Permanent Representative of Austria to the @ungeneva.bsky.social & the @wto.org in Geneva Alexander Kmentt paying courtesy visit and presenting his credentials to WTO Director-General @noiweala.bsky.social today

#Austria & #EU will continue to strongly support rules-based multilateral trade system

"Not only Europeans have to stick together. All our countries who believe in these values must unite and fight for them. We must become a new axis of goodness." Bundespräsident Alexander Van der Bellen

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5 years ago, the #TPNW established a prohibition of #nuclearweapons due to their unacceptable humanitarian consequences + risks. Moving away from #nuclearweapons is today more urgent amid geopolitical tensions and even higher nuclear risks.

@nuclearban.bsky.social

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Very pleased that my interview "Beyond Division in Nuclear Disarmament" has been published in the Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament
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An honour to meet the new UNHCR, Barham Salih.
#UNHCR is a trusted partner in implementing #HumanitarianAid, addressing global refugee & displacement challenges. Supporting people in need as close to their home as possible is a humanitarian necessity — @unhcr.org’s work is key.

@akmentt.bsky.social

Glad to do this with the Mexican Presidency, a Country with which Austria has cooperated very closely on disarmament issues

Welcome among the #INTGenderChampions in Geneva, Ambassador Alexander Kmentt of Austria to the United Nations and other international organisations in Geneva!

Read his commitments for #GenderEquality: genderchampions.com/champions/al...

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A color photograph of Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and United States President Ronald Reagan seated at a polished wood table in the White House and smiling as they sign separate, bound copies of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. Aides (standing) point to where they need to sign the documents.

he front page of the December 9, 1987, edition of the New York Times featuring the two-deck headline, "REAGAN AND GORBACHEV SIGN MISSILE TREATY AND VOW TO WORK FOR GREATER REDUCTIONS." Below the headline is a large black and white photograph of a smiling Reagan welcoming a smiling Gorbachev to the White House for the signing ceremony. Several other articles on the front page relate to the treaty, including "How to Destroy the 2.611 Missiles," and "A Tempered Optimism; At the End of An Unlikely Journey, Reagan and Gorbachev Are Mindful of Differences."

Today in 1987, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev signed the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, the first to ever require verifiable elimination of an entire class of weapons (missiles only, not nuclear warheads).

We are pleased to welcome our new Permanent Representative, Ambassador Alexander Kmentt 🇦🇹. A leading figure in #disarmament and key architect of the #TPNW, the Award-winning diplomat and author served in senior roles in Vienna, Geneva, and the EU.

👉 Full CV: cms.bmeia.gv.at/oev-genf/the...

We’re proud to announce that our recently appointed PR, Amb. Kmentt, is now a #GenderChampion! Among other commitments, he supports the Panel Parity Pledge and the Gender-based Violence Pledge. We thank him and the @intgenderchampions.bsky.social for their commitment for #HumanRights!

Sébastien Philippe Exposing past harms and potential risks from building, testing, and storing launch-ready nuclear weapons.

Congratulations

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In New York for the UNGA First Committee on Disarmament & International Security? Make sure to check out ELN Senior Policy Fellow Julia Berghofer's and ELN Senior Network member @akmentt.bsky.social's side event ⤵️
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#nuclearban
#hibakusha
#hiroshima

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Killing machines: how Russia and Ukraine’s race to perfect deadly pilotless drones could harm us all Cheap, scalable and highly autonomous, these weapons are developing quickly – and experts say they should prompt a global rethink about security

Killing machines: how Russia and Ukraine’s race to perfect deadly pilotless drones could harm us all www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

my very special memory of #PopeFrancis

Always a very strong voice against #nuclearweapons and the need to move away from #nucleardeterrence

"A world free from nuclear weapons is both necessary and possible"

#RIP

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Als Initiative Demokratische Außenpolitik begrüßen wir die von der öst. Bundesregierung beschlossenen außen- & sicherheitspolitischen Grundsätze.
Lesen Sie hier unser ganzes Statement.

Security Risks Emanating from Nuclear Weapons – A TPNW Perspective The VCDNP held a webinar discussing the report on articulating security concerns of TPNW States Parties, featuring Ambassador Alexander Kmentt of Austria as presenter and Dr. Oliver Meier of the European Leadership Network as a discussant.

It was fun to discuss with @akmentt.bsky.social, guided by Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova at VCDNP, the report of the consultative process on security concerns of member states of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons #TPNW. ICYMI: summary and recording are here: vcdnp.org?p=15795

Anti-personnel mines: the false promise of security through exceptionalism in war Efforts to abandon the APMBC challenge fundamental precepts of IHL and undermine essential safeguards for upholding humanity in war.

Anti-personnel mines don’t bring security—they bring suffering. A new ICRC blog by @corduladroege.bsky.social
& Maya Brehm explores why making exceptions for these weapons is a dangerous mistake.

It's time to prioritize humanity over false promises of safety.

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On Int'l Mine Awareness Day, we reiterate our commitment to end the suffering of victims of anti-personnel mines & cluster munitions. We stand firm on the absolute prohibition of these inhuman weapons. Our support to humanitarian #mineaction incl. victim assistance will continue!

Am heutigen #MineAwarenessDay habe ich österreichische Soldaten besucht, die in 🇧🇦 die zivile Minenräumung durch Training unterstützen. Minen töten Zivilisten Jahrzehnte über die Konflikte hinaus und machen Land unnutzbar. Ich werde mich auch weiterhin für das Verbot dieser Waffen einsetzen.

Once seen as a symbolic protest, the nuclear ban treaty is growing teeth New measures show the TPNW is becoming a major diplomatic forum for questioning the logic of nuclear deterrence.

This is an important piece

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Backsliding on Landmines Endangers Civilian Lives The International Day for Mine Action on April 4 is a moment to highlight the work of the thousands of deminers around the world who clear and destroy landmines and explosive remnants of war.

Devastating developments driven largely by two countries that have not banned antipersonnel landmines – the United States & Russia – are threatening international norms & long-standing working to eradicate these weapons, which predominately harm civilians - @hrw.org www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...

I am very much looking forward to this discussion with @akmentt.bsky.social, next Monday, 31 March, 11:00 CEST! Join us, if you are interested in nuclear disarmament, #NPT, or #TPWN. 👇‼️

Security Risks Emanating from Nuclear Weapons: A TPNW Perspective The Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP) cordially invites you to attend a webinar presenting the report on “Articulating the Security Concerns of TPNW States Parties," which wi...

What security risks do #NuclearWeapons pose from a #TPNW perspective?

Join VCDNP for a webinar with Amb. @akmentt.bsky.social
& Dr. @olivermeier.bsky.social presenting findings from the TPNW consultative process.
📅 31 March 2025
🕚 11:00 CEST
🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/v84fksbs
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‘Never forget’: Pacific countries remember nuclear test legacy as weapons ban treaty debated Supporters of the UN treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons gathered this month in New York to call for wider ratification

“We are not passively awaiting justice; we are actively demanding it.” Very happy that the inspiring work of affected communities, parliamentarians and diplomats in support of the TPNW is picked up @theguardian.com . @nuclearban.bsky.social @jonletman.bsky.social
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Glad to meet CTBTO Executive Secretary Robert Floyd UN Vienna. #Austria stands firm with 187 signatory states to put an end to #nucleartesting. Impressed how #CTBT & its International Monitoring System #IMS contribute to making the world safer! #TsunamiWarning #ClimateResearch

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This International Day for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Awareness, we must continue to promote the importance of peace through dialogue, ending armed conflicts, and building a world free from the suffering caused by weapons and the threat of nuclear war.

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#3MSP #TPNW

Full room at the side event

Ambassador Kmentt delivering opening remarks

Full room at the #TPNW #Monitor side event by @bmeia.gv.at, #Ireland and @npaid.bsky.social - a great tool for universalization and implementation and for highlighting dangerous trends: the age of decreasing #nuclear #arsenals is over, as @nukestrat.bsky.social laid out. @akmentt.bsky.social

We stand with #Ukraine.

Russia is the aggressor and we share Ukraine’s commitment to a comprehensive, just and lasting peace!

🇺🇦 🤝 🇦🇹

Now free access for my article on #autonomousweapons in ArmsControlToday

Why we need urgent regulations for these systems and why geopolitics makes this so difficult at the moment

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@armscontrolnow.bsky.social @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social @futureoflife.org