International Youth Day: Reach HIGH for a nuclear-weapon-free world Print
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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. 

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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.

  • Take a photo of yourself, or you and other young people, on a high place or reaching high, or lifting a peace sign/object up high.
  • Post your photo on social media with the hastags #Youth4Peace, #YouthDay, #ReachHIGH and/or #YouthAgainstNukes.

2018 UN High Level Conference on Nuclear Disarmament


The 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:
  • call on your government to support a diplomatic solution to the North Korean nuclear crisis;
  • call on your government to commit to attending the 2018 UN Conference at the highest level (i.e. your Prime Minister or President should go), and to pledge to do everything in their power at the conference to abolish nuclear weapons .
Governments should join with youth to Reach HIGH for a nuclear-weapon-free world, now and at the 2018 UN High Level Conference.

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
Last Updated on Sunday, 13 August 2017 01:20