Brasília, August 14, 2025 - The Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Brazil, in cooperation with the National Confederation of Municipalities of Brazil (CNM), the Brazilian Climate Institute and the Kazakhstan-Brazil Friendship Forum, held a scientific and practical conference on the theme "Achieving World Peace: Presentation of Kazakhstan's Anti-Nuclear Initiatives". The event was timed to coincide with the International Day against Nuclear Tests - August 29.

The conference was attended by representatives of the Brazilian Foreign Ministry, the diplomatic corps and international organizations accredited in Brazil, as well as experts and local media.

In his welcoming address, Kazakh Ambassador Bolat Nussupov outlined the initiatives of Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to build a world free of nuclear weapons, voiced by him at the 74th session of the UN General Assembly in New York in September 2019. An important element of the Ambassador's speech was also our country's initiatives to ban biological weapons in the context of the creation of the International Biological Safety Agency (IBSA), since all types of weapons of mass destruction without exception pose a serious threat to humanity.

The Kazakh diplomat also spoke about the consequences of prolonged nuclear tests at the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site and the measures of the Kazakh government to rehabilitate them for the benefit of the population living in the nuclear contamination zone. The Embassy simultaneously held a presentation of the chronology of Kazakhstan's nuclear initiatives, including the creation of a nuclear-free zone in Central Asia. At the same time, the importance of creating an International Low Enriched Uranium Bank in Kazakhstan as a new approach to strengthening the non-proliferation regime was also noted.

Honorary President of the Planetary Union of Brazil, President of the «Kazakhstan-Brazil» Friendship Forum, former Senator Ulisses Riedel emphasized the importance of observing the global ban on nuclear tests and noted the historical role of Kazakhstan in this area. He called on the world community, in particular the nuclear powers, to use Kazakhstan as an example to take uncontested measures of collective efforts to achieve a world free of weapons of mass destruction for the benefit of future generations and the future of planet Earth.

Director of the Center for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies (CEAM), Mario Brasil, highly appreciating Kazakhstan's contribution to the process of nuclear disarmament, non-proliferation and peaceful use of nuclear energy, noted the role of the Republic of Kazakhstan in strengthening global stability and promoting international anti-nuclear initiatives. He also called on the world community to follow Kazakhstan's example and make the future of the planet safer and more predictable environmental aspects of the international anti-nuclear movement and environmental rehabilitation issues were voiced in the speeches of CNM Secretary General Edimar Santos and VBH Climate Institute Vice President Rodrigo Carrijo.

During the conference, the participants exchanged expert opinions on the compatibility and complementarity of the main international legal instruments in the field of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, such as the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, the Treaty on a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in Central Asia, and others.

Reference: in 2009, the UN General Assembly resolution declared August 29 the International Day against Nuclear Tests. The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) was adopted in July 2017 and entered into force on January 22, 2021 (upon reaching 50 ratifications). For the first time in history, the Treaty established an international legal ban on the possession of nuclear weapons - the last legally unrestricted type of WMD. The TPNW has 68 states parties and 91 signatory states. Kazakhstan actively participated in the negotiation process on the TPNW, signed it on March 2, 2018, and submitted the instrument of ratification on August 29, 2019.

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/mfa-brazil/press/news/details/1051355?lang=kk