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Building a more secure world without nuclear weapons
Throughout history, countries have pursued disarmament to build a safer, more secure world and to protect people from harm. Since the foundation of the United Nations disarmament and arms control have played a critical role in preventing and ending crises and armed conflict. On 18 March Security Council members will gather for a briefing on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation - an issue of utmost importance - as achieving global nuclear disarmament is the highest arms reduction priority of the United Nations.
Guterres urges disarmament now as nuclear risk reaches ‘highest point in decades’
18 March 2024 — Almost 80 years after the incineration of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, nuclear weapons still represent a clear and present danger to global peace and security, UN...
Imminent famine in northern Gaza is ‘entirely man-made disaster’: Guterres
18 March 2024 — Amid reports that the Israeli military stormed Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on Monday in search of Hamas fighters, UN humanitarians warned that new food insecurity data indicates...
UN chief condemns attack on peacekeepers in DR Congo
17 March 2024 — The UN chief on Saturday condemned an attack which saw eight peacekeepers from the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, or DRC, wounded during clashes between the...