Daily Current Affairs / International Day against Nuclear Tests observed on August 29:
Category : Important Days Published on: September 01 2025
The United Nations General Assembly, during its 64th session in December 2009, unanimously adopted Resolution 64/35 declaring August 29 as the International Day against Nuclear Tests. The observance raises global awareness about the devastating effects of nuclear weapon test explosions and advocates for a nuclear-weapons-free world. The resolution, initiated by Kazakhstan, commemorates the closure of the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site on August 29, 1991, and calls for the cessation of all nuclear testing.
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