Various global leaders and organizations marked the International Day for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Awareness, emphasizing the importance of disarmament in securing peace and preventing nuclear escalation. The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for immediate disarmament to ensure a peaceful future, while highlighting the role of disarmament in enhancing peace, security, and curbing human suffering caused by weapons. Leaders like Gro Harlem Brundtland, Alexander Schallenberg, and Phil Twyford have urged constructive dialogue to avoid global nuclear proliferation and highlighted the risks of nuclear escalation, miscalculation, and accidents. Japan reiterated its commitment to a world without nuclear weapons on the occasion.
On this Int’l Day for Disarmament & Non-Proliferation Awareness, #Japan 🇯🇵 reiterates its unwavering commitment to a world without nuclear weapons. Looking forward to the #UNSC briefing on Nuclear Disarmament & Non-Proliferation scheduled for March 18 under #JPNPres 🇯🇵 #IDDNPA https://t.co/BmdQxGigQ2
“It’s time to stop the madness. We need disarmament now.” On Tuesday’s Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Awareness Day, @antonioguterres stresses the critical importance of securing a peaceful future. https://t.co/oYpDKPYcsZ https://t.co/3JbwdR6Dak
Modern conflicts highlight the lethal consequences of a continual recourse to the production of newer and more sophisticated weaponry. We need to move towards an integral #disarmament, since no peace is possible where instruments of death proliferate. #IDDNPA
Today is International Day for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Awareness. In 2022, @a_schallenberg and @PhilTwyford highlighted the growing risks of nuclear escalation, miscalculation, and accident. https://t.co/kQLzDw2wVJ
Disarmament efforts contribute to enhancing peace & security, preventing & ending armed conflicts, and curbing human suffering caused by weapons. More on Tuesday’s International Day for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Awareness: https://t.co/Fv5BSxsC9p https://t.co/m9iKQStxft
Today is International Day for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Awareness. Last year, @TheElders’s Gro Harlem Brundtland urged world leaders to pursue constructive dialogue, in order to avoid a new wave of global nuclear proliferation. https://t.co/gaPxYLZ4Im
“Disarmament and non-proliferation are critical not only to a peaceful future, but to our very existence.” – @antonioguterres on Tuesday’s International Day for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Awareness. https://t.co/oYpDKPYcsZ https://t.co/Qflg93cRbG