Date/Time
Date(s) - Friday - Sep 25, 2026 - Saturday - Sep 26, 2026
All Day
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Join this special online event to commemorate the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. The event will include:
- Short presentations by experts from around the world;
- Special screenings of the 29 minute documentary An Ordinary Insanity followed by discussion with the director and producer;
- Discussion of the principal calls made in the Joint Appeal for Nuclear Abolition Day;
- Examples of the social media action Stop Nuclear Weapons: Peace is in our Hands.
- Cultural performances for peace and nuclear abolition.
Event flyer with full program
Session 1: Opening session. Voices for a nuclear-weapon free world
Timed for the Pacific and the Americas
Sep 25 at 22:00 UTC, 12:00 Hawai’i, 15:00 Pacific Time USA, 18:00 Eastern Time USA
Sep 26 at 00:00 CET, 7:00 Tokyo/Seoul, 8:00 Sydney, 10:00 Wellington/Suva, 11:00 Tonga/Samoa.
Registration for the Session 1
Introduction to Nuclear Abolition Day, the imperative for nuclear disarmament and the connections between nuclear disarmament, climate protection, human rights, peace and achieving the sustainable development goals.
Session 2: An Ordinary Insanity
Timed for Asia and the Pacific
Sep 25 at 19:00 Hawai’i, 22:00 Pacific Time USA
Sep 26 at 5:00 UTC, 7:00 CET, 8:00 Amman/Nairobi,10:30 Delhi,14:00 Tokyo/Seoul, 15:00 Sydney, 17:00 Wellington/Suva.
Online screening of the documentary An Ordinary Insanity (29 minutes), followed by conversation with the documentary director Judith Ehrlich and some expert panelists.
Session 3: Action to prevent nuclear war and achieve a nuclear-weapon-free world
Timed for Africa, Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia
Sep 26 at 12:00 UTC, 8:00 Eastern Time USA, 14:00 CET, 15:00 Amman/Nairobi, 17:30 Delhi, 21:00 Tokyo, 22:00 Sydney
Registration for Session Three
Global campaigns to take forward the calls in the Nuclear Abolition Day Appeal to: a) reduce nuclear risks and prevent nuclear war, b) end the nuclear arms race and redirect nuclear weapons budgets/investments to support peace and the sustainable development goals, and c) achieve a nuclear-weapon-free world no later than 2045.
Session 4: An Ordinary Insanity
Timed for the Americas, Europe, Africa and the Middle East
Sep 26 at 15:00 UTC, 8:00 Pacific Time, 11:00 Eastern Time,17:00 CET, 18:00 Amman/Nairobi
Online screening of the documentary An Ordinary Insanity (29 minutes), followed by conversation with the director Judith Ehrlich and some expert panelists.
The event is organised by NuclearAbolitonDay.org, a global civil society coalition established in 2025 to build cooperation and impact for the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
