On this occasion, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres made a statement, the meaning of which is that geopolitical rivalry has brought the nuclear threat to the level of the Cold War, and to eliminate it, humanity should eliminate nuclear weapons.
His statement reads verbatim: “Due to geopolitical mistrust and rivalry, nuclear risk has risen to levels not reached since the Cold War. Meanwhile, the progress achieved with great difficulty over many decades in preventing the use, proliferation and testing of nuclear weapons is coming to naught.”