This time around, as the 10th review conference on the treaty approaches, non-nuclear nations, the Holy See and nuclear disarmament advocates are pushing for a strong statement on steps to achieve reductions in nuclear arsenals.
ENCORE: Advocates: U.N. conference a chance to reduce threat of nuclear weapons
Advocates: U.N. conference a chance to reduce threat of nuclear weapons
This time around, as the 10th review conference on the treaty approaches, non-nuclear nations, the Holy See and nuclear disarmament advocates are pushing for a strong statement on steps to achieve reductions in nuclear arsenals.
Photos of the Week: Sept. 20, 2021
In the spotlight: Papal visit to Slovakia, SpaceX launch, beatifications
Religious leaders offer prayers before start of U.N. General Assembly
In the face of widespread evidence of humanity’s dark side, speakers a prayer service Sept. 13 — on the eve of the opening of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly — identified unmistakable signs of hope.
‘Humble confidence’ seen as tool for U.S. to back human rights worldwide
“No one shall be held in slavery or servitude,” the U.N. declared in the fourth article of its 1948 landmark Universal Declaration of Human Rights, issued three years after the international body’s founding.
Rethink arms funding to protect vulnerable, say Vatican webinar speakers
A Vatican webinar March 23 explored steps toward “integral disarmament” and to overcome vulnerabilities to events like the pandemic.
‘Catholics are like the leaven in the loaf’ of U.N.’s work, says Glendon
The United Nations has embodied high ideals that have often been ardently defended by the Catholic Church.
Terrorists’ disdain for life, freedom must be condemned, nuncio tells U.N.
Archbishop Caccia’s Oct. 12 address to the Sixth Committee of the U.N. General Assembly called for absolute condemnation of terrorists.