Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Holds Briefing Conference - Mexico

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Holds Briefing Conference - Mexico

August 27, 2025 Mexico City, Mexico: ⁠Rosa Icela Rodríguez Velázquez, Secretary of the Interior, reports on the Tianguis del Bienestar (Welfare Market), which visits the most remote communities in the country, benefiting more than 42,000 families, and on the Sí al desarme, sí a la paz (Yes to Disarmament, Yes to Peace) program, which has managed to exchange 5,457 firearms.During the news conference at the national palace. Photo by Carlos Santiago/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM.

Vietnamese representative to U.N. in Tokyo

Vietnamese representative to U.N. in Tokyo

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya shakes hands with Vietnamese Ambassador to the United Nations Do Hung Viet, who will chair next year's major nuclear disarmament conference, at the ministry in Tokyo on Aug. 4, 2025.

Japanese envoy on disarmament

Japanese envoy on disarmament

Tomiko Ichikawa, ambassador to the delegation of Japan to the Conference on Disarmament, gives an interview in Geneva on June 25, 2025.

Japanese envoy on disarmament

Japanese envoy on disarmament

Tomiko Ichikawa, ambassador to the delegation of Japan to the Conference on Disarmament, gives an interview in Geneva on June 25, 2025.

NPT preparatory committee in New York

NPT preparatory committee in New York

Tomiko Ichikawa (seen in the screen), ambassador to the delegation of Japan to the Conference on Disarmament, reads out a joint statement during the third meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the 2026 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons review conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on May 1, 2025.

NPT preparatory committee in New York

NPT preparatory committee in New York

Tomiko Ichikawa, ambassador to the delegation of Japan to the Conference on Disarmament, reads out a joint statement during the third meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the 2026 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons review conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on May 1, 2025.

U.N. disarmament chief Nakamitsu

U.N. disarmament chief Nakamitsu

Izumi Nakamitsu, U.N. high representative for disarmament affairs, speaks during a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2025.

US: Audience Boo As Clintons Arrive At Capital One Arena For Presidential Parade

Booing was heard in the audience as former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took their seats at Capital One Arena, where an indoor presidential parade was held after Donald Trump's inauguration as the 47th U.S. President on Monday, January 20.

Conference on AI-backed weapons in Vienna

Conference on AI-backed weapons in Vienna

Izumi Nakamitsu, the U.N. high representative for disarmament affairs, speaks as a two-day international conference on regulating AI-backed lethal autonomous weapons systems begins in Vienna on April 29, 2024.

Australia: Mass Stranding Of Pilot Whales At Toby’s Inlet Near Dunsborough 8

More than a hundred pilot whales were stranded at Toby's Inlet near Dunsborough, Western Australia on Thursday, April 25. Beachgoers helped pour water on the whales on shore as they were being directed back to the sea. Among the 4 pods of about 160 whales that were stranded, 28 died.

Australia: Mass Stranding Of Pilot Whales At Toby’s Inlet Near Dunsborough

More than a hundred pilot whales were stranded at Toby's Inlet near Dunsborough, Western Australia on Thursday, April 25. Beachgoers helped pour water on the whales on shore as they were being directed back to the sea. Among the 4 pods of about 160 whales that were stranded, 28 died.

Australia: Mass Stranding Of Pilot Whales At Toby’s Inlet Near Dunsborough 2

More than a hundred pilot whales were stranded at Toby's Inlet near Dunsborough, Western Australia on Thursday, April 25. Beachgoers helped pour water on the whales on shore as they were being directed back to the sea. Among the 4 pods of about 160 whales that were stranded, 28 died.

Australia: Mass Stranding Of Pilot Whales At Toby’s Inlet Near Dunsborough 3

More than a hundred pilot whales were stranded at Toby's Inlet near Dunsborough, Western Australia on Thursday, April 25. Beachgoers helped pour water on the whales on shore as they were being directed back to the sea. Among the 4 pods of about 160 whales that were stranded, 28 died.

Australia: Mass Stranding Of Pilot Whales At Toby’s Inlet Near Dunsborough 4

More than a hundred pilot whales were stranded at Toby's Inlet near Dunsborough, Western Australia on Thursday, April 25. Beachgoers helped pour water on the whales on shore as they were being directed back to the sea. Among the 4 pods of about 160 whales that were stranded, 28 died.

Australia: Mass Stranding Of Pilot Whales At Toby’s Inlet Near Dunsborough 5

More than a hundred pilot whales were stranded at Toby's Inlet near Dunsborough, Western Australia on Thursday, April 25. Beachgoers helped pour water on the whales on shore as they were being directed back to the sea. Among the 4 pods of about 160 whales that were stranded, 28 died.

Australia: Mass Stranding Of Pilot Whales At Toby’s Inlet Near Dunsborough 6

More than a hundred pilot whales were stranded at Toby's Inlet near Dunsborough, Western Australia on Thursday, April 25. Beachgoers helped pour water on the whales on shore as they were being directed back to the sea. Among the 4 pods of about 160 whales that were stranded, 28 died.

Australia: Mass Stranding Of Pilot Whales At Toby’s Inlet Near Dunsborough 7

More than a hundred pilot whales were stranded at Toby's Inlet near Dunsborough, Western Australia on Thursday, April 25. Beachgoers helped pour water on the whales on shore as they were being directed back to the sea. Among the 4 pods of about 160 whales that were stranded, 28 died.

U.N. disarmament chief Nakamitsu

U.N. disarmament chief Nakamitsu

Izumi Nakamitsu, U.N. high representative for disarmament affairs, speaks during a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Aug. 10, 2023.

U.N. disarmament chief Nakamitsu

U.N. disarmament chief Nakamitsu

Izumi Nakamitsu, U.N. high representative for disarmament affairs, speaks during a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Aug. 10, 2023.

U.N. disarmament chief Nakamitsu

U.N. disarmament chief Nakamitsu

Izumi Nakamitsu, U.N. high representative for disarmament affairs, speaks during a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Aug. 10, 2023.

U.N. disarmament chief Nakamitsu in Vienna

U.N. disarmament chief Nakamitsu in Vienna

Izumi Nakamitsu, U.N. high representative for disarmament affairs, attends a preparatory committee session for the 2026 review conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in Vienna on July 31, 2023.

Int'l confab on humanitarian impact of nuclear arms

Int'l confab on humanitarian impact of nuclear arms

VIENNA, Austria - Toshio Sano, ambassador of the Delegation of Japan to the Conference on Disarmament, speaks at the third Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons in the Austrian capital of Vienna on Dec. 9, 2014.

Japanese student peace envoys deliver anti-nuke signatures to U.N.

Japanese student peace envoys deliver anti-nuke signatures to U.N.

GENEVA, Switzerland - Masaki Koyanagi (C), one of 20 Japanese high school students visiting the United Nations Office in Geneva, hands over a stack of signatures collected in a campaign calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons to the deputy secretary general of the Conference on Disarmament on Aug. 19, 2014.

Nagasaki student peace envoy attends disarmament confab

Nagasaki student peace envoy attends disarmament confab

GENEVA, Switzerland - Masaki Koyanagi (L), one of 20 Japanese high school students visiting the United Nations Office at Geneva, attends the Conference on Disarmament with Japanese Ambassador Toshio Sano on Aug. 19, 2014.

Nuke powers may join disarmament meet: Austrian diplomat

Nuke powers may join disarmament meet: Austrian diplomat

TOKYO, Japan - Alexander Kmentt, director for nonproliferation and disarmament issues at the Austrian Foreign Ministry, says during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Aug. 4, 2014, that some of the five nuclear powers, including the United States, are interested in participation in an international conference on the inhumanity of nuclear weapons to be held in Vienna in December.

Russian envoy speaks at pre-NPT review conference meet

Russian envoy speaks at pre-NPT review conference meet

NEW YORK, United States - Mikhail Ulyanov, director of the Department for Security Affairs and Disarmament at the Russian Foreign Ministry, delivers a speech at a preparatory meeting for the Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on April 29, 2014.

Antinuclear activists call for banning nukes at U.N.

Antinuclear activists call for banning nukes at U.N.

NEW YORK, the United States - Hiroshi Takakusaki (L), a representative of the Japan Council against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs (Gensuikyo), presents a petition signed by heads of municipal governments in Japan calling for a complete ban on nuclear arsenals to Enrique Roman-Moray, who chairs the third session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2015 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, at U.N. headquarters in New York on May 2, 2014, with Angela Kane, the U.N. high representative for disarmament affairs, looking on.

U.N. starts nuclear non-proliferation meeting

U.N. starts nuclear non-proliferation meeting

NEW YORK, United States - Angela Kane (L), the United Nations' High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, delivers a speech at the third session of the preparatory committee for the 2015 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on April 28, 2014, the opening day of the meeting to be held through May 9.

U.N. disarmament head

U.N. disarmament head

NEW YORK, United States - Angela Kane, the head of the United Nations' office for disarmament affairs, is interviewed by Kyodo News on April 16, 2014, at her office in New York. Kane said she would consider it a provocation if North Korea carries out a fourth nuclear test, especially ahead of a preparatory committee meeting for the 2015 Nuclear Nonproliferation treaty review conference that begins April 28.

NPDI foreign ministers hold joint press conference

NPDI foreign ministers hold joint press conference

HIROSHIMA, Japan - The foreign ministers of 12 member countries of the Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative hold a joint press conference in Hiroshima, western Japan, on April 12, 2014, following their one-day meeting.

World leaders urged to visit A-bombed cities

World leaders urged to visit A-bombed cities

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Foreign ministers from a coalition of nations without nuclear weapons hold a joint news conference in Hiroshima, Japan, on April 12, 2014, after a two-day meeting of the 12-member Nonproliferation and Disarmament Initiative in the atomic-bombed city.

World leaders urged to visit A-bombed cities

World leaders urged to visit A-bombed cities

HIROSHIMA,Japan - Foreign ministers from a coalition of nations without nuclear weapons hold a joint news conference in Hiroshima, Japan, on April 12, 2014, after a two-day meeting of the 12-member Nonproliferation and Disarmament Initiative in the atomic-bombed city.

Japan assumes presidency of Geneva disarmament confab

Japan assumes presidency of Geneva disarmament confab

GENEVA, Switzerland - Toshio Sano, Japanese ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, moderates a session as the new president of the conference in the Swiss city of Geneva on March 18, 2014. Sano said in his statement that disarmament was a central pillar of Japan's foreign policy and that the Japanese people strongly desired a world without nuclear weapons.

Nuclear nonproliferation ministers' meeting

Nuclear nonproliferation ministers' meeting

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (C) holds a joint press conference at a hotel in New York on Sept. 24, 2013, after the Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative's foreign ministerial meeting Kishida chaired.

U.N. arms trade treaty

U.N. arms trade treaty

NEW YORK, United States - Mari Amano (L), Japan's ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament, signs a treaty on arms trade at the U.N. headquarters in New York on June 3, 2013. An overwhelming majority of member states backed the treaty, the first of its kind to regulate the global flow of conventional arms, at the General Assembly two months ago.

U.N. disarmament meeting in Shizuoka

U.N. disarmament meeting in Shizuoka

SHIZUOKA, Japan - The U.N. Conference on Disarmament Issues begins at a hotel in Shizuoka, central Japan, on Jan. 30, 2013. About 70 government officials and academic experts from 16 countries gathered for the three-day meeting to discuss nuclear disarmament.

Japanese students in Geneva

Japanese students in Geneva

GENEVA, Switzerland - Jarmo Sareva (C), deputy director general of the U.N. Conference on Disarmament, poses with Japanese high school students at the U.N. office in Geneva on Aug. 21, 2012. A group of Japanese and Brazilian high school students presented to the secretariat of the U.N. Conference on Disarmament around 155,000 signatures that they collected from across the globe in seeking the abolition of nuclear weapons.

Students report on trip to Geneva

Students report on trip to Geneva

NAGASAKI, Japan - Saya Sasaki (front L), a second-year student at Takata High School in Iwate Prefecture, with Masahiro Kikuchi (front R), a third-year student at the school, reports on her impressions about a trip to Geneva during a meeting in the city of Nagasaki on Aug. 25, 2011. A group of 12 high school students, including Sasaki and Kikuchi from quake-hit Rikuzentakata, presented in Geneva to the secretariat of the U.N. Conference on Disarmament some 80,000 signatures calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons.

Japanese students present 80,000 signatures for nuke abolition

Japanese students present 80,000 signatures for nuke abolition

GENEVA, Switzerland - A group of high school students from Japan pose for photos with Jarmo Sareva (4th from L), deputy secretary general of the Conference on Disarmament, after presenting him with a petition containing around 80,000 signatures calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons, at the United Nations office in Geneva on Aug. 18, 2011.

N. Korea chairs Conference on Disarmament

N. Korea chairs Conference on Disarmament

TOKYO, Japan - So Se Pyong (C), North Korea's ambassador to U.N. bodies in Geneva, sits on the seat of the president of the Conference on Disarmament, as he chairs its general meeting in Geneva on Aug. 4, 2011. North Korea assumed in late June the rotating presidency of the international arms control body with its term through Aug. 21.

IAEA to take lead role in securing safer nuclear future

IAEA to take lead role in securing safer nuclear future

NAGANO, Japan - International Atomic Energy Agency chief Yukiya Amano (R) delivers a keynote address at the U.N. Conference on Disarmament Issues which opened July 27, 2011, in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture. Amano said the atomic watchdog will play a ''lead role'' in creating a safer nuclear future, as global use of nuclear energy will likely continue for decades despite the accident at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

Japan journalist in Iran

Japan journalist in Iran

TEHRAN, Iran - Japanese journalist Yumi Kanazaki (L) speaks during a disarmament and nonproliferation conference in Tehran on June 12, 2011. The reporter for the Hiroshima-headquartered Chugoku Shimbun told of the nuclear crisis at home.

U.N. chief sets priorities

U.N. chief sets priorities

NEW YORK, United States - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon speaks in a press conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Jan. 14, 2011. Ban outlined eight priorities to tackle this year, including efforts toward nuclear disarmament.

Nonnuclear states form group

Nonnuclear states form group

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara speaks at a press conference in New York on Sept. 22, 2010, after a meeting with his counterparts from nine other countries which do not have a nuclear arsenal. The 10 countries formed a new group to promote nuclear disarmament. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

U.N. nuclear disarmament meeting in Saitama

U.N. nuclear disarmament meeting in Saitama

SAITAMA, Japan - The U.N. Conference on Disarmament Issues convenes in Saitama, north of Tokyo, on Aug. 25, 2010, to discuss steps to realize a nuclear-free world.

Japanese students present signatures for nuke disarmament

Japanese students present signatures for nuke disarmament

GENEVA, Switzerland - Japanese high school messengers of peace hand a representative of the U.N. Conference on Disarmaments some 75,000 signatures calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons, at the U.N. office in Geneva, Switzerland, on Aug. 19, 2010.

U.N. disarmament official speaks about NPT confab

U.N. disarmament official speaks about NPT confab

NEW YORK, United States - Sergio Duarte, U.N. high representative for disarmament affairs, speaks during an interview on April 21, 2010. Duarte said the issue of reducing ''the role of nuclear weapons'' should be a key issue in the upcoming NPT review conference.

Nagasaki archbishop to meet U.N. chief in May

Nagasaki archbishop to meet U.N. chief in May

NAGASAKI, Japan - Mitsuaki Takami, the archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Nagasaki, looks at the ''bombed Mary,'' a scorched wooden head of a Virgin Mary statue, during a press conference in Nagasaki on April 13, 2010. Takami said he will take the head, which was found among ruins around 500 meters from ground zero after the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, during his trip to the United States, where he will meet U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon and attend a U.N. nuclear disarmament conference.

Okada wants more talks with U.S. as nuke disarmament proceeds

Okada wants more talks with U.S. as nuke disarmament proceeds

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada said during a news conference at his ministry on Feb. 23, 2010, that Japan hopes to engage more in talks with the United States on its nuclear strategy when discussions on nuclear disarmament proceed beyond the reduction of strategic nuclear arms.

Japan, Australia to cooperate on nuke disarmament

Japan, Australia to cooperate on nuke disarmament

PERTH, Australia - Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada (R) and his Australian counterpart Stephen Smith attend a press conference in Perth, Australia, on Feb. 21, 2010 after their talks. The two countries agreed to work together toward nuclear disarmament but remained apart on Japan's whaling activities in the Antarctic Ocean.