Comment This landmark moment comes thanks to the tireless work of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons TODAY marks the day when the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons enters into force at the United Nations. With Honduras becoming the 50th nation to ratify the treaty in October, all signatories have had until today to ensure that they play no part in nuclear proliferation or testing. We shouldn’t ignore the significance of this. This is a treaty signed by 86 nations which makes it illegal for them to have anything to do with the creation, spread or use of nuclear weapons. It changes the way the world approaches these instruments of mass devastation, forever.
22 January 2021 (UN News) The first multilateral nuclear disarmament treaty in more than two decades, came into force just after midnight on Friday [22 January 2021], hailed by the UN Secretary-General as “an important step towards a world free of nuclear weapons”.
UN Photo/DB | The remains of the Prefectural Industry Promotion Building, after the dropping of the atomic bomb, in Hiroshima, Japan. This site was later preserved as a monument.
António Guterres said that the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) also represents a “strong demonstration of support for multilateral approaches to nuclear disarmament” overall.
In a video message and statement, the UN chief commended the States that have ratified the Treaty and welcomed the “instrumental role of civil society in advancing the TPNW’s negotiation and entry into force”.
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The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons is now part of international law, culminating a decades-long campaign aimed at preventing a repetition of the US atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II.