A United Nations treaty abolishing nuclear weapons took effect Friday, though none of the nine countries with nuclear war capability, including the United States, signed it.
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Indian Flash
January 23, 2021
In a historic moment, the Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which is the first nuclear disarmament instrument in more than two decades, came into force on January 22, 2021.
Fifty-one nations endorsed the treaty. Meanwhile, the major nuclear powered nations are yet to approve it. The Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons has now become part of the International law.
In a message, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said that the TPNW represented a “strong demonstration of support for multilateral approaches to nuclear disarmament” overall. Noting that nuclear weapons posed growing dangers, he said that the world needed urgent action to ensure their elimination and prevent human and environmental consequences of its use.
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Mary Sprunger-Froese, left, and Catherine Sounart, right, hold banners outside of City Hall in Colorado Springs on Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. Around a dozen people gathered at City Hall in protest calling for the U.S. to honor the new United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which went into effect internationally on Friday. Protests were held across the nation voicing to the Biden administration for nuclear arms reduction. (Chancey Bush/ The Gazette)
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