According to the statement:
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called upon the international community to use the day as an opportunity to advance the anti-nuclear test agenda.
As we mark the first International Day against Nuclear Tests, I look forward to working with all partners in a growing global movement to rid the world of the nuclear threat, rein in rising spending on nuclear weapons and bring the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty into force. We must stop passing this problem to succeeding generations; we must each do our part to build a safer, more secure world today.