What are the main aims of the high-level meeting?

26 September




The main aims of the high-level meeting are to:
  • Urge nuclear-armed states to re-engage in dialogue aimed at building transparency and mutual trust
  • Encourage a voluntary moratorium on nuclear testing,
  • Call for binding disarmament commitments and mechanisms for accountability,
  • Advocate for no-first-use pledges by nuclear armed states,
  • Press the largest nuclear powers – the United States and the Russian Federation – to lead by example and resume compliance with disarmament treaties.

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