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International Day for the Total Elimination of nuclear weapons 2023 - September 26
September 29 , 2023
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- The aims of the day are to enhance public awareness about the threat posed to humanity by nuclear weapons and the necessity for their total elimination.
- September 26 is also the anniversary of the incident in 1983 when a nuclear war was almost launched due to malfunctions in the Soviet nuclear weapons early warning system, which erroneously detected a US ballistic missile attack against Moscow.
- In 1959, the UNGA endorsed the objective of complete nuclear disarmament.
- In 1996, the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty was opened for signature.
- Yet, today around 12,512 nuclear weapons remain.
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