2025 International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons

On 26 September 2025, the UN General Assembly held a high-level event to commemorate the annual International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. 

Reaching Critical Will's report

Statements

• President of the General Assembly (Ms.)
• UN Secretary-General, delivered by the Chef de Cabinet (Mr.)
• Marshall Islands (Ms.)
• Namibia (Ms.)
• Fiji (Mr.)
• Samoa (Mr.)
• Non-Aligned Movement, delivered by Uganda (Mr.)
• African Group, delivered by Guinea (Mr.)
• Indonesia (Mr.)
• Libya (Mr.)
• Lesotho (Mr.)
• Tuvalu (Mr.)
• Mongolia (Ms.)
• Solomon Islands (Mr.)
• Nigeria (Mr.)
• Vanuatu (Mr.)
• Zambia (Mr.)
• San Marino (Mr.)
• Guyana (Mr.)
• Maldives (Mr.)
• Bangladesh (Mr.)
• Egypt (Mr.)
• Tunisia (Mr.)
• Gambia (Mr.)
• Burkina Faso (Mr.)
• Ghana (Mr.)
• Cuba (Mr.)
• Austria (Ms.)
• Türkiye (Mr.)
• Kiribati (Ms.)
• Kazakhstan (Mr.)
• Philippines (Ms.)
• Costa Rica (Mr.)
• Eritrea (Mr.)
• Kyrgyzstan (Mr.)
• Iran (Mr.)
• Mexico (Mr.)
• Venezuela (Mr.)
• Guatemala (Ms.)
• Belarus (Mr.)
• Nicaragua (Mr.)
• Argentina (Mr.)
• Arab Group, delivered by Iraq (Mr.)
• United Arab Emirates (Mr.)
• South Africa (Mr.)
• Cambodia (Mr.)
• Panama (Mr.)
• India (Mr.)
• Qatar (Ms.)
• Democratic Republic of the Congo (Ms.)
• Oman (Mr.)
• Peru (Mr.)
• Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (OPANAL), delivered by Brazil (Mr.)
• Brazil (Mr.)
• Timor-Leste (Mr.)
• Honduras (Mr.)
• Uruguay (Ms.)
• Malaysia (Mr.)
• Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), delivered by Colombia (Ms.)
• Malawi (Mr.)
• Chile (Mr.)
• Angola (Mr.)
• Japan (Mr.)
• Comoros (Mr.)
• Malta (Mr.)
• Thailand (Ms.)
• El Salvador (Ms.)
• Kuwait (Mr.)
• Saudi Arabia (Mr.)
• Sri Lanka (Mr.)
• Myanmar (Mr.)
• Aotearoa New Zealand (Ms.)
• Gabon (Ms.)
• Bahrain (Mr.)
• Zimbabwe (Mr.)
• Ireland (Mr.)
• Nepal (Mr.)
• Viet Nam (Mr.)
• Algeria (Mr.)
• China (Mr.)
• Dominican Republic (Ms.)
• Pakistan (Mr.)
• League of Arab States (Mr.)
• International Committee of the Red Cross (Ms.)
• Nihon Hidankyo (Mr.)
• Joint Civil Society Statement, delivered by Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy (Ms.)
• Côte d'Ivoire (Mr.)
• Morocco (Mr.)
• Holy See (Mr.)
• Pacific Islands Forum (Mr.)