Mongolian law on Nuclear Weapon Free Status nominated for international award

The World Future Council (WFC) annually holds the “Future Policy Award” which celebrates policies that create better living conditions for current and future generations, with the aim to raise global awareness for these exemplary policies and speed up policy action towards just, sustainable, and peaceful societies. This year, the Mongolian law on its Nuclear Weapon Free Status from the year 2000 has been nominated for the award.

The WFC is an international non-governmental organization and it started granting the award in 2009 towards the goal of influencing countries’ policies by raising the awareness of the public about various challenges facing humankind.

In 2009, the award promoted exemplary policies in food security, the finest biodiversity policies in 2010, successful forest preservation policies in 2011, and policies that protect coasts and oceans from pollution in 2012.

This year, the award focuses on celebrating rightful and influential policies on the disarmament of nuclear weapons. A total of 25 policies have been nominated and a team of nine acknowledged judges have highlighted nine policies in its last meeting in which, to the delight of the country, this Mongolian law was included as the WFC reported.

The winning policy will be announced at the UN Headquarters in New York on the eve of the United Nations Disarmament Week from October 24 to 30.

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