nuclear non-proliferation

IAEA/Greg Webb

Radioactive material ‘a magnet for groups with malicious intent’, warns UN nuclear watchdog chief

10 February 2020
Peace and Security

Government ministers and other high-level representatives from more than 140 countries, on Monday adopted a new declaration to enhance global nuclear security and counter the threat of nuclear terrorism.

Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO)

Nuclear testing has ‘disastrous consequences’ for people and planet, General Assembly told

9 September 2019
Peace and Security

Events commemorating the recent International Day against Nuclear Tests serve as an “important and stark reminder…of the disastrous consequences of nuclear testing on human health and the environment”, a top UN official told the General Assembly on Monday.

UNICEF/Proscovia Nakibuuka

News in Brief 04 June 2018

4 June 2018
News in Brief
  • World Health Organization (WHO) Global action plan promotes exercise in move to fight disease
  • UN agency, IAEA, ready to play role in North Korea nuclear verification
  • UN expert, Philip Alston, chides Trump administration’s “systematic assault” on welfare
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UN Photo/Rick Bajornas

Extending human rights and denuclearization of DPRK must go together: UN expert

13 March 2018
Interviews

Extending basic human rights across the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea must be part of any deal on denuclearizing the peninsula, according to the UN’s independent rights’ expert on the country.

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UN Photo/Violaine Martin (file)

UN chief congratulates US, Russia on nuclear arsenal cuts, urges further disarmament

5 February 2018
Peace and Security

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday congratulated the United States and Russia on successfully reducing their strategic nuclear forces to the level required by a new bilateral treaty signed in 2010, calling on both sides to engage in the necessary dialogue that will lead to further arsenal reductions.

US Government

UN chief disappointed as Member States unable to reach agreement on nuclear non-proliferation

23 May 2015
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed disappointment at the inability of Member States to reach consensus on a “substantive outcome” on a non-proliferation treaty key for global nuclear disarmament, according to a United Nations spokesperson.