International Youth Day: Reach HIGH for a nuclear-weapon-free world |
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Posted by Joan Russow |
Friday, 11 August 2017 07:33 |
UN FOLD ZERO Newsletter
United Nations International Youth Day. The theme this year is Youth Building Peace. One important way youth can help build peace is to promote the global abolition of nuclear weapons. Leaders of nuclear-armed States - like President Donald Trump of USA, 'Supreme Leader' Kim Jong-un of North Korea and President Vladimir Putin of Russia - are increasing their threats to use nuclear weapons. They need to hear from youth that nuclear weapons must never be used, and that nuclear weapons should be prohibited and eliminated. ![]() August 12 social media action: Reach HIGH for a nuclear-weapon-free world. #ReachHIGH, #YouthAgainstNukes, #Youth4Peace UNFOLD ZERO and the Abolition 2000 Youth Working Group call on youth to Reach HIGH for a nuclear-weapon-free world on August 12 with a simple social media action.
2018 UN High Level Conference on Nuclear DisarmamentThe United Nations will hold a High-Level Conference on Nuclear Disarmament in 2018. At this conference governments could end their threats to use nuclear weapons and agree to a program to prohibit and eliminate them. On International Youth Day:
For more information, including contacts for governments, Call on Governments: Reach HIGH for a nuclear weapon-free world. Have a great International Youth Day. Marzhan and Alyn On behalf of the UN FOLD ZERO team |
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