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For anti-nuclear activists, the past few years have been a time of hope. In September 2017, 122 members of the United Nations adopted the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), which bans the development, possession, testing, and use of the arms. Three years later, Honduras became the 50th member to ratify the treaty, which ensured that it would go into effect. That much-anticipated event happened on January 22.
However, enthusiasm is dampened by the fact that not a single nuclear power has signed on to the treaty. Even NATO members and Japan have withheld their support, saying that TPNW doesn’t do enough to address global security concerns. Without the participation of so many countries, the prospect of meaningful nuclear arms reduction not to mention elimination remains a pipe dream.
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United Nations adopts global treaty banning nuclear weapons despite opposition from armed nuclear nations
United Nations adopts global treaty banning nuclear weapons despite opposition from armed nuclear nations
United Nations On Friday Adopted The Landmark Global Treaty Banning The Use Of Nuclear Weapons, Despite Opposition From The United States, Britain, France And Other Nuclear Powers That Boycotted Negotiations.
News Nation Bureau | Edited By : Arshi Aggarwal | Updated on: 07 Jul 2017, 08:49:27 PM
New Delhi:
United Nations on Friday adopted the landmark global treaty banning the use of nuclear weapons, despite opposition from the United States, Britain, France and other nuclear powers that boycotted negotiations.
Treaty proposes end to “existential threat” of nuclear weapons
Canada refuses to ratify
On January 22, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) went into force. First adopted by the UN in 2017, it took three years for the prohibition to be ratified by 50 countries – the threshold at which it could be made into binding international law. At present, 52 states have ratified the treaty. For some, the end of the Cold War and the ever-increasing urgency of the climate crisis have pushed concerns about nuclear proliferation to the periphery. But experts stress that the nuclear threat is the highest it’s been in decades, be it from escalating tensions at international borders, like the one between Indian and Pakistan, or from nuclear terrorism. Extremist groups like Al-Qaeda and Atomwaffen have expressed interest in obtaining nuclear weapons and the well-documented presence of white supremacists in the military puts the far-right in increasingly close contact with n