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August 6 (Hiroshima Day) and August 9 (Nagasaki Day) are global days of action for nuclear abolition. UNFOLD ZERO encourages you to take action on these days to:
1. promote the new nuclear ban treaty if you are in a non-nuclear country;
2. promote nuclear risk-reduction and disarmament measures if you are in a nuclear-armed or allied country;
3. call on your government to participate in the 2018 UN High-Level Conference on Nuclear Disarmament at the highest level (prime minister or president);
4. sign the ATOM Project online petition for a nuclear-weapon-free world;
5. encourage your parliamentarian, mayor or religious leader to endorse the joint statement 'A Nuclear-Weapon-Free World: Our Common Good' if they have not already done so.
Nuclear ban treaty
On July 7, 2017, the United Nations adopted a Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons supported by 122 countries. The treaty will be open for signature on September 20 and will enter-into-force once 50 States ratify.
If you live in a non-nuclear-weapon country, you can call on your government to sign the ban treaty, which will open for signature at the United Nations General Assembly on September 20, and to ratify the treaty before the UN High-Level Conference in 2018.
The aim is to have 50 countries ratify the treaty by the time of UN High-Level conference so that it can enter-into-force by then.
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