International Day against Nuclear Tests

Conferences

On September 15, 2014, the Embassy of Kazakhstan in the United States, in co-sponsorship with the Arms Control Association, Green Cross International, the ATOM Project, and the Embassy of Canada, held a conference called "Nuclear Weapons Testing: History, Progress, Challenges", commemorating United Nations International Day Against Nuclear Tests. The conference took place at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C. This conference was focused on the issue of nuclear weapons testing, and the road forward for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty.

The keynote presenters at the conference included the U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest J. Moniz, the U.S. Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Rose E. Gottemoeller, the U.S. Under Secretary of Energy and NNSA Administrator Frank J. Klotz, and the Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, Lassina Zerbo. The participants of the conference underlined their commitment to nuclear weapons non-proliferation.

In popular culture

• NationStates, a popular multiplayer government simulation browser game, celebrates the International Day against Nuclear Tests in a surprising way. On August 29 of every year, nations are granted the ability to use nuclear weapons against each other, leading to a violent multifaceted nuclear war. This tradition started after the mini-games initial appearance on the site for April Fools' Day 2017, and subsequent user requests to make this a regular event.

References

References

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