The CTBTO and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan hosted the event under the theme "Remembering the Past, Looking to the Future". The conference was convened around the International Day against Nuclear Tests on 29 August, which was proposed by Kazakhstan and designated by the United Nations General Assembly in Resolution 64/35 (2009).
This video by IDN-INPS Multimedia Director Katsuhiro Asagiri captures the highlights of the conference including a trip to Kurchatova town in East Kazakhstan Region, once the center of operations for the adjoining Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site.
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