On 29 August 1949, the first nuclear device was detonated at the Semipalatinsk test range in Kazakhstan. 60 years later, the United Nations General Assembly, in its resolution 64/37, declared 29 August as the International Day against Nuclear Tests, a day devoted to enhancing public awareness and education about the effects of nuclear weapon test explosions or any other nuclear explosions and for highlighting the need for their cessation as one of the means of achieving the goal of a nuclear-weapon-free world.
1949年8月29日,第一个核装置在哈萨克斯坦塞米巴拉金斯克试验场引爆。60年后,联合国大会第64/37号决议宣布,将8月29日定为禁止核试验国际日,目的是加强公众对核武器试爆或任何其他核爆炸影响的认识和这方面的教育,同时强调必须停止核爆炸,以此作为实现无核武器世界这一目标的手段。
Due to their massive power of destruction, the use of nuclear weapons would have catastrophic global consequences and would cause severe and long-lasting emergencies – humanitarian, global health, climate, social order, human development, and economic. Access to social goods and services is predicated on the existence of peace and security. Development goals can only be achieved if we prevent such catastrophes on our planet. This must be a collective effort, because we face the risks posed by these weapons collectively, not as States with narrow national security interests.