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Amid rising tensions, extreme weather impacts and strikes on nuclear infrastructure in war-torn Iran and Ukraine, UN Member States are returning to the core issue of disarmament on Tuesday, closing out the General Assembly's High-Level Week with expected calls for greater safeguards.
What you need to know
- This high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly is to commemorate and promote the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
- It aims to raise awareness about the threat posed by nuclear weapons and will contribute to mobilising efforts towards the common goal of a nuclear-weapon-free world
- The US dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan in August 1945, the only time such weapons have been used in populated areas
- About 12,400 nuclear weapons remain in existence today, despite efforts to reduce these arsenals
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