International Days August 29 2017 (United Nations)

The following is an overview of the days and the corresponding celebration declared by the United Nations that apply to Tuesday, 2017-08-29:

• International Day against Nuclear Tests:

  Recognizing that the nuclear tests left lingering effects for local populations;the damage caused to the environment is irreversible;and the nuclear arms race is threatening millions of innocent lives, the General Assembly of the United Nations, with the goal of ending nuclear testing to create a safer world, proclaimed 29 August as the International Day against Nuclear Tests.
  • Official note
  • A/RES/64/35