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The Secretary-General addressed the annual event to mark the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, saying that the only way to prevent the use of nuclear weapons is to eliminate them. UNIFEED

UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu called on all States that have previously declared moratoriums on nuclear testing, to “reaffirm these moratoriums” and to take “immediate” steps to sign and all ratify the Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT). UNIFEED

Addressing the General Assembly, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned Member States, “The mass destruction is gaining its momentum. The aggressor is weaponizing many other things and those things are used not only against our country but against all of yours as well.” UNIFEED

UN senior official Khaled Khiari told Security Council that the launch of Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missile on 12 July by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) represents a “serious risk to international civil aviation and maritime traffic.” UNIFEED

The United Nations top political affairs official said, “it is the right of a sovereign state to launch a satellite and to benefit from space activities. However, Council resolutions expressly prohibit the DPRK from conducting any launches using ballistic missile technology.” UNIFEED

The High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Izumi Nakamitsu, told the Security Council that “the risk of a nuclear weapon being used is currently higher than at any time since the depth of the cold war,” and the war in Ukraine “represents the most acute example of that risk.” UNIFEED

The UN Secretary-General said on Tuesday that “the US and the Russian Federation should resume the full implementation of the New START Treaty without delay”, according to a UN Spokesperson. UNIFEED

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Chief Rafael Grossi called “to exclude nuclear facilities from any military action.” IAEA

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Chief Rafael Grossi inaugurated the IAEA Support and Assistance Mission in Chornobyl (ISAMICH), site of the 1986 accident in northern Ukraine. IAEA

Following the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) launch of an unprecedented number of cruise and ballistic missiles over the course of just 48 hours this week, the UN Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific, said, “given the potential risks associated with any military confrontation, in exercise of its primary responsibility, the Security Council needs to do all it can to prevent an escalation.” UNIFEED