UN Security Council holds ministerial meeting hosted by Japan on the theme of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation. The US, Russia, and China started exchanging accusations against each other.

US ambassador to the UN considers submitting a resolution calling for no nuclear deployment in space. The 15 member states of the United Nations Security Council alternately chair each month, and this month, Japan, which is the chair country, held a ministerial-level meeting on the themes of nuclear weapons and disarmament.