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United Nations, Aug 16 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for banning nuclear testing "for good" in an observance message for the International Day against Nuclear Tests, observed annually on August 29. In the message, Guterres said on Thursday that across nearly eight decades, more than 2,000 nuclear tests were conducted at more than 60 sites around the world, leaving "a legacy of destruction, rendering lands uninhabitable and creating long-term health problems for people", Xinhua news agency reported. The UN chief warned that recent calls for the resumption of nuclear testing demonstrate that the terrible lessons of the past "are…