What you need to know

• This high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly is to commemorate and promote the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
• It aims to raise awareness about the threat posed by nuclear weapons and will contribute to mobilising efforts towards the common goal of a nuclear-weapon-free world
• The US dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan in August 1945, the only time such weapons have been used in populated areas
• About 12,400 nuclear weapons remain in existence today, despite efforts to reduce these arsenals

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