Disarmament
Nuclear weapons and disarmament at UNGA 81
Raised by 62 of 223 speakers. Read verbatim UN transcript quotes and select a time to hear the speech.
Speeches that raised nuclear weapons and disarmament
New Zealand · Day 6Victoria Louise HallumWe ask the next Secretary-General to work with us to preserve the integrity of the global disarmament framework, particularly on weapons of mass destruction.
The grave dangers of deterioration of the global non-proliferation regime should alarm us all.
New Zealand was deeply disappointed at the failure to reach consensus at this year's Nuclear Non-Proliferation Review Conference.
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Democratic People’s Republic of Korea · Day 6Kim Son GyongThe U.S.-Japan-ROK military alliance, unmistakably aimed at the DPRK, is being evolved by the United States into a more offensive and aggressive military bloc with a nuclear element.
The U.S. is conspiring with its allies to systematically amend and update the anti-DPRK nuclear war scenarios.
The U.S. has approved and encouraging Seoul's ambition to possess nuclear-powered submarines, while relocating and deploying different military hardware, including the latest missiles and drones, on the Korean Peninsula and its vicinity.
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Sri Lanka · Day 6Vijitha HerathSri Lanka has also long championed multilateral disarmament.
from our early call for an Indian Ocean zone of peace to our leadership at the 1995 NPT Review and Extension Conference.
At a time of rising geopolitical tensions and rhetoric of nuclear escalation, We remain firmly convinced that the only real guarantee against these weapons is their total and verifiable elimination.
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- China · Day 6
Instead of self-reflection, it has spared no effort to glorify and whitewash them by fabricating narratives about threats from neighboring countries.
Among others, it attempts to cover up its ongoing expansion of military capacities.
In recent years, Japan has been drastically increasing military spending, relaxing restrictions on export of lethal weapons, advancing the deployment of intermediate and long-range missiles, strengthening offensive military capacities.
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- Japan · Day 6
Also, Japan firmly maintains the three non-nuclear principles.
Japan will never change the course it has taken as a peace-loving nation.
Regarding so-called enemy state clauses in the UN charters, UNGA Resolution 50/52, adopted with overwhelming support, including that of China in 1995, recognized these clauses as obsolete.
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- Democratic People's Republic of Korea · Day 6
To all intents and purposes, such Japan's moves are aimed at rounding off its real war capabilities against the DPRK and other neighboring countries.
What is worse, the political circles in Japan are spelling out such extremely bellicose remarks as a nuclear sharing with the United States, possession of nuclear submarines, and reexamination of the three non-nuclear principles.
Japan in public talks about the world without nuclear weapons under the signboard of the world's only atomic-bombed country, and actually behind the scenes works hard to go nuclear.
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