🧵1/ Today is the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons and (everyday but particularly today) we want to amplify #nuclearsurvivors voices because no one can better tell us about the devastating consequences of nuclear weapons and the need to end them.

Survivors like Aigerim, are leading the way towards a world without nucear weapons. She will be delivering a statement United Nations to mark the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. Watch it here: webtv.un.org/en/schedule/20… #NuclearBan

Young people have a critical role to play in fostering peace. On the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, Izumi Nakamitsu met with Aigerim Seitenova she/her views are personal, a youth leader from Kazakhstan & third-generation survivor of nuclear testing. #Youth4Disarmament

Join The Ellsberg Initiative for Peace & Democracy this Thursday, October 10 for an inspiring webinar on nuclear weapons and their catastrophic humanitarian consequences ✨Cynthia Lazaroff, Mary Olson, Mary Dickson, Ivana Nikolić Hughes, @tkassenova 🔗 Register now: zoom.us/webinar/regist… #NuclearBan

Peace Boat celebrates the awarding of the 2024 #NobelPeacePrize to #NihonHidankyo, who have tirelessly worked for decades to support the atomic bomb survivors of #Hiroshima and #Nagasaki and convey their urgent message to the world that nuclear weapons must never be used again.

Enormous congratulations to Nihon Hidankyo for this very well deserved recognition of their tireless work to raise awareness of the catastrophic consequences of nuclear weapons and to call for their urgent elimination.

This is HUGE🕊️ Congratulations #NihonHidankyo for winning #NobelPeacePrize. I feel grateful for Hibakusha and their decades of work towards the world free from nuclear weapons. A photo with two legends: Mr Sueichi Kido, Secretary General of #NihonHidankyo and Benetick Kabua Maddison

The Doomsday Clock moving ahead to 89 seconds to midnight is a stark reminder that we must act NOW. As Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists put it: “Every second of delay in reversing course increases the probability of global disaster.” But there is reason for hope, like the #NuclearBan Treaty. 🧵

As I am trying to be less active on X, I am switching to BlueSky and our new initiative as well. Let’s be connected on BlueSky: @qazaqnuclear.bsky.social

1 march is a #NuclearVictimsRemembranceDay 🇲🇭🇰🇿 Yesterday, Marshallese Educational Initiative (MEI) organised the first ever event in New York dedicated to those Marshallese affected by US tests.

The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons wrapped its meeting on Friday. Check out the Nuclear Ban Daily for reflections on the general exchange of views and thematic discussions, as well as feature articles from various activists + academics! 📰: reachingcriticalwill.org/images/documen…

#QazaqNuclearFrontlineCoalition made significant contributions at the #TPNW3MSP 🇺🇳✊🇰🇿 During the recent #NuclearBanWeek at the United Nations Headquarters, the alliance of #Qazaq nuclear frontline communities and their allies – #QNFC – presented a powerful lineup of 8 side events.

Notably, Coalition delivered the first #Statement on behalf of Qazaqstan's nuclear-affected communities, submitted a #WorkingPaper with evidence-based policy + action-oriented recommendations to States Parties, and premiered the #JARA doc film by Coalition Co-Founder Aigerim Seitenova she/her views are personal

Aigerim Seitenova Aigerim Seitenova she/her views are personal and I met with UN HRDA Izumi Nakamitsu, #NuclearBanTreaty Conference’s President HE Amb. akan rakhmetullin, and other high-level officials, as well as the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs Team. We also gave over 5 interviews to #Japanese, #US, and #Qazaq media.

Aigerim Seitenova, a feminist and human rights professional from #Kazakhstan, has created a #documentary called "Jara – Radioactive Patriarchy: Women of Qazaqstan" to highlight the experiences of women affected by Soviet-era nuclear testing. astanatimes.com/2025/05/from-s…

15 JUNE 🇨🇭 Join me in Geneva! Thanks to Terror and Special Competitive Studies Project for supporting the screening and my European tour

Today, we celebrate the renewal of the mandate of the WHO to study and report on the Effects of Nuclear War on Public Health We extend our deepest gratitude to the Marshall Islands, Samoa, and Vanuatu for their exceptional leadership, and to all supporting states.

Such an honour to be in Nagasaki and be able to engage in conversations with hibakusha! What a moment that was captured during this IPPNW World Congress