Commemorative webinar event

75th anniversary of UN Resolution 1 (1) on nuclear weapons elimination

An event to commemorate the 75th anniversary of UN Resolution 1 (1) which established the UN goal of the elimination of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction.
Monday, January 25, 2021 | Online event


The United Nations and Nuclear Disarmament:
Commemoration of the 75th anniversary of UN Resolution 1 (1)

Webinar: January 25
11:00-12:30 Eastern USA time/17:00-18:30 Central Europe time

Outline:

The very first UN resolution, adopted by consensus on 24 January 1946, established the UN goal of the elimination of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction. This event to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the resolution, will highlight important UN initiatives and developments to achieve that goal.

The commemoration event takes place as the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons enters-into-force, the 2021 session of the UN Conference on Disarmament opens, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists re-sets the Doomsday Clock indicating the threat to humanity from nuclear weapons and climate change, and a new US President is inaugurated setting the scene for renewed leadership on nuclear disarmament.

For additional background, see Nuclear Ban Treaty and UN Resolution 1 (1).

Speakers include:

  • H.E. Ms Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of the UN in Geneva, Secretary-General of the Conference on Disarmament, Personal Representative of the UN Secretary-General to the CD;
  • Randy Rydell, Senior Adviser, Mayors for Peace. Former senior officer at the UN Office of Disarmament Affairs;
  • Kehkashan Basu, Founder of Green Hope Foundation, UN Human Rights Champion, Winner of the 2016 International Children’s Peace Prize & Winner of the First-Ever Voices Youth Gorbachev-Shultz Legacy Award for Nuclear Disarmament.

(more speakers to be announced shortly)

Registration:

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