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Dear friends,
The Non-Aligned Movement, representing 120 countries, submitted a draft
resolution to the United Nations General Assembly late last week laying out
the general mandate and dates for a special United Nations process to
advance comprehensive nuclear disarmament - a United Nations High-Level
Conference for Nuclear Disarmament.
The conference, which is like a summit, will take place at the United
Nations in New York from May 14-16, 2018. It could build support among
non-nuclear countries for the new Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear
Weapons, and also build traction and progress on nuclear-risk reduction and
disarmament measures to be undertaken by the nuclear-armed States. (Three
of the nuclear armed States are already supporting the draft resolution).
Call on your government to support the resolution
UNFOLD ZERO asks you to contact your government and urge them to support
the resolution, if they are not already doing so, and to announce that they
will attend the UN High-Level Conference at the highest level.
Click here for a sample letter plus contact details for presidents/prime
ministers, foreign ministers and UN ambassadors of UN member countries.
Success of UN High-Level Conferences
The High-Level Conference on Nuclear Disarmament follows in the footsteps
of other UN High Level Conferences on key issues for humanity that have had
considerable success in building agreements and commitments.
These include the conference on Sustainable Development (2015) which
achieved agreement on 17 Sustainable Development Goals; Climate Change
(2015) which achieved the Paris Agreement; Refugees and Migrants (2016)
which achieved the New York Declaration and Oceans (2017) which achieved
the 14-point Action Plan to Protect our Oceans.
The key to success of these conferences was inclusion of all key
governments (represented at head of State or ministerial level) as well as
inclusion of the range of civil society sectors. The 2018 UN High Level
Conference on Nuclear Disarmament aims for the same inclusivity.
The proposed mandate is to advance 'effective measures' for nuclear
disarmament. This can include incremental measures on which it's possible
to get agreement and action by nuclear-armed and allied countries. And it
includes more comprehensive measures which non-nuclear States can support,
such as the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons ('ban treaty').
And the draft resolution highlights the important role that civil society -
including non-governmental organizations, academia and parliamentarians -
will play in the conference.
100 signatories to the ban treaty by the UNHLC?
One proposal which has merit is to set a goal of 100 signatories to the
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons by the end of the 2018 UNHLC
(currently there are 53 countries who have signed). The conference is being
held at the United Nations, which is the depository for the treaty. It
therefore provides an opportunity for the Heads of State or Foreign
Ministers to sign the treaty when they attend the UNHLC.
Civil society coordination
UNFOLD ZERO and our partner organisations have been coordinating the civil
society preparation and action for the UNHLC, in cooperation with the
Abolition 2000 working group on the 2018 UNHLC. This has included
consultation meetings, promotional events, social media actions and a
global webinar conference on Oct 11-12 based out of our hub in New York
(right next to the UN). Click here to join the Abolition 2000 working group.
Thank you again for taking action for a nuclear-weapon-free world by
contacting your government to support the UN resolution and to announce
they will attend the UNHLC at the highest level.
Together we can make this unique event a resounding success.
Yours sincerely
UNFOLD ZERO
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