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International Atomic Energy Agency General Conference - Vienna

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi (front, L) visits an exhibition showcasing the development of China's nuclear energy in Vienna, Austria, September 15, 2025. The 69th General Conference of the IAEA opened here Monday, focusing on the peaceful use of nuclear energy and technology and the urgent need to protect the global nuclear non-proliferation regime. Photo by He Canling/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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International Atomic Energy Agency General Conference - Vienna

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi delivers a speech during the 69th General Conference of the IAEA in Vienna, Austria, September 15, 2025. The conference opened here Monday, focusing on the peaceful use of nuclear energy and technology and the urgent need to protect the global nuclear non-proliferation regime. Photo by He Canling/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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International Atomic Energy Agency General Conference - Vienna

The 69th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is held in Vienna, Austria, September 15, 2025. The conference opened here Monday, focusing on the peaceful use of nuclear energy and technology and the urgent need to protect the global nuclear non-proliferation regime. Photo by He Canling/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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International Atomic Energy Agency General Conference - Vienna

Shan Zhongde, director of the China Atomic Energy Authority (CAEA), speaks during the 69th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, Austria, September 15, 2025. The conference opened here Monday, focusing on the peaceful use of nuclear energy and technology and the urgent need to protect the global nuclear non-proliferation regime. Photo by He Canling/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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International Atomic Energy Agency General Conference - Vienna

Ghada Waly, director-general of the United Nations (UN) Office at Vienna, reads a message from UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the 69th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, Austria, September 15, 2025. The conference opened here Monday, focusing on the peaceful use of nuclear energy and technology and the urgent need to protect the global nuclear non-proliferation regime. Photo by He Canling/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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80th A-bomb anniversary

Alexander Kmentt, director of the Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Department of the Austrian Foreign Ministry, speaks during an anti-nuclear weapons event in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 2025, the 80th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings of the western Japan city.

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NPT preparatory committee in New York

The Preparatory Committee for the 2026 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons review conference holds its third session at the U.N. headquarters in New York on May 8, 2025. Running through May 9, the meeting is the final preparatory session before the 2026 review conference.

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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.

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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.

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NPT preparatory committee in New York

Hiroshi Kanamoto, a representative director of Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivors and winner of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, addresses 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 April 30, 2025.

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NPT preparatory committee in New York

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (front row, C) speaks 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 April 30, 2025.

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NPT preparatory committee in New York

Hiroshi Kanamoto (front row, R), a representative director of Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivors and winner of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, addresses 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 April 30, 2025.

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NPT preparatory committee in New York

Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (front, 3rd from R) and his Nagasaki counterpart Shiro Suzuki (2nd from R) attend 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 April 30, 2025.

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NPT preparatory committee in New York

Hiroshi Kanamoto (front row, R), a representative director of Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivors and winner of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, addresses 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 April 30, 2025.

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Hiroshima mayor speaks at U.N. school

Kazumi Matsui, mayor of Hiroshima in western Japan, makes a speech on April 28, 2025, at the United Nations International School in New York, where he is attending the third meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the 2026 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons review conference that opened the same day.

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Nagasaki mayor speaks at U.N. school

Shiro Suzuki, mayor of Nagasaki in southwestern Japan, makes a speech on April 28, 2025, at the United Nations International School in New York, where he is attending the third meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the 2026 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons review conference that opened the same day.

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NPT preparatory committee in New York

Members of Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivors, observe the just opened 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 April 28, 2025. Running through May 9, the meeting is the final preparatory session before the 2026 review conference.

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NPT preparatory committee in New York

Ghana's Ambassador to the United Nations Harold Agyeman chairs the just opened 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 April 28, 2025. Running through May 9, the meeting is the final preparatory session before the 2026 review conference.

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NPT preparatory committee in New York

The Preparatory Committee for the 2026 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons review conference opens its third meeting at the U.N. headquarters in New York on April 28, 2025. Running through May 9, the meeting is the final preparatory session before the 2026 review conference.

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NPT preparatory committee in New York

The Preparatory Committee for the 2026 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons review conference opens its third meeting at the U.N. headquarters in New York on April 28, 2025. Running through May 9, the meeting is the final preparatory session before the 2026 review conference.

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A-bomb survivor on Japan's absence from nuke ban meeting

Terumi Tanaka (L), co-chair of 2024 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivors, hands a protest statement to Kimitake Nakamura, head of the Foreign Ministry's Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Science Department, at the ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 26, 2025, following the government's decision not to attend the following month's meeting of signatories of the U.N. Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons as an observer.

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UN-SECURITY COUNCIL-NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT AND NON-PROLIFERATION-CHINESE ENVOY

(240319) -- UNITED NATIONS, March 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Jun (C, Front), China's permanent representative to the United Nations (UN), speaks at the UN Security Council meeting on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation at the UN headquarters in New York, on March 18, 2024. TO GO WITH "China calls for int'l efforts to promote nuclear disarmament, non-proliferation" (Xinhua/Xie E)

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UN-SECURITY COUNCIL-NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT AND NON-PROLIFERATION-MEETING

(240318) -- UNITED NATIONS, March 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Security Council holds a meeting on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation at the UN headquarters in New York, on March 18, 2024. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called on nuclear weapon states to lead the way toward nuclear disarmament, including an agreement on no first use. (Xinhua/Xie E)

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UN-SECURITY COUNCIL-NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT AND NON-PROLIFERATION-MEETING

(240318) -- UNITED NATIONS, March 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (C, Front) speaks at a Security Council meeting on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation at the UN headquarters in New York, on March 18, 2024. Guterres on Monday called on nuclear weapon states to lead the way toward nuclear disarmament, including an agreement on no first use. (Xinhua/Xie E)

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Iran rejects U.S. claims about its latest nuclear development

STORY: Iran rejects U.S. claims about its latest nuclear development DATELINE: Oct. 3, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:00 LOCATION: Tehran CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the press conference STORYLINE: Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani on Monday rejected the U.S. government's anti-Tehran claims in its latest report on "Strategy for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD)." "These are baseless claims. Iran is a committed signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty and has signed the comprehensive safeguards agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency and is implementing it," Kanaani said at a regular press conference in the Iranian capital Tehran. Kanaani stressed that Iran has repeatedly announced that nuclear weapons have no place in its military and defense doctrine and his country is opposed to any use of such weapons. He noted that Iran was the biggest victim of chemical weapons, particularly in the Iraq-Iran war from 1980 to 1988, when a number of Western states

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UN marks Int'l Day Against Nuclear Tests

STORY: UN marks Int'l Day Against Nuclear Tests DATELINE: Aug. 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:30 LOCATION: UN Headquarters CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. wide shot of UNGA Hall 2. wide shot of President of the 77th Session of the UN General Assembly Csaba Korosi walking up to rostrum 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CSABA KOROSI, President of 77th Session of UN General Assembly 4. wide shot of UNGA Hall 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): CSABA KOROSI, President of 77th Session of UN General Assembly 6. wide shot of UNGA Hall STORYLINE: The UN General Assembly on Tuesday held a high-level plenary meeting to mark the International Day Against Nuclear Tests. UN General Assembly President Csaba Korosi, who chaired the meeting, warned of "a global catastrophe" brought by nuclear weapons. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CSABA KOROSI, President of 77th Session of UN General Assembly "We see many signs that nuclear stockpiles and capabilities are growing, contravening the NPT (Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons). We are closer

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NPT Preparatory Committee in Vienna

The Preparatory Committee for the 2026 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons review conference holds a final-day session for its first meeting in Vienna on Aug. 11, 2023.

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AUKUS deal lacks transparency, undermines non-proliferation regime: Russian expert

STORY: AUKUS deal lacks transparency, undermines non-proliferation regime: Russian expert DATELINE: Aug. 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:02 LOCATION: Vienna CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of an interview with Anton Khlopkov 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ANTON KHLOPKOV, Director of the Russian think tank Center for Energy and Security Studies (CENESS) 3. various of Anton Khlopkov's speech at a seminar 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ANTON KHLOPKOV, Director of the Russian think tank Center for Energy and Security Studies (CENESS) STORYLINE: The AUKUS nuclear submarine deal between Australia, the United Kingdom (UK), and the United States (U.S.) lacks transparency, increases proliferation risks, and poses severe challenges to the non-proliferation regime and regional security and stability, a Russian expert told Xinhua on Wednesday on the sidelines of a seminar on the AUKUS held in Vienna. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ANTON KHLOPKOV, Director of the Russian think tank Center for Energy and Security Studies (CENESS) "It is a

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AUSTRIA-VIENNA-AUKUS-RUSSIAN EXPERT

(230803) -- VIENNA, Aug. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Anton Khlopkov (front, C), director of the Russian think tank Center for Energy and Security Studies (CENESS), speaks at a seminar on the AUKUS in Vienna, Austria, on Aug. 2, 2023. TO GO WITH "AUKUS deal lacks transparency, undermines non-proliferation regime: Russian expert" (Xinhua/He Canling)

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AUSTRIA-VIENNA-AUKUS-RUSSIAN EXPERT

(230803) -- VIENNA, Aug. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Anton Khlopkov, director of the Russian think tank Center for Energy and Security Studies (CENESS), speaks during an interview in Vienna, Austria, on Aug. 2, 2023. TO GO WITH "AUKUS deal lacks transparency, undermines non-proliferation regime: Russian expert" (Xinhua/He Canling)

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AUKUS nuclear submarine deal poses risk to global security: think tank report

STORY: AUKUS nuclear submarine deal poses risk to global security: think tank report DATELINE: Aug. 3, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:31 LOCATION: Vienna CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of outside view of the seminar 2. various of the seminar 3. various of speakers STORYLINE: The AUKUS nuclear submarine deal poses a serious risk to regional and global security, according to a joint report released on Wednesday by a Chinese and a Russian think tank at a seminar here. The report, called "The AUKUS submarine deal: risks for the nuclear non-proliferation regime and global security", was published by the China Arms Control and Disarmament Association and Russia's Center for Energy and Security Studies. Under the trilateral AUKUS alliance, announced in September 2021, Australia can build nuclear-powered submarines with technology provided by the United States and the United Kingdom. The AUKUS deal involves the transfer of up to four tons of weapons-grade highly enriched uranium from the United States and Britain,

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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.

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Chinese envoy calls for revocation of decision on nuke submarine cooperation by certain countries

STORY: Chinese envoy calls for revocation of decision on nuke submarine cooperation by certain countries DATELINE: March 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:49 LOCATION: UN Headquarters CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. wide of Security Council Chamber 2. wide of China's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations Geng Shuang speaking 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): GENG SHUANG, China's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations 4. various of delegates 5. various of Security Council Chamber STORYLINE: A Chinese envoy on Thursday called on certain countries to revoke their decision on nuclear submarine cooperation. It is of particular significance at this point to ensure the full and effective implementation of non-proliferation rules, said Geng Shuang, China's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): GENG SHUANG, China's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations "Disregarding questions and opposition, certain countries are intent on advancing nuclear submarine

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AUKUS military pact poses major challenge to NPT: Pakistan expert

STORY: AUKUS military pact poses major challenge to NPT: Pakistan expert DATELINE: March 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:51 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS/MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Australia related footage 2. various of U.S. related footage 3. various of Britain related footage 4. SOUNDBITE (English): ADIL SULTAN, Dean of Faculty of Aerospace and Strategic Studies of Air University, Pakistan STORYLINE: A Pakistani expert has expressed concerns over the tripartite AUKUS military pact, which was announced in 2021 and involves the United States, Britain, and Australia. Under the agreement, Washington and London will support Canberra in building nuclear-powered submarines. The expert has warned that the military pact is a geopolitical maneuver that poses a significant challenge to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). SOUNDBITE (English): ADIL SULTAN, Dean of Faculty of Aerospace and Strategic Studies of Air University, Pakistan "AUKUS has posed a major challenge to the NPT ba

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A-bomb survivor to visit NY for nuke-free appeal

OSAKA, Japan - Masakazu Saito, a 90-year-old survivor of the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, stands at his home in Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, in October 2014, speaking of his decision to visit New York next spring during the U.N. Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference to call for the abolition of nuclear weapons. In the background is his collection of antique clocks, all with their handles stopped at 8:15, the time when the bomb was dropped on the western Japan city on Aug. 6, 1945.

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Japanese students at NPT PrepCom event in NY

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese high school students, including Mai Yonaha (2nd from L) from Okinawa Prefecture's Tomigusuku, give a presentation at an event associated with the Preparatory Committee for the Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) at the U.N. headquarters in New York on April 29, 2014.

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A-bomb survivor reports on NY activities in Hiroshima

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Kunihiko Sakuma (R), an atomic bomb survivor from Hiroshima, reports at a press conference in Hiroshima on May 13, 2014 on the activities he undertook during a recent visit to New York to campaign against nuclear weapons. He attended the Preparatory Committee for the 2015 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) in New York.

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NPT review conference preparatory meeting

NEW YORK, United States - Enrique Roman-Morey, chairman of a preparatory meeting for the 2015 Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty review conference, holds a press conference after the two-week meeting ended at the United Nations in New York on May 9, 2014.

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NPT review conference preparatory meeting

NEW YORK, United States - Photo shows a preparatory meeting for the 2015 Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty review conference at the United Nations in New York on May 9, 2014. The two-week meeting ended the same day.

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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.

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Preparatory meet for NPT review conference held in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - A preparatory meeting for the Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons is held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on April 29, 2014.

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U.S. envoy speaks at pre-NPT review conference meet

NEW YORK, United States - Rose Gottemoeller, U.S. undersecretary of state for arms control and international security, 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.

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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.

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U.N. starts nuclear non-proliferation meeting

NEW YORK, United States - Nobuo Kishi, Japanese senior vice foreign minister, 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.

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U.N. starts nuclear non-proliferation meeting

NEW YORK, United States - Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (2nd row, R) and Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue (2nd row, L) sit in 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.

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U.N. starts nuclear non-proliferation meeting

NEW YORK, United States - Nobuo Kishi (C), Japanese senior vice foreign minister, 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.

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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.

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Turkish foreign minister in Japan

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (R) and Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida shake hands in Hiroshima on April 13, 2014. They held talks on the sidelines of the 12-party ministerial talks of the Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative in Hiroshima.

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Disarmament activists disappointed at Hiroshima statement

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Haruko Moritaki (C), co-representative of the Hiroshima Alliance for Nuclear Weapons Abolition, and other disarmament activists meet reporters in Hiroshima, western Japan, on April 12, 2014, to voice disappointment at a Hiroshima declaration issued jointly by the foreign ministers of the 12-member Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative.

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Japan, Germany agree to cooperate to defuse

HIROSHIMA, Japan -縲Visiting German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier (L) and Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida shake hands in Hiroshima, Japan, on April 12, 2014, prior to their talks. The two foreign minister met on the sidelines of a foreign ministerial meeting of the 12-member Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Initiative.