale per l’eliminazione totale delle armi nucleari, proclamata nell’ottobre 2013 con la Risoluzione 68/32 dell’Assemblea Generale delle Nazioni Unite.

Il 26 settembre, allora, le piazze di tutto il mondo si potranno riempire di attivisti che interpelleranno i passanti con due semplici domande:

  • Quante armi nucleari pensate che vi siano nel mondo? e
  • Quante invece ce ne dovrebbero stare?

La seconda risposta sarà quasi sempre la stessa. Ma la risposta al primo quesito sarà di sicuro ricca di sorprese…

Per approfondimenti, risorse nel Web, iniziative nel mondo programmate e programmabili, qui sotto il link alla pagina dell’evento:

THE INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE TOTAL ELIMINATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS

UNFOLD ZERO was launched at the United Nations in May 2014 by PragueVision, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament, Basel Peace Office, Mayors for Peace 2020 Vision Campaign, the NGO Committee on Disarmament and Aotearoa Lawyers for Peace, with the participation of the UN Office of Disarmament Affairs.

Un ringraziamento da Alyn Ware

Dear Associazione Italiana Medicina per la Prevenzione della Guerra Nucleare (IPPNW-Italy)

Thank you for joining the co-sponsors for the United Nations commemoration event for the first International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons.

 The UN commemoration event was a great success with a very good turn-out from UN officials, government delegations and NGO representatives. Most encouraging was the global support for the event with nearly 100 NGOs from around the world co-sponsoring the event– including those active in peace, disarmament, human rights, environmental protection and sustainable development.  

Parliamentary support was also strong with joint cross-party statements from members of the European Parliament, Korean Parliament andJapanese parliament, and a resolution adopted by the Costa Rica Parliament. The Inter-Parliamentary Union released a briefing to its 164 member parliaments supporting the day and encouraging them to engage in the UNFOLD Zero campaign.

You can see a report of the event and photos at ‘To disarm’ must be in present tense, says senior UN rep in Geneva.  The commemoration event was a flying start to the numerous actions and events around the world held to mark the day. In addition it inspired Mr Mark Møller, the Director-General of the United Nations in Geneva, to pen a superb blog on Huffington Post – entitled

We Should Rally Against Nuclear Weapons Like We Do Climate Change

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