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Nuclear Security & WMD

U.N. warns of highest nuclear threat in decades, cites strained treaties

To counter these threats, the U.N. formed an independent scientific panel to report on the effects of a nuclear war.

,   and  Arete News Staff
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The sculpture on U.N. grounds, "Good Defeats Evil," depicts Saint George on horseback slaying a dragon made from fragments of actual U.S. and Soviet missiles.
The sculpture on U.N. grounds, "Good Defeats Evil," by Soviet/Russian artist Zurab Tsereteli, depicts Saint George on horseback slaying a dragon made from fragments of actual U.S. and Soviet missiles, symbolizing the vanquishing of nuclear war. The sculpture was presented to the U.N. in 1990 to commemorate the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. (AN)

The threat of nuclear weapons has escalated to its "highest levels in decades," U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres warned, as a high-level meeting pushed for renewed global efforts to eliminate them.

The meeting on Friday was held to commemorate the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. In a formal message, Guterres said "nuclear weapons deliver no security – only the promise of annihilation."

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Nuclear Security & WMD — Global Issues — United Nations — U.N. General Assembly (UNGA) — United States (U.S.) — Russia — United Kingdom — France — Israel — North Korea — Pakistan — India — China — Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) — Federation of American Scientists (FAS) — Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty — New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) 2011 — Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT)

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