The United Nations adopts a Japanese draft resolution promoting a world free of nuclear weapons

The United Nations adopted a draft resolution entitled “Steps to build a joint road map towards a world free of nuclear weapons.” Which was presented by the Government of Japan at the plenary meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, with the support of 147 countries.

The Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated – in a statement today, Tuesday – that through this resolution, the Japanese government recognizes the need to provide practical and realistic steps to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons, with the aim of preserving and strengthening the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, which constitutes the cornerstone of the global nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament regime.

 

The resolution also calls for The international community to implement concrete measures based on the "Hiroshima Plan of Action" Proposed by Japan, it includes continuing the non-use of nuclear weapons, enhancing transparency measures, and starting negotiations on a fissile material cut-off treaty as soon as possible, in addition to enhancing education on disarmament and non-proliferation to increase understanding about the reality of nuclear attacks.

 

This resolution was adopted with broad support from a large number of countries, including nuclear-weapon states and non-nuclear-weapon states, at a time when the international arena is witnessing a deep division over methods of nuclear disarmament amid an increasingly tense security environment. This is in a year that coincides with the 80th anniversary of the nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

 

Through this decision, Japan seeks to enhance momentum in the international community to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons, while continuing steady progress towards practical and realistic efforts, and also focusing on the eleventh NPT Review Conference scheduled to be held next year.

 

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