International day for the total elimination of nuclear weapons- September 26
September 28 , 2020
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- The day is observed to enhance public awareness about the threat posed to humanity by nuclear weapons.
- The United Nations General Assembly declared the day in 2013.
- It is being observed since 2014.
- Every year, the day is marked by the ICAN campaigners all around the world.
- ICAN is the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons.
- It received the Nobel Prize for peace in 2017.
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