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"Landmines and explosive ordnance and remnants of war directly threaten millions of people caught up in armed conflicts around the world — from Afghanistan to Myanmar to Sudan to Ukraine to Colombia to Gaza." — António Guterres
To mark the International Day for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Awareness the March-edition of Cine-ONU Vienna screened the BBC production “Nuclear Armageddon: How close are we?” in cooperation with the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) Vienna. In this documentary, British journalist Jane Corbin puts the spotlight on the threat of a nuclear escalation by talking to a range of experts and activists.
"This second International Day for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Awareness comes at a perilous moment, marked by rising levels of military spending, deepening geopolitical tensions and growing violent conflicts across the globe." — António Guterres
The war in Ukraine continues to inflict immeasurable human suffering, death and destruction, putting millions at risk of serious violations and generating grave humanitarian needs.
"As we mark this International Day of Peace, people and our planet are in crisis." — António Guterres
"United Nations peacekeepers are the beating heart of our commitment to a more peaceful world. For 75 years, they have supported people and communities rocked by conflict and upheaval across the globe." — António Guterres
"On this first-ever International Day for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Awareness, the global community gathers around a fundamental conviction.
Nuclear, chemical, biological, and unpredictable autonomous and other indiscriminate weapon systems have no place in our world." — António Guterres
The 25th anniversary year of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), which opened for signature on 24 September 1996, has generated fresh momentum towards securing a world free of nuclear testing by anyone, anywhere, for all time.
Seventy-seven years ago, nuclear weapons were dropped on the people of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
By resolution 71/258, the General Assembly decided to convene in 2017 a United Nations conference to negotiate a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination.
For the people of Ukraine, the Russian invasion is a waking nightmare, and a humanitarian disaster on a terrifying scale. But the war is also fast becoming a matter of life and death for vulnerable people around the world.
