Unfold Zero Basel Peace Office

Speakers: Professor Jennifer Trahan, Blake McLeod, Janet Phillips, Dr. David Cheesman. Moderator: Rebecca Shoot Wednesday January 22 10:30 - 12:30 Central European Time Turmzimmer Room, K-Haus, Basel In-person and online Held in conjunction with the 2025 Basel Peace Forum and the 2025 PACEY Award Ceremony. Maison de la Paix Auditorium Chemin Eugène-Rigot 2, Geneva, Switzerland Wednesday November 27, 2024 6pm-7:30pm followed by a reception

The 2024 World Future Policy Award will recognise 4 Winning Policies, 3 Honorable Mentions and 1 Vision Award. Organizations and individuals participating in a Hague conference on Eco-peace and Future Generations, have used the occasion of UN Day (October 24), the 80th anniversary of the United Nations, to call for 15 urgent... An Appeal from 500 civil society organizations and an additional 1000 individuals is being presented to the United Nations today. Yesterday at the United Nations in Geneva, a group of civil society organizations launched NuclearAbolitionDay.org, a platform for civil society actions and events to commemorate the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear... On Thursday May 7, UNFold Zero, a new platform for United Nations (UN) focused initiatives and actions for the achievement of a nuclear weapons free world, was launched at the United Nations in New... UNFOLD ZERO aims to unfold the path to zero nuclear weapons through effective steps and measures facilitated by the UN General Assembly, UN Security Council, UN Secretary-General and other UN bodies.

(See About UNFold Zero) Virginia Gamba (Director of the UN Office of Disarmament Affairs) speaking at the launch The launch event at the United Nations was chaired by the NGO Committee on Disarmament and featured Virginia Gamba (Director of the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs), Mr Daniel Tumpal S. Simanjuntak, from the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Alyn Ware (PNND and Basel Peace Office). UN actions discussed at the event included: UNFOLD ZERO is a platform for United Nations (UN) focused initiatives and actions for the achievement of a nuclear weapons free world.

UNFOLD ZERO aims to unfold the path to zero nuclear weapons through effective steps and measures facilitated by the UN General Assembly, UN Security Council, UN Secretary-General and other UN bodies. The aim of zero nuclear weapons – the prohibition and complete elimination of nuclear weapons under strict and effective international control – was first affirmed by UN General Assembly resolution 1 (I) on January... A reliance on nuclear deterrence by some countries in response to regional and international tensions since then has thwarted the achievement of this goal. However, a number of recent developments bring this goal into sight. These include globalisation, the strengthening of international law, a growing public aversion to all weapons of mass destruction and the increasing effectiveness of the United Nations and other cooperative security mechanisms to address core... The UN provides the principal environment for the international community to implement the collective obligation and the global common good to achieve a nuclear weapons free world.

The UN brings together all the key players relevant to the achievement of a nuclear weapons free world. This includes the nuclear-armed countries, the countries under extended nuclear deterrence relationships, the non-nuclear countries that have demonstrated the possibility to achieve security without relying on nuclear weapons, and civil society actors engaged in... Highlighting the links between climate change and nuclear weapons to forge solutions to these two principal threats to human survival. Building political momentum and cross-party action by parliamentarians and mayors for the achievement of a nuclear-weapons-free world. Working with governments to build the legal, political and technical mechanisms to eliminate nuclear weapons globally under effective international control. Highlighting the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons and their incompatibility with internatinal law as an imperative to achieve nuclear abolition.

Exploring the academic and policy initiatives to achieve security without nuclear weapons. Speakers: Professor Jennifer Trahan, Blake McLeod, Janet Phillips, Dr. David Cheesman. Moderator: Rebecca Shoot Wednesday January 22 10:30 - 12:30 Central European Time Turmzimmer Room, K-Haus, Basel In-person and online Held in conjunction with the 2025 Basel Peace Forum and the 2025 PACEY Award Ceremony.

Maison de la Paix Auditorium Chemin Eugène-Rigot 2, Geneva, Switzerland Wednesday November 27, 2024 6pm-7:30pm followed by a reception The 2024 World Future Policy Award will recognise 4 Winning Policies, 3 Honorable Mentions and 1 Vision Award.

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