International Day for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Awareness- March 5th

March 6, 2024

The International Day for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Awareness is observed yearly on March 5.
The inaugural International Day for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Awareness was observed on March 5, 2023, following a UNGA resolution adopted on December 7, 2022.
Definitions-
- Disarmament is defined by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) as the elimination of all Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), coupled with the ‘balanced reduction’ of armed forces and conventional armaments, based on the principle of undiminished security of the parties to promote or enhance stability at a lower military level, taking into account the need of all states to protect their security.
- Nonproliferation is the limiting of the production and spread of nuclear or chemical weapons into the hands of non-state actors and rogue states.