Following the 80^th year since the bombings of Trinity, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, did you know that 2025 is also the 80^th year since the formation of the United Nations?  The General Assembly’s first resolution recognized nuclear disarmament as the principal goal of the United Nations.

On Friday, September 26^th, take time to acknowledge the world coming together for the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons at the United Nations in New York and Geneva.  The General Assembly commemorates the day as a reaffirmation, and priority, for the world community to work for global nuclear disarmament.

The United Nations acknowledges that, “Commemorating this Day at the United Nations is especially important, given its universal membership and its long experience in grappling with nuclear disarmament issues. It is the right place to address one of humanity’s greatest challenges; achieving the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons.”

To assist in meeting these goals, a new international platform for civil society actions and events has been created. It is called “Nuclear Abolition Day” and brings together individuals and organizations from around the world to take part in an action or event on that day. It calls on governments to announce concrete plans for the prevention of any use of nuclear weapons and the achievement of a nuclear weapons-free world by 2045 – the 100^th year since the bombings and the creation of the United Nations.  https://www.un.org/en/observances/nuclear-weapons-elimination-day

 To encourage involvement, the Nuclear Abolition Day launched a multi-faceted social media campaign called “Stop Nuclear Weapons: Peace is in our Hands” to encourage individuals and organizations to use their hands in symbolic and cooperative ways to promote nuclear disarmament.  One example is to create a peace sign in the palm of your hand. Additional examples are available on the Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament website at https://www.pnnd.org/article/nuclearabolitiondayorg-launched-united-nations-geneva

Another opportunity for involvement is to sign the Appeal to the United Nations that affirms the desire, among others, to cut nuclear weapons budgets and redirect those funds to strengthen the United Nations, accelerate steps to protect the climate and meet human and economic needs.  https://www.pnnd.org/article/nuclearabolitiondayorg-launched-united-nations-geneva

Locally, on Friday, September 26^th at noon in Santa Fe, join with Veterans for Peace and others, including Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety, at the corners of East Alameda and Sandoval, to commemorate Nuclear Abolition Day as part of the weekly one-hour peaceful protest to abolish nuclear weapons.

1. Friday, September 12^th from noon to 1 pm – Join your neighbors and friends at the intersection of East Alameda and Sandoval for the weekly one-hour peaceful protest for nuclear disarmament and against expanded plutonium pit production at LANL. Join with Veterans for Peace, CCNS, Nuclear Watch NM, Loretto Community, New Mexico Peace Fest, Pax Christi and others. Bring your flags, signs and banners in support of nuclear weapons disarmament.

1. Wednesday, September 17^th from 1 to 3:30 MDT – Virtual Department of Energy (DOE) Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Northern New Mexico. Tentative agenda includes: Elections of Chair and Vice-Chair for Fiscal Chair 2026; Presentation to the Board; and Agency Updates.  For more information, including how to access the meeting, please contact Bridget Maestas, Northern New Mexico Citizens Advisory Board Executive Director two days prior to the meeting at maestas@em.doe.gov or 505 709 7466 or https://www.energy.gov/em/nnmcab/northern-new-mexico-citizens-advisory-board

1. Thursday, September 18^th at 6 pm at the SALA Event Center in Los Alamos – Black Hole Museum Initiative meeting, film screenings and discussion panel and Q&A with filmmakers and the Ed Grothus family. THINK PEACEFUL REUSE!  https://blackholemuseum.blogspot.com/2025/08/save-date-thursday-september-18th.html

 For more background information, see:  https://losalamosreporter.com/2025/06/29/black-hole-museum-a-new-idea-for-the-los-alamos-community/

1. Sunday, September 21, 2025 – International Day of Peace: End Racism; Build Peace.  https://internationaldayofpeace.org/

1. Monday, September 22 at 6pm MDT

Wednesday, September 24 at 2 pm MDT

Friday, September 26 at 10 am MDT

Three opportunities to discuss the draft NM Environment Department amendments to the State’s Standards for Ground and Surface Water Protection at 20.6.2 NMAC and the State’s draft NEW regulations known as the New Mexico Pollutant Discharge Elimination System at 20.6.5 NMAC.

For more information:

https://www.env.nm.gov/events-calendar/?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D189342697</p