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The dangerous legacy of nuclear weapons testing continues to affect many communities, a leading rights expert said on Thursday, on the 75th anniversary of testing in the United States, that heralded the nuclear age.
Women have a “powerful voice” in the global scientific community, the head of a UN partner organization that works to end nuclear testing has said.
Lassina Zerbo, Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization or CTBTO, was speaking on the last day of an international conference on science and technology that took place in Vienna, Austria.
A ban on all nuclear testing would send a “clear message” that the international community is determined to achieve a nuclear-free world.
That’s what José Luis Cancela, Uruguay’s vice minister of foreign affairs, said during the Science and Technology Conference 2017 in Vienna, Austria.
The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, which prohibits all nuclear explosions, was adopted by the UN General Assembly 20 years ago but it has yet to come into force.
Young people can help mobilize support for a nuclear weapon-free world by spreading the word through social media, according to the head of a UN partner organisation working to end nuclear testing.
Lassina Zerbo, Secretary-General of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organisation (CTBTO) was speaking ahead of a meeting which opens on Tuesday and runs through Friday.