UN Urges Nuclear Powers to Maintain Testing Moratoriums
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres called for existing moratoriums on nuclear testing to remain in place and urged countries to take the steps needed to bring the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty into force as soon as possible, Kazakhstan’s Foreign Ministry said.
"The world must never again witness a nuclear explosion," Guterres said in his message.
Kazakhstan’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Kairat Umarov, said the closure of the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site and the country’s subsequent renunciation of the world’s fourth-largest inherited nuclear arsenal reflected Kazakhstan’s principled choice in favor of peace and security based on trust, dialogue and cooperation.
Kazakhstan’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations also hosted a meeting attended by representatives of the U.N. and the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, the diplomatic corps, international organizations and civil society. Guests viewed a thematic book exhibition and a documentary on the consequences of nuclear testing.
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