"NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT"

Briefing by Paulina Kubiak, Spokesperson for the President of the 77th Session of the General Assembly.

Secretary-General António Guterres said nuclear weapons “offer no security — just carnage and chaos,” and their elimination “would be the greatest gift we could bestow on future generations.” UNIFEED

With risk of ‘Armageddon, apocalypse’ from just one single nuclear detonation, General Assembly members reaffirm determination to eliminate such weapons.

With risk of 'Armageddon, apocalypse' from just one single nuclear detonation, General Assembly members reaffirm determination to eliminate such weapons.

Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern told world leaders, “Russia’s war is illegal. It is immoral. It is a direct attack on the UN Charter and the international rules-based system and everything that this community should stand for.” UNIFEED

Press briefing by Izumi Nakamitsu, Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs.

Press Briefing by Gustavo Zlauvinen, President of the Tenth Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).

Addressing a Security Council meeting on Promoting Common Security Through Dialogue and Cooperation, Secretary-General António Guterres said “today’s collective security system is being tested like never before” and stressed that “nuclear saber-rattling must stop” UNIFEED

‘Nuclear sabre-rattling must stop’ Secretary-General tells Security Council, calling on States to ease tensions, end atomic weapons race.

Speaking at a ceremony marking the 77th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Secretary-General António Guterres said it was “totally unacceptable for states in possession of nuclear weapons to admit the possibility of a nuclear war.” UNIC TOKYO