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The UN will observe Saturday the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, an annual observance established by the UN General Assembly to promote nuclear disarmament and raise public awareness of the risks posed by nuclear weapons.
The General Assembly established the observance through Resolution 68/32, adopted in 2013. The resolution called for urgent compliance with existing legal obligations and commitments on nuclear disarmament and endorsed efforts toward a comprehensive convention addressing the possession, development, production, acquisition, testing, stockpiling, transfer and use of nuclear weapons.
This objective is also reflected in Article VI of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), under which parties undertake to pursue negotiations in good faith on effective measures relating to nuclear disarmament and the cessation of the nuclear arms race.
A separate legal framework, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, entered into force in 2021 and prohibits its parties from developing, possessing, acquiring, transferring, using or threatening to use nuclear weapons. As of September 2026, the treaty has 75 states parties.
The UN’s observance comes amid changes to existing nuclear arms-control arrangements. The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) between the United States and Russia expired on February 5, 2026, without a successor agreement, leaving the two countries without an active bilateral treaty imposing limits on their strategic nuclear arsenals. The breakdown of global limits has also emboldened regional actors, accelerating rogue state proliferation in the absence of a streamlined global framework to adequately address responses to nuclear threats. This is also acutely felt in the Middle East, where the US-Israel strikes has pushed Iran closer to developing a weapons-grade uranium enrichment, resulting in internal political pressure within Tehran to withdraw from the NPT.
North Korea’s withdrawal from the NPT by invoking Article X in 2003, followed by its expulsion of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors allowed the country to restart its Yongbyon reactor and eventually begin formal nuclear testing in 2006. In recent years, North Korea’s refusal to denuclearize and its increased military cooperation with Russia, brokered through the signing of a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty in 2024, has been condemned by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as a direct contravention of UN Security Council (UNSC) resolutions.
The IAEA’s long-running concerns were compounded by satellite intelligence confirming that North Korea had constructed a large-scale uranium enrichment facility, as well as Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui’s aggressive defence of the country’s nuclear policies, in which she stated that its status as a nuclear-armed state is permanent and “irreversible”, pledging to “keep its nuclear weapons forever.” Her comments came after a trilateral joint statement was released by the governments of the United States, Japan, and the Republic of Korea at the latest convening of the United Nations General Assembly.
The Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team (MSMT)’s latest report detailed that North Korea acquired the funding to develop its nuclear weapons programs in part through the deployment of labourers overseas which has generated around $450 to $800 million in 2025 alone. This is in despite of UNSC Resolution 2397, adopted in 2017 which made it unlawful for UN member states to permit North Korean nationals to earn an income within their jurisdictions.
The General Assembly will hold a high-level meeting on September 29 to commemorate and promote the International Day. The meeting will provide an opportunity for Member States to address progress towards nuclear disarmament and the implementation of existing commitments. Whether these global commitments can overcome the existing geopolitical reality behind the development of nuclear weapons remains to be seen.
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The General Assembly established the observance through Resolution 68/32, adopted in 2013. The resolution called for urgent compliance with existing legal obligations and commitments on nuclear disarmament and endorsed efforts toward a comprehensive convention addressing the possession, development, production, acquisition, testing, stockpiling, transfer and use of nuclear weapons.
This objective is also reflected in Article VI of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), under which parties undertake to pursue negotiations in good faith on effective measures relating to nuclear disarmament and the cessation of the nuclear arms race.
A separate legal framework, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, entered into force in 2021 and prohibits its parties from developing, possessing, acquiring, transferring, using or threatening to use nuclear weapons. As of September 2026, the treaty has 75 states parties.
The UN’s observance comes amid changes to existing nuclear arms-control arrangements. The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) between the United States and Russia expired on February 5, 2026, without a successor agreement, leaving the two countries without an active bilateral treaty imposing limits on their strategic nuclear arsenals. The breakdown of global limits has also emboldened regional actors, accelerating rogue state proliferation in the absence of a streamlined global framework to adequately address responses to nuclear threats. This is also acutely felt in the Middle East, where the US-Israel strikes has pushed Iran closer to developing a weapons-grade uranium enrichment, resulting in internal political pressure within Tehran to withdraw from the NPT.
North Korea’s withdrawal from the NPT by invoking Article X in 2003, followed by its expulsion of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors allowed the country to restart its Yongbyon reactor and eventually begin formal nuclear testing in 2006. In recent years, North Korea’s refusal to denuclearize and its increased military cooperation with Russia, brokered through the signing of a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty in 2024, has been condemned by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as a direct contravention of UN Security Council (UNSC) resolutions.
The IAEA’s long-running concerns were compounded by satellite intelligence confirming that North Korea had constructed a large-scale uranium enrichment facility, as well as Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui’s aggressive defence of the country’s nuclear policies, in which she stated that its status as a nuclear-armed state is permanent and “irreversible”, pledging to “keep its nuclear weapons forever.” Her comments came after a trilateral joint statement was released by the governments of the United States, Japan, and the Republic of Korea at the latest convening of the United Nations General Assembly.
The Multilateral Sanctions Monitoring Team (MSMT)’s latest report detailed that North Korea acquired the funding to develop its nuclear weapons programs in part through the deployment of labourers overseas which has generated around $450 to $800 million in 2025 alone. This is in despite of UNSC Resolution 2397, adopted in 2017 which made it unlawful for UN member states to permit North Korean nationals to earn an income within their jurisdictions.
The General Assembly will hold a high-level meeting on September 29 to commemorate and promote the International Day. The meeting will provide an opportunity for Member States to address progress towards nuclear disarmament and the implementation of existing commitments. Whether these global commitments can overcome the existing geopolitical reality behind the development of nuclear weapons remains to be seen.
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