International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
Next: September 26, 2027
Eighty years on, still the largest risk we made ourselves.
The story
Where it comes from
The UN General Assembly declared 26 September the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons in 2013, following the first high-level meeting of the Assembly on nuclear disarmament; the first observance was in 2014.
How it's celebrated
A high-level UN plenary in New York, exhibitions, and events by disarmament groups; survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the hibakusha, often speak.
Did you know
- Nine countries possess an estimated 12,000 nuclear warheads; the global stockpile peaked at around 70,000 in 1986.
- The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons entered into force in January 2021; Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines are among its parties.
- The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons won the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize.
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